How to raise out a minimal number of hogs in a small area and not destroy the land in the process. Plus, an easy way to capture and transport hogs for butchering.
Everyone has that crappy experience of being late for the butcher the first time.You have created a great system with the movable box.Like you guys have found out every animal responds best to repetition and pattern. So when the the butchers day comes it is nothing out of the ordinary.Keep up the great work.
Thank you for this video! Because of you and your information, we are raising blue-butt piggies do feed my family. I have started them in an old hog trap. They get their food, water and bedding in there for now. This is a very helpful and informative video!
Thanks so much for this video. Loved the reference to having trouble getting them to processing the first time. We just started (small scale) with cattle last year and had the same problem. It felt so embarrassing. Then we started feeding the steer a couple weeks ahead of time in the two horse trailer that we use for transport. We are hoping to start with hogs this year, doing a multi-species rotation. Great idea with the trampoline springs. So many books you read do not include the trials and tribulations you might go through to find something that works, so thanks for sharing that.
Hello Sherri Powell! Thank you for the encouragement! We would love to do more with cattle, right now we have a Jersey for milk and an Angus cross for meat, but they are much more costly than the piglets. The trampoline springs have saved us many times. :) It so true about reading books but ultimately having to learn from experience, we thought we knew everything we needed to know from the research we've done only to be caught in horrible situations. :) To think that all this knowledge was multi generational just 50 years ago... Look forward to hearing more of what y'all are up to.
We thought the same thing about the expense of cattle, and are raising up some bottle babies this time (much cheaper than our Angus), You can read more about what we have been doing on our blog, powellacres.com Where do you find your trampoline springs?
We will definitely come by and see what y'all are up to. :) Thanks for the invite! We get our springs from our own used up trampolines. :) We have a big family and burn through trampolines very quickly. It was one of those things where you have something handy and try it out and it works.
Hello from NE GA ! It's good to see your pigs so happy. When using trampoline springs - I'll hook one spring with another. The coil makes a great grip and you can use two springs to hook another if need be. I've never had one snap Me but have had one pinch skin. Ouch...
Very helpful video!!! Nice job. We will start our pig journey next week and add two pigs to our animal collection. We have 5 acres and small selection of goats, chickens, ducks and turkeys. I have the same vegetation grounds you do available that I can place my pigs. Like the idea of moving them for sanitary and health reasons. Great idea in the trampoline springs. I built a 16' x 16' for our future pigs yesterday but was not very happy with the results and the idea of jamming 3 pigs to that small space for long period of time. I will change my plans and use the same method you did and get the hog panels and springs and move them around our property while use them as a free way to clear all the brush from our land. Good luck and prosperity to your farm. 👍
Sweet set up you got going on there, you can always tell when a pig is happy because they wag their tail. I'm about to get a pair of breeders, my boar is 75% Hampshire and 25% landrace. Although I'm leaning towards the Landrace breed for a sow, they seem to be hard to find in Virginia. I have already learned a lot from my friend that gave me the boar, however I'm no expert at this point. I'm really looking forward to growing my own food and plan on doing the processing on site. While I only have a little over 5.5 acres I do have livestock rights and intend on using them, I spoke with the building inspector last week to make sure I didn't need a permit to build my hog pen and my area has no restrictions on agriculture. So I'm building a 12' X 24' pen that will have three 8' pens, that's one for mommy, one for daddy and one for the babies after they are weened. I have already sourced non GMO bulk feed and feed storage, so now it's just a matter of completing the pen and finding a sow. I'm bringing the boar home from Florida in Aug, so I still have some time to get everything ready and have a friend that will stop by to feed them while I'm on vacation. While this is proving to be quite an investment, my profits will show up in my freezer.
I'm so glad that you are going to raise your own food, nothing feels as freeing as that ability to provide for yourself. It sounds like you have really thought things through. I'm certain you will love the experience, and the piglets are absolutely wonderful and amazing. From the day they are born they walk away from the nest to go to the bathroom, truly unbelievable thing to see. Blessings on your efforts!
Yeah right now it just seem like a lot more work, after I get "The Taj Mahog pen" built I know things will get better. That will probably give me the drive to finish clearing the pasture for the beef. I work 4 days a week 12 to 14 hours a day they 3 days a week on the farm. So I have been as busy as a tic at a dog show, however I just about have the area for the pen cleared now. So I should be pouring concrete next weekend if everything goes right. I have to rent a stump grinder for a few stumps that are in the way but I figured I can also dig the trenches with it while I have it, and that will save a lot of work. When I get to the actual construction I will be shooting some video to put on my YT page. I'm doing mine a bit different because I will be breeding. I will also be renting a ditch witch to install the water and electric. I figure I'm only going to do this once so I want to do it right.
Whew, you are putting in some serious work, it sounds exhausting but it will pay off for many, many years. What's the old saying, "make hay while the sun shines."?
You said a mouth full when you stated "just can't explain the how strong they are at 250 or 300 pounds. I agree it's like holding a truck on a rope no struggle just yank you down and will drag you as long as you hold on hahaha. I actually started growing mine in a catch cage it's safer easier and cost less to feed. If you want a good bacon let him run around every week and put them back in for a week or a 2 week cycle. Experiment with that part because feed plays a part. That will make a good firm strip of meat then fat then meat, fat, meat, ect.. but don't tell my secrets for making a bacon pig that's classified stuff. You really have a good setup going thanks for sharing
Thanks for the info and thanks for watching! Yes, we used to worm our piglets with injections, but they are just too strong to hold, even at that age. Now we worm with feed instead!
Pigs and hogs kept on the same area of ground don't just decimate it, they DEVASTATE it! To 'decimate' something means to remove or destroy one in 10, or 10 percent. Thank you for the solid, practical hog raising info. We do prefer a fatter hog than Landrace, since the flavor of meats is mostly in the fat, and the high quality lard is both healthy and so useful for cooking and baking (contrary to the propaganda we have all been fed for the past several decades).
It is so true! When we kept huge hogs in the same area for about a year the level of the ground dropped about a 6 inches lower than the surrounding area. They truly are excellent excavators. I like a little more fat on my hog as well but we try to buy all of our piglets from an older farmer that has been raising them for decades, so it's a trade that we're willing to make. :) I love cooking with lard and I'm not a bit afraid of it. My Granny lived to be a very healthy 96 having eaten lard her entire life.
How many hog panels usually make up your enclosure? And, are they are the 16' panels? Your ideas are great! I'm going to try and make my own trap and begin feeding in it! Thanks for sharing
Lyndon Patton It averages about 8 to 10 panels, and yes they are 16 foot panels. We've recently started buying the 52" high panels, instead of the basic hog panels, because they are more versatile and can be used for other animals as well, plus they cost about the same. Right now we have a hog pen that is using about 15 panels, plus a back fence, because we're running 3 hogs at once. It doesn't have to be this big, but we're trying to clear out a section of woods at the same time. We've raised 2 hogs inside a round enclosure, made up of just 5 panels before and it was fine.
Do you have a tractor with a pallet fork 3PH? Seems like it might be an easier way to move that trap around. Seems like theyre used to the 4 wheeler, but they squealed a little on the first couple tugs. I only have a 3/4 acre lot, but I have a few bushy wooded areas Id like to run pigs through. The trap gave me a few good ideas, thanks.
I can about guarantee you that it wasn't coyotes that killed your hogs. Coyotes will eat their prey and usually only kill one animal at a time... you had domestic dogs. I lost 7 ewes to 2 domestic dogs and once dogs kill you can't break them from it. Lay down fence along your existing enclosure and stake it down to prevent dogs from digging under. Use hog rings to attach the laid down fence to your standing fencing; buy steel tent stakes (they are cheap) and stake one or 2 between each t-posts.
Yeah, if you're stressed you can bet they'll be stressed. If you were moving them often to new paddocks with fresh foraging and rooting then they'll love moving and be used to you moving them. Which means no problems with getting them butcher. And, if you get good feed then you can sell them for a much better price
Love your video! Very informative. Would you give me the dimensions of your cage so I could make one. We are going to add pigs to our farm soon and want to use your ideas. Thanks, Jean
Approximately how much area do you give per pig in this pen? My husband and I are hoping to get a feeder next year or the year after. We’re still working on our exterior fence line. We only have 1.5 acres, but it will help having a system like this to keep them moving onto new ground, but I need to be able to estimate a pigs foraging needs so it doesn’t take up all of our land.
Do you use any electric protection for your hogs? I’m from Georgia born and raised but some family was in the Navy, came to visit Connecticut and end up staying.
We have used it before and it does pretty good, up to about 225 pounds of hog. After that they can just walk or run right through it. I would recommend at least two strands, the first about eight inches above the ground and the other about eight inches above that. Even better would be to run three strands, with the middle strand being a negative charge. The higher the joule's the better on the positive strands.
Yes, that's correct. And then we unload them at the processor, usually by placing gates or plywood rails along the sides and then they go directly into a holding pen.
I know you said you use the trap to familiarize them with the trap for processing, but I looks like you are working twice as hard as you have to. Get some extra panels and set them up and just open the panel from the old area.
We actually used to do just that but found that the trap is the least labor intensive method, not to mention the safest in terms of the hogs accidentally escaping during the moving process. An added benefit is that the trap is multi-purpose.
6/19/2017, I own a sick pot belly pig who began wheezing 2 weeks ago and yesterday began coughing. I am retired on a fixed income and can't afford a veterinarian. I rescued Blue two years ago when her previous owner no longer wanted her and Blue may have become processed food. I live in a residential area and Blue is free roaming in my back yard. Does anyone know of any home remedies I can use to help Blue? Thank you for your help.
Hello. I have a boar and gilt, both over 2 years old, that are not displaying sexual behavior any time of the month. What can I do to get them to breed?
thomas linden , I'm sorry to say that he passed away a few months ago. He was in his 80's and he will be missed. And now the Georgia Market Bulletin won't allow swine ads to be placed, unless you show proof of pseudorabies and brucellosis vaccination, and so the number of ads for pigs have dwindled tremendously.
Everyone has that crappy experience of being late for the butcher the first time.You have created a great system with the movable box.Like you guys have found out every animal responds best to repetition and pattern. So when the the butchers day comes it is nothing out of the ordinary.Keep up the great work.
Thank you for this video! Because of you and your information, we are raising blue-butt piggies do feed my family. I have started them in an old hog trap. They get their food, water and bedding in there for now. This is a very helpful and informative video!
Thanks so much for this video. Loved the reference to having trouble getting them to processing the first time. We just started (small scale) with cattle last year and had the same problem. It felt so embarrassing. Then we started feeding the steer a couple weeks ahead of time in the two horse trailer that we use for transport. We are hoping to start with hogs this year, doing a multi-species rotation. Great idea with the trampoline springs. So many books you read do not include the trials and tribulations you might go through to find something that works, so thanks for sharing that.
Hello Sherri Powell! Thank you for the encouragement! We would love to do more with cattle, right now we have a Jersey for milk and an Angus cross for meat, but they are much more costly than the piglets. The trampoline springs have saved us many times. :) It so true about reading books but ultimately having to learn from experience, we thought we knew everything we needed to know from the research we've done only to be caught in horrible situations. :) To think that all this knowledge was multi generational just 50 years ago... Look forward to hearing more of what y'all are up to.
We thought the same thing about the expense of cattle, and are raising up some bottle babies this time (much cheaper than our Angus), You can read more about what we have been doing on our blog, powellacres.com Where do you find your trampoline springs?
We will definitely come by and see what y'all are up to. :) Thanks for the invite! We get our springs from our own used up trampolines. :) We have a big family and burn through trampolines very quickly. It was one of those things where you have something handy and try it out and it works.
This video was a real eye opener. Thanks for the tips.
Hello from NE GA ! It's good to see your pigs so happy.
When using trampoline springs - I'll hook one spring with another. The coil makes a great grip and you can use two springs to hook another if need be. I've never had one snap Me but have had one pinch skin. Ouch...
NE GA is beautiful! Thank you for visiting! Yep those things can pinch!
Very helpful video!!! Nice job. We will start our pig journey next week and add two pigs to our animal collection. We have 5 acres and small selection of goats, chickens, ducks and turkeys. I have the same vegetation grounds you do available that I can place my pigs. Like the idea of moving them for sanitary and health reasons. Great idea in the trampoline springs. I built a 16' x 16' for our future pigs yesterday but was not very happy with the results and the idea of jamming 3 pigs to that small space for long period of time.
I will change my plans and use the same method you did and get the hog panels and springs and move them around our property while use them as a free way to clear all the brush from our land.
Good luck and prosperity to your farm. 👍
+Roberto Damianik Thanks! This system works very well for us and has for years.
Chard TV Livestock Farming. Watching here in Philippines..
trampoline frames make great movable pens
Sweet set up you got going on there, you can always tell when a pig is happy because they wag their tail. I'm about to get a pair of breeders, my boar is 75% Hampshire and 25% landrace. Although I'm leaning towards the Landrace breed for a sow, they seem to be hard to find in Virginia. I have already learned a lot from my friend that gave me the boar, however I'm no expert at this point. I'm really looking forward to growing my own food and plan on doing the processing on site. While I only have a little over 5.5 acres I do have livestock rights and intend on using them, I spoke with the building inspector last week to make sure I didn't need a permit to build my hog pen and my area has no restrictions on agriculture. So I'm building a 12' X 24' pen that will have three 8' pens, that's one for mommy, one for daddy and one for the babies after they are weened. I have already sourced non GMO bulk feed and feed storage, so now it's just a matter of completing the pen and finding a sow. I'm bringing the boar home from Florida in Aug, so I still have some time to get everything ready and have a friend that will stop by to feed them while I'm on vacation. While this is proving to be quite an investment, my profits will show up in my freezer.
I'm so glad that you are going to raise your own food, nothing feels as freeing as that ability to provide for yourself. It sounds like you have really thought things through. I'm certain you will love the experience, and the piglets are absolutely wonderful and amazing. From the day they are born they walk away from the nest to go to the bathroom, truly unbelievable thing to see. Blessings on your efforts!
Yeah right now it just seem like a lot more work, after I get
"The Taj Mahog pen" built I know things will get better. That will probably give me the drive to finish clearing the pasture for the beef. I work 4 days a week 12 to 14 hours a day they 3 days a week on the farm. So I have been as busy as a tic at a dog show, however I just about have the area for the pen cleared now. So I should be pouring concrete next weekend if everything goes right. I have to rent a stump grinder for a few stumps that are in the way but I figured I can also dig the trenches with it while I have it, and that will save a lot of work. When I get to the actual construction I will be shooting some video to put on my YT page. I'm doing mine a bit different because I will be breeding. I will also be renting a ditch witch to install the water and electric. I figure I'm only going to do this once so I want to do it right.
Whew, you are putting in some serious work, it sounds exhausting but it will pay off for many, many years. What's the old saying, "make hay while the sun shines."?
Thank your for you honesty and awesome video.
Thank you for honest description, commitment and great tips. Wish you the best, please make more helpful videos, congratulations
Thank you for the encouragement and thank you for watching!
I've got loads of trampoline springs which I've been keeetlong wondering what I could do with them! Great idea.
You said a mouth full when you stated "just can't explain the how strong they are at 250 or 300 pounds. I agree it's like holding a truck on a rope no struggle just yank you down and will drag you as long as you hold on hahaha. I actually started growing mine in a catch cage it's safer easier and cost less to feed. If you want a good bacon let him run around every week and put them back in for a week or a 2 week cycle. Experiment with that part because feed plays a part. That will make a good firm strip of meat then fat then meat, fat, meat, ect.. but don't tell my secrets for making a bacon pig that's classified stuff. You really have a good setup going thanks for sharing
Thanks for the info and thanks for watching! Yes, we used to worm our piglets with injections, but they are just too strong to hold, even at that age. Now we worm with feed instead!
Okay, I found the hog traps at Tractor Supply Co. Thanks again.
Pigs and hogs kept on the same area of ground don't just decimate it, they DEVASTATE it!
To 'decimate' something means to remove or destroy one in 10, or 10 percent.
Thank you for the solid, practical hog raising info. We do prefer a fatter hog than Landrace, since the flavor of meats is mostly in the fat, and the high quality lard is both healthy and so useful for cooking and baking (contrary to the propaganda we have all been fed for the past several decades).
It is so true! When we kept huge hogs in the same area for about a year the level of the ground dropped about a 6 inches lower than the surrounding area. They truly are excellent excavators. I like a little more fat on my hog as well but we try to buy all of our piglets from an older farmer that has been raising them for decades, so it's a trade that we're willing to make. :) I love cooking with lard and I'm not a bit afraid of it. My Granny lived to be a very healthy 96 having eaten lard her entire life.
How many hog panels usually make up your enclosure? And, are they are the 16' panels? Your ideas are great! I'm going to try and make my own trap and begin feeding in it!
Thanks for sharing
Lyndon Patton It averages about 8 to 10 panels, and yes they are 16 foot panels. We've recently started buying the 52" high panels, instead of the basic hog panels, because they are more versatile and can be used for other animals as well, plus they cost about the same. Right now we have a hog pen that is using about 15 panels, plus a back fence, because we're running 3 hogs at once. It doesn't have to be this big, but we're trying to clear out a section of woods at the same time. We've raised 2 hogs inside a round enclosure, made up of just 5 panels before and it was fine.
BTW, where did you purchase your hog trap that you feed your hogs in. That idea is great. I want to do that. Thanks.
Do you have a tractor with a pallet fork 3PH? Seems like it might be an easier way to move that trap around. Seems like theyre used to the 4 wheeler, but they squealed a little on the first couple tugs. I only have a 3/4 acre lot, but I have a few bushy wooded areas Id like to run pigs through. The trap gave me a few good ideas, thanks.
Yes, we've moved them with a tractor before and even the family van, The ATV is just a lot easier to maneuver around. Glad this helped!
I can about guarantee you that it wasn't coyotes that killed your hogs. Coyotes will eat their prey and usually only kill one animal at a time... you had domestic dogs. I lost 7 ewes to 2 domestic dogs and once dogs kill you can't break them from it. Lay down fence along your existing enclosure and stake it down to prevent dogs from digging under. Use hog rings to attach the laid down fence to your standing fencing; buy steel tent stakes (they are cheap) and stake one or 2 between each t-posts.
Yeah, if you're stressed you can bet they'll be stressed. If you were moving them often to new paddocks with fresh foraging and rooting then they'll love moving and be used to you moving them. Which means no problems with getting them butcher. And, if you get good feed then you can sell them for a much better price
Love your video! Very informative. Would you give me the dimensions of your cage so I could make one.
We are going to add pigs to our farm soon and want to use your ideas. Thanks, Jean
Sure, here's the link below, let us know how it goes!www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/voorhies-outdoor-products-llc-hog-trap
LOL!! AWESOME VIDEO MAN!
Thanks Buddy! Love you guys!
Approximately how much area do you give per pig in this pen? My husband and I are hoping to get a feeder next year or the year after. We’re still working on our exterior fence line. We only have 1.5 acres, but it will help having a system like this to keep them moving onto new ground, but I need to be able to estimate a pigs foraging needs so it doesn’t take up all of our land.
Do you use any electric protection for your hogs? I’m from Georgia born and raised but some family was in the Navy, came to visit Connecticut and end up staying.
We have used it before and it does pretty good, up to about 225 pounds of hog. After that they can just walk or run right through it. I would recommend at least two strands, the first about eight inches above the ground and the other about eight inches above that. Even better would be to run three strands, with the middle strand being a negative charge. The higher the joule's the better on the positive strands.
You have learned allot but it is definitely easy to tell your a natural City slicker.
If I was you I'd Mount me some small wheels on that thing it'd be a lot easier to move
thanks so much for this video
+Kapila Senavirathna Thanks for watching!
Do you load this pen on a trailer or back of truck to take to market/processor?
Yes, that's correct. And then we unload them at the processor, usually by placing gates or plywood rails along the sides and then they go directly into a holding pen.
thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching!
I know you said you use the trap to familiarize them with the trap for processing, but I looks like you are working twice as hard as you have to. Get some extra panels and set them up and just open the panel from the old area.
We actually used to do just that but found that the trap is the least labor intensive method, not to mention the safest in terms of the hogs accidentally escaping during the moving process. An added benefit is that the trap is multi-purpose.
Where are you at in Georgia? I live up around Blue Ridge
Listen guy! Its been 8 mins, I aint seen a damn pig yet !..>>Let go already cowboy! Pigs, Pigs, Lets see the damn things already mate!
About how much per pig does the butcher cost?
6/19/2017, I own a sick pot belly pig who began wheezing 2 weeks ago and yesterday began coughing. I am retired on a fixed income and can't afford a veterinarian. I rescued Blue two years ago when her previous owner no longer wanted her and Blue may have become processed food. I live in a residential area and Blue is free roaming in my back yard. Does anyone know of any home remedies I can use to help Blue? Thank you for your help.
A lead pill
Hello. I have a boar and gilt, both over 2 years old, that are not displaying sexual behavior any time of the month. What can I do to get them to breed?
I live in Georgia I am interested in buying the kinds of pig breed you have. How could we get in touch?
where is this hog breeder at, im in the Atl.area
thomas linden , I'm sorry to say that he passed away a few months ago. He was in his 80's and he will be missed. And now the Georgia Market Bulletin won't allow swine ads to be placed, unless you show proof of pseudorabies and brucellosis vaccination, and so the number of ads for pigs have dwindled tremendously.
Are beards required of all those who raise hogs, cows, and chickens????
Where do you love in Georgia? We're in Blue Ridge.
Live
Have they're trailer be house that way you just go feed them the day that you take them. close the door and go come back put the pig shack back lol
@8:30 😯 Was she okay?
Hello, yes, pigs are some of the strongest most resilient animals on earth. They are truly amazing. Thank you.
Hi I like this farming style, can you support me to do pig farming in Africa
ruclips.net/video/6sqcju8L924/видео.html переходьте сюда тут саморобний змішувач для комбікорму на тону-полтора
Дякую
Don't eat much swine anymore.
Dogs.
Exactly! :)