At this time. I’ve been unemployed since August 2003. My unemployment has run out and my prospects for future employment are dim at best. I have borrowed...
This prompts me to ask, what's the going rate around the country for weaner pigs? Jennifer below quotes $65, which seems to be the price around here (Okanogan...
... From: "Randall Newton" <new10k@...> Subject: [PasturedPigs] What's the price of a weaner today? ... weaner ... We're in northern IL. We pay $1 per...
I think it depends mostly on the quality, and of course the time of year. I saw piglets at the auction going for $25-$50, but they looked horrible. I knew I...
... Northern central Vermont $50 to $90 is what I've seen in the papers. We paid $60 last year but there was a shortage due to the cold winter which drove the...
This has been an interesting thread. Anybody care to comment on butcher hog prices? I'll have an extra I hope to sell in a couple of months... Aaron On Thu,...
We get $40 for healthy 4-5 week old weaned pigs. Chase Hubbard Warren Wilson College Farm ... From: Aaron G. [mailto:controlsdude2000@...] Sent: Thursday,...
Chase Hubbard
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Jul 30, 2004 4:45 pm
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A lot of it has to do with the season and with the supply & demand. In the Fall I've been offered $35 for as many as I can produce (er, the sows can produce :)...
A while ago someone mentioned seeing millet seed "passing thru" the pigs.. I have been feeding clover seed for several years now for just that effect ... using...
... And squash seeds and tomatoe seeds and sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds... All of these passed through our sheep and/or pigs. I find the plants growing...
I have 2 boars that are 8-9 months old. I would like to castrate them for the meat. Some have said the meat is ok after 3 weeks or so. Their a couple hundred...
Johan, I believe you are looking for a breeding wheel. I have only seen these used for dairy cattle and they were often kept in milkhouses years ago....
I have pot bellied pigs, but am thinking of letting my son raise some feeder pigs.(he has been asking to) I was curious how many litters can they reasonably be...
dogcrazy
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Aug 24, 2004 2:52 pm
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depending on how big they are I have seen folks stick them head first in a garbage can and then castrate. Diane MO - Licensed shelter/rescue for commercial...
dogcrazy
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Aug 24, 2004 2:54 pm
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Hi Kevin, Thanks for all the info, but I only saw the dairy wheel there and waaayyyyy to far for me to phone them:-))) Take care Johan (George, South Africa) ...
Sorry about that, type "gestation wheel" in the search. Kevin Kevin Hulbert <kevinhulbert@...> wrote: Johan, Here is a link to a sow gestation wheel. ...
Hello, PasturedPigs member. This company really helped me out. I almost lost my home. I am self employed and I was able to refinance. The best interest rates...
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Aug 29, 2004 11:05 pm
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Bonjour ! Notez que je serai en vacances du 30 août au 6 septembre inclusivement. Nick Gauthier répondra à vos questions et fera un suivi concernant tout ...
Kathryn Allard
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Aug 29, 2004 11:06 pm
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I was wondering, does anyone on this list raise hogs to make their full time sole income? I am 18 and just graduated high school this past May. I live on a...
I have 6 four or five month old pigs out on pasture. This morning one of them was outside the electric fence and when I got out to where she was I could tell ...
She is blind. I think she was drinking out of the puddle under the water nipple but never learned where the nipple was. Last weekend was very hot and humid...
Hi guys, I've got a boar that's gone sterile and I need to have it slaughtered. When I asked the abattoir what they will give me they said (SA currency)...
