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...
5644@...
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)...
Hi Diane, I intend replying to the Benjamin's mail as well and I think you'll get some answers there too, but the best way is to buy a book on pigs. We have...
Hi David, I am very interested in your feeder "partly" described in the newsletter. Please can you send me an understandable version in Word format. Thanks. ...
After a nine-month gap without pigs, I took delivery of four weaners yesterday. The guy I bought them from said they had been wormed once already, but...
Randal- I have never seen a worming problem on pasture where it is rotated regularly. it also depends on the climate - here in Australia we are very dry and...
Wil & Megan Seiler
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Sep 5, 2004 2:20 am
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We feed our pastured stock a natural mineral mix that contains Diatomaceous Earth, works quite well....
First and foremost I want to thank GOD for protecting us with no loss of life. You can't appreciate all you have until you are tested. Here at Duck Haven Farm...
First, I have read the archives and I have gotten wonderful information on pigs. I am going to try to pasture next year when the snow melts and see if they...
... We just feed them on the ground since the feed is dry (bread, garden gleanings, etc). I have thought that if I was feeding wet, milk for example, then I...
We feed goat milk,eggs,garden scraps & ground barley.In summer we just put it on the ground where we want them to root. In winter we use old bathtubs we...
... Our chickens smooth out the ground behind the pigs. After the pigs go through an area and dig it up the chickens smooth it back out and within a month it...
Another idea for serving food and water. The couple I bought my weaners from use old hot water heater tanks, split down the middle. Any welder or machine shop...
