Growing up my dad raised Duroc Yorkshire,Large Black and Old spots. My dad would plant enough corn each year to grow out 30 hogs. He would harvest the corn and take it to the mill and have it ground into powder. We would add extra milk from our milk cow or water and tablescraps and mix that up. My favorite job growing up was slopping the hogs. So thankful for my raising. My daddy taught me how to survive on very little. Thank you for this video Danny. It was a blessing to me.
Do you recall how many acres of corn that was? lol. Sounds like your dad had it down fir hog raising. I read somewhere that ground corn was better than feeding whole corn because it was more available for the pigs digestive system and the whole corn just kinda passed through.
@@lotus.... My dad passed away last year. I wish I had of ask him. I do remember that we had a 12 acre plot of corn but I can't remember if that was for the hogs or cattle. I will ask my brother if he remembers.
@@kimberlyearls649 Sorry about your dad. I can research it on my own. I was just wondering if you knew off hand lol. I wish I had asked my grandmother more about her farm life before she passed at 100. I did learn some skills like canning, gardening, and chicken care. She told us some of what they did to get by during the depression. Definitely helpful for hard times.
Informative . I know nothing about raising hogs, butchering,etc. My grandfather's hog lot was under three pear trees. After they passed over the rainbow bridge, I would gather and eat those pears , they were bigger than softballs and the most delicious I've ever had . Bless you Wanda and Danny .
@@RealWorldReport Our pears in NE FL get very large, we call them cow pears because they stay hard- even if you shred and boil the heck out of them! Cows & horses love them.
Interesting to know about the pears. My grandmother's father had mulberry trees over his hog pastures in Iowa. I am in a farm in NE FL but soon moving to a larger property in the FL Panhandle up near S. AL Good to know what works up around there as well. I am hoping to get some Chestnuts trees planted that are disease resistant for FL too.
Good morning! Thank you so much for the Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789. The historical factual base of our country at that time helps me understand why my family came here in 1729. You rendered Thanksgiving brilliant and meaningful to me. I love yours and Wanda's clear strength.
We put 9 potbelly pigs raised on pasture, hay, garden & kitchen scraps and a little 12% pig feed and a little corn. They were not extremely fat. The fat from them was enough to turn 2 deer about 75 lbs each and 5 rabbits and 5 chickens into sausage. The females had more fat than the males. The males were uncut and did not have any taint. The meat was amazing, very tender, cured out well for small hams and 2 were big enough for bacon.
It is true that a lot of information on TH-cam about pigs is wrong. For instance people taking bedding from a hog pen and putting it on the garden. There are multiple parasites in hogs that can infect humans. So in that case it's not just wrong but it's dangerous. Homesteading the Hard Way is an excellent channel for anyone considering raising hogs. Chris is a forth generation hot farmer and he separates truth from fiction. Very knowledgeable.
I would be interested in a butchering video. We raised hogs when I was growing up, but when I was actually old enough to learn what was going on we had them slaughtered and butchered. One of my fondest memories when I was around 6 was holding the cheese cloth while my grandmother strained the cracklins out of the lard. God Bless.
Excellent video! My grandpa raised a couple hogs many years ago and that was some of the best sausage. We really need more folks doing what yall do and we need community like it used to be. Thanks for taking so much of your time and making these informational videos. You can cram a lifetime of knowledge into some videos for sure.
We raised durcoc and tamworth...doric is a great meat pig. The tamworth is a bacon pig....they rock! Gloustishire pigs are 'orchard pigs' they had a sweet meat because they were pastured in orchards. We feed our apples, milk and free range... they taste great!
Enjoyed hearing . Brings back memories of my childhood and my grandparents. Loved being able to help with the annual hog killing. Usually done on Thanksgiving if the weather was cold enough...man I loved that feeling of being grown up an helping.
We are in N FL and are raising a herd of pure Kunekunes. We do have decent pasture and they are good docile friendly pigs. They do take a long time yo get to a decent weight. They get scraps, some pig feed including corn, fall acorns from our oaks, and grass. We are going to keep this breed but have been thinking about adding another breed as well but still researching that. I would be interested in seeing your pig butchering video. Thanks for your insight on pig breeds and feeding.
I really enjoy listening to your chats, even though I don't live on a farm. All the knowledge imparted can still help one understand a lot about the world we live in.
Very interesting, would be really interested in seeing how you butcher. We don't plan on having pigs we don't have the space but I never get tired of learning new things. You never know when you might be able to use it. Thanks for everything Danny ☺💝
Hi Danny and Wanda, I just want to thank you for being kind voices of reason in amongst all that's going on. What's left of my family of origin are God denying destructive attackers who I have had little to do with over the past eight years. I love to come hear what you two have to say about anything, because you have the Lord at the centre of your apprehension of reality. Glory to Him that He forgives the multitude of our iniquities. You and Wanda are truly blessed.
Morning Y’all, good video , we’re about 4 or 5 months out from getting our first pig , with research, the pen area , food storage, and the purchase we want to be as ready and set up as we can , your knowledge helps us and others! Thanks Danny ! Oh yeah , if y’all have time, I’d love a butchering video !
When I was growing up my dad and uncle , would put up fences around corn , pea and peanut fields after we harvested the crops , they would use hogs to finish up the fields
Good video. We have raised the Idaho Pasture Pigs, their original breeding farm was ten miles down the road from us. They are good pigs in my opinion. So expensive to buy now. We love the fat on our little lard pigs that are mutts but we feed them on garden waste and table scraps.
@@DeepSouthHomestead we raise IPP and hit market weight by 9 months. They have raised many breeds but IPP is by far our favorite. We now have 10 sows/gilts 4 boars and too many babies to count.
My friend raises Non Gmo hogs and is certified. He raises his on Non Gmo corn, Non Gmo soybeans and wheat and has to plant grasses for them He grinds his on feed around a ton a week. I go with him to market each time he goes. We haul around 16 to 18 hogs that range from 275 to 325 lbs. The animal welfare people come out to check his farm out each year. He has to send feed samples to be tested to make sure their is no GMO in his feed which would come from other GMO corn planted to close to his which it is not. Sounds like a big task and it is but it pays his bills. Oh, and did I mention his brother and him also have 18 turkey houses they take care of and also plant regular Gmo corn and soybeans.
Yes Danny please do a video on butchering. I remember watching my dad butcher a couple pigs but I was young and hardly remember any of it. Thanks for all y'all do!
i like your daddy's saying. we're raising the kune-kunes, we love them both for size and taste of the meat, and of course the lard, we only have 3 acres in pasture tho
Great information. As a 66 year old woman, I am looking for temperament most of all. Hopefully, I can find American Guinea Hogs when I am ready . Mangalitsa or Kune Kune would be good too. Thanks for the video!
Our kunekunes are very friendly and gentle. We have a 6yr old get in with the large male (us in there too of course) and all that boar wants to do is get petted and scratched and he is at least 350lbs He does like to rub on you so thats why we always go two people in a pen with large boars. He isn't aggressive but could accidently knock a smaller person over due to his size . Our sow doesn't care if we are around her babies or handle them either. She just wants scratches and treats! If you pet and handle the babies when they are little they will be good family pigs. Make sure you get purebred Kunekunes because a lot of people will cossbreed. Idaho Pasture pigs are crossed w kune and still friendly but not all other crossed pigs are.
I drank a quart of soy milk a day for a month and developed tumors on my breasts that doctors wanted to "pop out" with surgery. I stopped drinking it and they went away, but my breasts always react when I eat soy.
I had a friend who was a strict vegetarian, ate a ton of soy. She developed 5 breast tumors that quickly spread to her brain. She passed away and left two small children. Such a waste of a life
Great information and spot on thank you for telling people the truth. I have raised agh short for American guinea Hogs they were wonderful pigs to raise. Their personalities are absolutely wonderful. And the meat is a very dark meat lots of lard just what it supposed to be I have found they do grow faster than the kurekune which we are now raising. We changed because we were the crazy people that did not really care for the meat of the agh. We like the Cooney Cooney meet much better. Are Cooney Cooney are on the smaller side our style has a litter of 8 to 10 piglets and we do two litters a year. They're also very friendly pigs easy to keep are boar is a big baby he will jump in your car and go for a ride if he would let him. None of my pigs have ever rooted unless they're looking for dandelion Roots which we no longer have or there's some kind of goodness that they want to eat. That was the same with the agh as well. Pigs do have different personalities and I have had pigs from time to time that were more prone to rooting just because they like to do it period but for the most part none of our pigs we're big Rooters. Like I said the agh grew a bit faster we would process at 6 to 9 months. The Kurekune we process about 1 year old period both pigs take about three years to get to full size. The biggest thing I would say to someone just starting out is understand they are pigs period pics do not have a good eyesight they go by smell so if you have children and their hands smell good no matter how tame a pig is you could lose a finger. The other thing is when piglets are small people have a tendency to want to play with them. Hand feed them and let them on their lap. They also will let them run up against their leg if you do not want 150 or 200 lb pig to do that especially abor with razor blade sticking out of his face do not let them do that when they are young period for the most part we do train most of our pigs to stand back and let us feed and wait for the signal when it's time for them to eat I also trained them to go into their separate stalls when it was time to feed them it made things much easier for me and of course my pigs did learn the words get out of the house we could never leave doors open or we would end up with pigs on her bed or the sofa. They have to have water or mud wallow when it's hot out piles of straw for them to burrow into when it's cold it's what they need. So they are easy keepers. Exactly spot-on you have to know what you're looking for what your goals are. If you are looking for a big bacon Pig the agh or KK is probably not for you there are better pigs out there for that. I love the lard. They are easy to process and the small size does not bother us at all. Because I look at it this way I am storing my meat on the pasture not in the freezer. The older we get the smaller the size makes them much more manageable it can take us about 30 minutes to process a pig. We use all the parts what we don't use goes to the chickens. When we process the chickens what we don't use goes to the pigs. No pigs do not stink if they stink then you are doing something wrong no they are not dirty animals they are the easiest to clean up after they don't poop in their stall unless the weather is really really bad then they will poop in one corner. The sow if she is a good mom we'll teach her Young to poop outside that training will start about the second or third week. Even dad will step in and work with training for the kids. I do not use electric fencing but if you do you will need to train your pigs to that fence. Pigs have a tendency to bolt forward the first time they touch the fence versus a cow or other animal which has a tendency to move back or go to the side. When they are born they are about the size of a dollar bill period and within a week they are running all over the place sometimes it's very hard to contain them because they are so small they can squeeze through the tiniest of openings. Your fencing needs to be secure as well as your Gates. I have had some pigs that were jumpers they would jump up and unlock Gates so we had to secure a locks on the gates. I have had some pigs that would push rocks or buckets whatever they could find up to the gate so they could reach the latch and open it. So we train all of our pigs to come when called just in case they escape. Which can happen from time to time. However for the most part they do not challenge fencing. No we do not castrate at all never have never will. People get worried about taint and castration is the way to prevent that. However females can also have taint. If you do not have it in the line there is no problem. It is either genetic it can be from being in filthy living conditions it can also come from the way they are it can also be something in their intestines. these two breeds you do not want to feed them tons of bread or corn. You will get too much fat in the meat. Even though they are a large Pig you do not want them so fat that the fat penetrates the muscle tissue then the meat becomes very mushy and not the best eating. In the olden days the agh were called yard pigs and they were used to get rid of snakes. I have had people buy my pigs for just that purpose. According to them they had a rattlesnake problem and the pigs handled. I do not have a snake problem where I live so I cannot speak to that firsthand. I do know mine will eat small rodents. I have never had a problem with a pig eating any of my chickens ducks or turkeys. Even the babies they don't mess with them. In fact often times the chickens will ride on the pig's back or sleep with the pigs for extra warmth and protection. The pigs love eggs our board has his own chickens. He has two in his pen and he has fresh eggs for breakfast everyday. The girls nesting box is on the ground in his pen he knows when they argue to lay their eggs and will wait until they get off their nest and then he will go and get his eggs. That was not something we did intentionally it's just the way it worked out so we figured we would put nesting boxes in his pens to keep the chickens off the ground.
Thank you for sharing your experience, Danny! I am trying to learn from folks like you on YT b/c I am new to all of this. I have some American Guinea Hogs and I primarily wanted them b/c they are gentle, they are great foragers and they are slower growing (requires less feed input). So, even though they are slower growing, those other characteristics were more important to me. I do agree that I hear a lot of people on YT talking about grass-fed hogs and that is largely inaccurate. I have seen some very good operations that do almost exclusively pasture but that doesn't mean grass alone. I'm also interested in learning how to eat as much of the pig as possible - that's going to take my family and I a bit to get into, I think.
Danny GREAT VIDEO - finally some truths on raising good pigs & the reasons for growing them. You are totally correct there is no such a thing a grass raised pigs & I certainly don't want to eat them if there is. Cheers Denise- Australia
Haha that's true about momma sows that's what broke my arm I was separating the piglets from her and she cut loose crazy fast. Recommend doing it at night and fast. Love your videos Mr Danny always learn something new
Thank you for explaining that we should choose a breed based on what we want from a hog, I would like to know more of the traits that different breed have.
Thank YOU! Love your story/ Wisdom/Experience and You obvious GIVING soul as you sat down with us to just have a talk.... Loved this, as I am heading towards those three heritage pigs type Magalista.. Kune/kune Or IPP and who kows.. In forty years I mayyyyyy, know something>>>>!!! Thanks agaian/// peace.. ....OH, True hands Pottery.. Hey.. even got my first YT up... well. Peace Brother! HOP.. Vermont.
I have the kunekune a breeding pair , 8 months old and has not destroyed the pen at all, and I was raising duroc and tamworth , they are rough on the land , more meat production tho, and I went with the kunekune , for one they sell higher for piglets and easy for one man to butcher himself without any help due to the smaller size ..
Corn fed hogs taste the best to me,always have,always will,grew up helping feeding and watering,killing and butchering them,havent had any in a long time but about ready to build a new hog pen and get me some Hampshire pigs,always liked that breed,they get pretty good size and has good tasting meat!
I crossed Yorkshire with some particularly large wild hogs and had a very resiliant herd and like you got burned out on them. I wish I had some of them still around but we sold the whole pig farm and they closed it down and turned it into a subdivision
Really good video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I would like to a butchering video. The only butcher in several hours drive which is in Newton, ms is back up over a year. I raised some cross and could call them up and be on the schedule in a couple months. Time has changed after covid.
We did quite a bit of research before getting our breeding pair of IPP's. They are just a few months old, so we are still learning and appreciate your information. In years past, we'd get a couple yorkshire gilts (slightly less aggressive than the males we tried, even though they obviously dress out lighter). When we decided to keep a pair year round, I wanted docile nature and I didn't mind the added time to get to butcher weight. Our pigs have already learned to be happy when they hear my voice - hubby does the day-to-day feeding for them, but I supply the 'treats' (garden cast offs, collected acorns, food scraps, etc). Thank you for the tip on sweetening the lard. We are growing our own non gmo corn next year and had planned to give the ones we're growing out small amounts all along - is that a bad idea? Should we hold back the corn until the end?
I have a couple questions. Do different breeds pigs do better in certain climates? Also, what are a few options if I’m looking to have pigs for both fat and meat. I want to be able to feed them with resources from my homestead only. I am also looking into what it would take to have a breeding pair that provides a constant supply of resources for my homestead.
Hey!!!! Stay at home momma and homesteader. We keep a few dexter cows, ducks and chickens. I am looking at getting some feeder pigs this spring. We are 8 people including our five kiddos, my husband and his papa. I've trying to figure out breeds. This info was super helpful, I know I want more meat for the work with so many mouths to feed. I don't need nice breeds. But will br keeping them in a wooded area under oaks and cherries. Do you have any recommendations? Do you breed any? I would drive to you from Indiana!! Love and pray for you guys! Thank you for all you do!!!
Good info. I'm not to a point where I am ready to deal with pigs just yet. Do you know if pigs will eat crawfish? I have them digging holes all over my property. Maybe a couple pigs will clean out some of them.
Good video! I'd like to see y'all do a butchering video. I can do it, but I'm sure you can show me some things to do it a lot more efficiently, to get the most and best from the carcass.
hey Danny. I need to correct you on the Idaho Pasture pigs. You called them a lard pig. they are not. I have raised many breeds of pigs over the years and the amount of fat on the IPP is no different than when I was raising the Berkshire, Hampshire, Yorkshire, large whites, red wattles, or any other fast growing pigs. Since they are only part kune kune the mostly have the traits of the other breeds. we all feed a little different I think so our results are the different. I feed mine a large amount of hay/grass and some grain (not commercial feed ) and if I have it they get garden/kitchen scraps. I like a leaner meat so I never have tried to grow my pigs out fast. My IPP's are good to butcher when they are about 9 months old. The "faster" growing pigs I used to raise to about the same amount of time because of the way I feed them. the IPPs have a darker red colored meat with more flavor than the fast growing pigs. the adults are ultimately smaller so are preferred as a small homestead breed. I believe they eat less than the larger pigs also so feed to meat ratio is better than the large pigs. Any questions feel free to ask. I have been raising these pigs for several years. I live in SW Washington state where the temps are relatively mild. lots of rain here but temps rarely freezing and also rarely above 70 for extended time periods. I grow food all year long and I am able to grow what I need as well as for many others with few items from a store. Happy gardening!
What pig breeds would you recommend for potentially getting bacon, ham, rendering lard and the like from a pig. I’ve never raised any but my husband has, years ago. Is about an acre big enough for a couple of pigs to not feel so crammed? Would you recommend pasture rotation for pigs as well? Or do we just keep them isolated in one spot so no other ground is turned to muck? Thanks!
Thank you, Danny. Can you do the same type of video but about cows? One I'm ready, I'd really like a dairy cow I can breed and possibly butcher the calf. I'd love to know what kind would work on 5 acres.
Thank you Mr. Danny. We will be embarking on raising a pig, or more within the next year. We are looking for a breed that will provide meat, hams, chops, bacon, sausage, and that I could l render the lard as well. I want a breed that is docile, that I wouldn't fear in any way. We do often have small children here as well. I am interested in IPPs, but, finding them in Florida is...well...challenging.. Thank you again for some of the clarification.
I just got a Kune Kune piglet to raise as a breeder. They are pretty easy to find and she is as gentle as any dog I’ve ever had lol! We also have two Juliana pigs but haven’t butchered any of those yet. I like them bc they only get to 30/40 lbs but they are not known for their meat like the Kune Kune pigs. I guess we will find out 🤷♀️
@@thewildingslanding we plan to breed the Julianas in the next month or so. It will be this time next year before any of them go to freezer camp I would think. By then we should be ready to start breeding the Kune Kunes
Thank you, Danny . We have been buying only Organic - Grass fed meat, from - A BIG Company that's starts with a B ends with R We get a big box each month , Grass fed , Pork Roast, Grass Fed Organic steaks, Roasts, Whole Chicken , A corned Beef this month I ordered Extra & Smoked Salmon, So basically we are not just getting GRASS FED MEAT- ORGANIC ?????? The Steak was like Butter and we grilled Hambugers we both looked at each other, and they were amazing . If they are raised wonderful like yall do your animals. That's fine, but They say Raised with Care certified Humane raised & Handled .But Still the prices are extremely high , I want to make sure Butcher Box only uses U.S. Family Farmers ! God Bless you both Mrs. Josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🏻
Growing up my dad raised Duroc Yorkshire,Large Black and Old spots. My dad would plant enough corn each year to grow out 30 hogs. He would harvest the corn and take it to the mill and have it ground into powder. We would add extra milk from our milk cow or water and tablescraps and mix that up. My favorite job growing up was slopping the hogs. So thankful for my raising. My daddy taught me how to survive on very little. Thank you for this video Danny. It was a blessing to me.
Do you recall how many acres of corn that was? lol. Sounds like your dad had it down fir hog raising. I read somewhere that ground corn was better than feeding whole corn because it was more available for the pigs digestive system and the whole corn just kinda passed through.
@@lotus.... I don't remember the corn acreage but I remember that we had our hogs on ten acres.
@@lotus.... My dad passed away last year. I wish I had of ask him. I do remember that we had a 12 acre plot of corn but I can't remember if that was for the hogs or cattle. I will ask my brother if he remembers.
@@kimberlyearls649 Sorry about your dad. I can research it on my own. I was just wondering if you knew off hand lol. I wish I had asked my grandmother more about her farm life before she passed at 100. I did learn some skills like canning, gardening, and chicken care. She told us some of what they did to get by during the depression. Definitely helpful for hard times.
@@lotus.... ground corn is better.
Informative . I know nothing about raising hogs, butchering,etc. My grandfather's hog lot was under three pear trees. After they passed over the rainbow bridge, I would gather and eat those pears , they were bigger than softballs and the most delicious I've ever had . Bless you Wanda and Danny .
Here in south Alabama a lot of folks grew pears for all the livestock.,
@@RealWorldReport Our pears in NE FL get very large, we call them cow pears because they stay hard- even if you shred and boil the heck out of them! Cows & horses love them.
Interesting to know about the pears. My grandmother's father had mulberry trees over his hog pastures in Iowa. I am in a farm in NE FL but soon moving to a larger property in the FL Panhandle up near S. AL Good to know what works up around there as well. I am hoping to get some Chestnuts trees planted that are disease resistant for FL too.
Good morning! Thank you so much for the Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789. The historical factual base of our country at that time helps me understand why my family came here in 1729. You rendered Thanksgiving brilliant and meaningful to me. I love yours and Wanda's clear strength.
We put 9 potbelly pigs raised on pasture, hay, garden & kitchen scraps and a little 12% pig feed and a little corn. They were not extremely fat. The fat from them was enough to turn 2 deer about 75 lbs each and 5 rabbits and 5 chickens into sausage. The females had more fat than the males. The males were uncut and did not have any taint. The meat was amazing, very tender, cured out well for small hams and 2 were big enough for bacon.
Good morning! Thank you for this video. I am considering pigs and needed this type of information.
Same here!
@@sandrabulluck1896 Berkshire cross , had great results
It is true that a lot of information on TH-cam about pigs is wrong. For instance people taking bedding from a hog pen and putting it on the garden. There are multiple parasites in hogs that can infect humans. So in that case it's not just wrong but it's dangerous. Homesteading the Hard Way is an excellent channel for anyone considering raising hogs. Chris is a forth generation hot farmer and he separates truth from fiction. Very knowledgeable.
Thanks for the education. Been researching pigs and wasn’t sure what breed to get. Well you helped me figure it out.
I would be interested in a butchering video. We raised hogs when I was growing up, but when I was actually old enough to learn what was going on we had them slaughtered and butchered. One of my fondest memories when I was around 6 was holding the cheese cloth while my grandmother strained the cracklins out of the lard. God Bless.
Excellent video! My grandpa raised a couple hogs many years ago and that was some of the best sausage. We really need more folks doing what yall do and we need community like it used to be. Thanks for taking so much of your time and making these informational videos. You can cram a lifetime of knowledge into some videos for sure.
We raised durcoc and tamworth...doric is a great meat pig. The tamworth is a bacon pig....they rock! Gloustishire pigs are 'orchard pigs' they had a sweet meat because they were pastured in orchards. We feed our apples, milk and free range... they taste great!
Enjoyed hearing . Brings back memories of my childhood and my grandparents. Loved being able to help with the annual hog killing. Usually done on Thanksgiving if the weather was cold enough...man I loved that feeling of being grown up an helping.
Happy Friday Danny & Wanda
We are in N FL and are raising a herd of pure Kunekunes. We do have decent pasture and they are good docile friendly pigs. They do take a long time yo get to a decent weight. They get scraps, some pig feed including corn, fall acorns from our oaks, and grass.
We are going to keep this breed but have been thinking about adding another breed as well but still researching that. I would be interested in seeing your pig butchering video. Thanks for your insight on pig breeds and feeding.
Absolutely would love to see a video on butchering a hog. Thank-you for all your insight and I very much enjoy all your videos!
I really enjoy listening to your chats, even though I don't live on a farm. All the knowledge imparted can still help one understand a lot about the world we live in.
Thanks for the course correction. Very helpful info. The hype from many other TH-camrs about heritage breeds had me going in circles.
Very interesting, would be really interested in seeing how you butcher. We don't plan on having pigs we don't have the space but I never get tired of learning new things. You never know when you might be able to use it. Thanks for everything Danny ☺💝
Thank you for all your knowledge. Grateful.
I couldn’t agree more my friend! I raise Guinea hogs for fat and Yorkshire’s for meat.
Good to know. Thanks
Hi Danny and Wanda,
I just want to thank you for being kind voices of reason in amongst all that's going on.
What's left of my family of origin are God denying destructive attackers who I have had little to do with over the past eight years. I love to come hear what you two have to say about anything, because you have the Lord at the centre of your apprehension of reality.
Glory to Him that He forgives the multitude of our iniquities.
You and Wanda are truly blessed.
Morning Y’all, good video , we’re about 4 or 5 months out from getting our first pig , with research, the pen area , food storage, and the purchase we want to be as ready and set up as we can , your knowledge helps us and others! Thanks Danny ! Oh yeah , if y’all have time, I’d love a butchering video !
Thank you Dan for the valuable information . GOD bless yoy.
Thank you for your very informative videos they teach us all great homestead lessons
Danny you’re brilliant! I love you for always being so honest and sharing your knowledge. Great video!
Great information Danny. We were looking into this for out home. 🙏❤️
When I was growing up my dad and uncle , would put up fences around corn , pea and peanut fields after we harvested the crops , they would use hogs to finish up the fields
Great info! Thanks so much!
Great information. We're looking to get into pigs very soon. Thanks Danny and Miss Wanda♥️.
That’s great information Danny! 🐽
Thank you for all the information. Great information.
Good morning brother Danny and Happy Thanksgiving to you and Wanda, very good information
Good video. We have raised the Idaho Pasture Pigs, their original breeding farm was ten miles down the road from us. They are good pigs in my opinion. So expensive to buy now. We love the fat on our little lard pigs that are mutts but we feed them on garden waste and table scraps.
Sure wish they were available here.
@@pamelaremme38 any pig can be raised to harvest in 8 months if fed enough.
@@pamelaremme38 many of my IPP were 300# by 9 months.
@@DeepSouthHomestead we raise IPP and hit market weight by 9 months. They have raised many breeds but IPP is by far our favorite. We now have 10 sows/gilts 4 boars and too many babies to count.
@@jessicahoff867 wow sounds awesome that you're so successful at it.
This was some good info. Thank you.
Thanks Danny ...I always learn alot from you.
Great info. Thanks Danny.
thank you for sharing your wisdom as always sir.
Another excellent video. Thanks for sharing
Very helpful, thanks!
Thank you for the info and yes I would really like to watch a video of processing a pig.
My friend raises Non Gmo hogs and is certified. He raises his on Non Gmo corn, Non Gmo soybeans and wheat and has to plant grasses for them He grinds his on feed around a ton a week. I go with him to market each time he goes. We haul around 16 to 18 hogs that range from 275 to 325 lbs. The animal welfare people come out to check his farm out each year. He has to send feed samples to be tested to make sure their is no GMO in his feed which would come from other GMO corn planted to close to his which it is not. Sounds like a big task and it is but it pays his bills. Oh, and did I mention his brother and him also have 18 turkey houses they take care of and also plant regular Gmo corn and soybeans.
Yes Danny please do a video on butchering. I remember watching my dad butcher a couple pigs but I was young and hardly remember any of it. Thanks for all y'all do!
Very informative!
i like your daddy's saying. we're raising the kune-kunes, we love them both for size and taste of the meat, and of course the lard, we only have 3 acres in pasture tho
Great video..Good information and knowledge👍🏾💯
Lots of good information
Great information. As a 66 year old woman, I am looking for temperament most of all. Hopefully, I can find American Guinea Hogs when I am ready . Mangalitsa or Kune Kune would be good too. Thanks for the video!
Our kunekunes are very friendly and gentle. We have a 6yr old get in with the large male (us in there too of course) and all that boar wants to do is get petted and scratched and he is at least 350lbs He does like to rub on you so thats why we always go two people in a pen with large boars. He isn't aggressive but could accidently knock a smaller person over due to his size . Our sow doesn't care if we are around her babies or handle them either. She just wants scratches and treats! If you pet and handle the babies when they are little they will be good family pigs. Make sure you get purebred Kunekunes because a lot of people will cossbreed. Idaho Pasture pigs are crossed w kune and still friendly but not all other crossed pigs are.
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Praying for him.
Excellent information. Thank you.
great info
Great content.
I drank a quart of soy milk a day for a month and developed tumors on my breasts that doctors wanted to "pop out" with surgery. I stopped drinking it and they went away, but my breasts always react when I eat soy.
Yes years ago we used soy to boost milk production. Don't do that anymore.
I had a friend who was a strict vegetarian, ate a ton of soy. She developed 5 breast tumors that quickly spread to her brain. She passed away and left two small children. Such a waste of a life
Great information and spot on thank you for telling people the truth. I have raised agh short for American guinea Hogs they were wonderful pigs to raise. Their personalities are absolutely wonderful. And the meat is a very dark meat lots of lard just what it supposed to be I have found they do grow faster than the kurekune which we are now raising. We changed because we were the crazy people that did not really care for the meat of the agh. We like the Cooney Cooney meet much better. Are Cooney Cooney are on the smaller side our style has a litter of 8 to 10 piglets and we do two litters a year. They're also very friendly pigs easy to keep are boar is a big baby he will jump in your car and go for a ride if he would let him. None of my pigs have ever rooted unless they're looking for dandelion Roots which we no longer have or there's some kind of goodness that they want to eat. That was the same with the agh as well. Pigs do have different personalities and I have had pigs from time to time that were more prone to rooting just because they like to do it period but for the most part none of our pigs we're big Rooters. Like I said the agh grew a bit faster we would process at 6 to 9 months. The Kurekune we process about 1 year old period both pigs take about three years to get to full size. The biggest thing I would say to someone just starting out is understand they are pigs period pics do not have a good eyesight they go by smell so if you have children and their hands smell good no matter how tame a pig is you could lose a finger. The other thing is when piglets are small people have a tendency to want to play with them. Hand feed them and let them on their lap. They also will let them run up against their leg if you do not want 150 or 200 lb pig to do that especially abor with razor blade sticking out of his face do not let them do that when they are young period for the most part we do train most of our pigs to stand back and let us feed and wait for the signal when it's time for them to eat I also trained them to go into their separate stalls when it was time to feed them it made things much easier for me and of course my pigs did learn the words get out of the house we could never leave doors open or we would end up with pigs on her bed or the sofa. They have to have water or mud wallow when it's hot out piles of straw for them to burrow into when it's cold it's what they need. So they are easy keepers. Exactly spot-on you have to know what you're looking for what your goals are. If you are looking for a big bacon Pig the agh or KK is probably not for you there are better pigs out there for that. I love the lard. They are easy to process and the small size does not bother us at all. Because I look at it this way I am storing my meat on the pasture not in the freezer. The older we get the smaller the size makes them much more manageable it can take us about 30 minutes to process a pig. We use all the parts what we don't use goes to the chickens. When we process the chickens what we don't use goes to the pigs. No pigs do not stink if they stink then you are doing something wrong no they are not dirty animals they are the easiest to clean up after they don't poop in their stall unless the weather is really really bad then they will poop in one corner. The sow if she is a good mom we'll teach her Young to poop outside that training will start about the second or third week. Even dad will step in and work with training for the kids. I do not use electric fencing but if you do you will need to train your pigs to that fence. Pigs have a tendency to bolt forward the first time they touch the fence versus a cow or other animal which has a tendency to move back or go to the side. When they are born they are about the size of a dollar bill period and within a week they are running all over the place sometimes it's very hard to contain them because they are so small they can squeeze through the tiniest of openings. Your fencing needs to be secure as well as your Gates. I have had some pigs that were jumpers they would jump up and unlock Gates so we had to secure a locks on the gates. I have had some pigs that would push rocks or buckets whatever they could find up to the gate so they could reach the latch and open it. So we train all of our pigs to come when called just in case they escape. Which can happen from time to time. However for the most part they do not challenge fencing. No we do not castrate at all never have never will. People get worried about taint and castration is the way to prevent that. However females can also have taint. If you do not have it in the line there is no problem. It is either genetic it can be from being in filthy living conditions it can also come from the way they are it can also be something in their intestines. these two breeds you do not want to feed them tons of bread or corn. You will get too much fat in the meat. Even though they are a large Pig you do not want them so fat that the fat penetrates the muscle tissue then the meat becomes very mushy and not the best eating. In the olden days the agh were called yard pigs and they were used to get rid of snakes. I have had people buy my pigs for just that purpose. According to them they had a rattlesnake problem and the pigs handled. I do not have a snake problem where I live so I cannot speak to that firsthand. I do know mine will eat small rodents. I have never had a problem with a pig eating any of my chickens ducks or turkeys. Even the babies they don't mess with them. In fact often times the chickens will ride on the pig's back or sleep with the pigs for extra warmth and protection. The pigs love eggs our board has his own chickens. He has two in his pen and he has fresh eggs for breakfast everyday. The girls nesting box is on the ground in his pen he knows when they argue to lay their eggs and will wait until they get off their nest and then he will go and get his eggs. That was not something we did intentionally it's just the way it worked out so we figured we would put nesting boxes in his pens to keep the chickens off the ground.
Very interesting; thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
Just in time info. (As usual). Thanks. ❤️
Very informative video Danny! I've always wondered about the so called pasture/grass fed pig breeds. I just want good bacon and sausage.
And please do a video on how to process ALL the different livestock you raise for consumption. That would be great
Definitely would love more videos about this. Thinking of getting Idaho pasture and would like all the info I can get.
Thank you for the information. I'm researching hogs as we speak.
Very good 👍
thank you,
Thank you for sharing your experience, Danny! I am trying to learn from folks like you on YT b/c I am new to all of this. I have some American Guinea Hogs and I primarily wanted them b/c they are gentle, they are great foragers and they are slower growing (requires less feed input). So, even though they are slower growing, those other characteristics were more important to me. I do agree that I hear a lot of people on YT talking about grass-fed hogs and that is largely inaccurate. I have seen some very good operations that do almost exclusively pasture but that doesn't mean grass alone. I'm also interested in learning how to eat as much of the pig as possible - that's going to take my family and I a bit to get into, I think.
Danny GREAT VIDEO - finally some truths on raising good pigs & the reasons for growing them. You are totally correct there is no such a thing a grass raised pigs & I certainly don't want to eat them if there is. Cheers Denise- Australia
Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝
Haha that's true about momma sows that's what broke my arm I was separating the piglets from her and she cut loose crazy fast. Recommend doing it at night and fast. Love your videos Mr Danny always learn something new
I would love to learn from the master to butcher a pig. Thanks Danny for your knowledge!
Thank you for explaining that we should choose a breed based on what we want from a hog, I would like to know more of the traits that different breed have.
Thank you, very informative. What did you cross with Berkshire to get maximum growth, or did I miss that? Duroc maybe?
Great info on the type of pig 🐖 on how and what they eat 🐷 what your use is for them.
Guinea pigs are all I can have right now, as I am apartment-steading.😁 I know you can eat them, but we dont. We do use their poo on our plants though.
Thanks for clearingvthat up about the grass fed pigs. The way people talk about it I was under the impression that they could eat almost like sheep 😂
Nope not going to happen and them live.
We breed, raise, and butcher our own Duroc pigs. We love the red meat they provide. Awesome bacon and great marbling in the chops.
Thank YOU! Love your story/ Wisdom/Experience and You obvious GIVING soul as you sat down with us to just have a talk.... Loved this, as I am heading towards those three heritage pigs type Magalista.. Kune/kune Or IPP and who kows.. In forty years I mayyyyyy, know something>>>>!!! Thanks agaian/// peace.. ....OH, True hands Pottery.. Hey.. even got my first YT up... well. Peace Brother! HOP.. Vermont.
Morning y’all
I have the kunekune a breeding pair , 8 months old and has not destroyed the pen at all, and I was raising duroc and tamworth , they are rough on the land , more meat production tho, and I went with the kunekune , for one they sell higher for piglets and easy for one man to butcher himself without any help due to the smaller size ..
Corn fed hogs taste the best to me,always have,always will,grew up helping feeding and watering,killing and butchering them,havent had any in a long time but about ready to build a new hog pen and get me some Hampshire pigs,always liked that breed,they get pretty good size and has good tasting meat!
I have 3 mulefoots love them here in arkansas
I crossed Yorkshire with some particularly large wild hogs and had a very resiliant herd and like you got burned out on them. I wish I had some of them still around but we sold the whole pig farm and they closed it down and turned it into a subdivision
Really good video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I would like to a butchering video. The only butcher in several hours drive which is in Newton, ms is back up over a year. I raised some cross and could call them up and be on the schedule in a couple months. Time has changed after covid.
We did quite a bit of research before getting our breeding pair of IPP's. They are just a few months old, so we are still learning and appreciate your information. In years past, we'd get a couple yorkshire gilts (slightly less aggressive than the males we tried, even though they obviously dress out lighter). When we decided to keep a pair year round, I wanted docile nature and I didn't mind the added time to get to butcher weight. Our pigs have already learned to be happy when they hear my voice - hubby does the day-to-day feeding for them, but I supply the 'treats' (garden cast offs, collected acorns, food scraps, etc).
Thank you for the tip on sweetening the lard. We are growing our own non gmo corn next year and had planned to give the ones we're growing out small amounts all along - is that a bad idea? Should we hold back the corn until the end?
Hold back till the end. Give it to them one month before butchering till butchering time.
Thank you for the valuable information. If you have time, could you give your thoughts on pigs being considered unclean?
Thank you very educational.
We would like to have a butchering video done if possible.
morning danny
I have a couple questions. Do different breeds pigs do better in certain climates? Also, what are a few options if I’m looking to have pigs for both fat and meat.
I want to be able to feed them with resources from my homestead only. I am also looking into what it would take to have a breeding pair that provides a constant supply of resources for my homestead.
Idaho pasture pig's or American guinea pig would be good choices for a homestead or the kune kune pig.
@@DeepSouthHomestead I'm also interested in American guinea pigs as I'm on just 6 acres with chickens, turkeys and goats.
I have Juliana pigs and one Kune Kune. I like the smaller pigs. We haven’t butchered any yet as they are all still pretty young.
Hey!!!! Stay at home momma and homesteader. We keep a few dexter cows, ducks and chickens. I am looking at getting some feeder pigs this spring. We are 8 people including our five kiddos, my husband and his papa. I've trying to figure out breeds. This info was super helpful, I know I want more meat for the work with so many mouths to feed. I don't need nice breeds. But will br keeping them in a wooded area under oaks and cherries. Do you have any recommendations? Do you breed any? I would drive to you from Indiana!! Love and pray for you guys! Thank you for all you do!!!
Good info. I'm not to a point where I am ready to deal with pigs just yet. Do you know if pigs will eat crawfish? I have them digging holes all over my property. Maybe a couple pigs will clean out some of them.
Yes they will eat them.
Your kale looks wonderful. Mine grew about three inches and stopped in upstate sc. what did you fertilize with? Too cold at night maybe? Thank you.
Fertilized with triple thirteen. Dosent really get to cold for kale.
Thankyou can you talk about the leaf lard, yes do a video on butching a pig.
Good video! I'd like to see y'all do a butchering video. I can do it, but I'm sure you can show me some things to do it a lot more efficiently, to get the most and best from the carcass.
Actually, cows, sheep, goats, etc. only have one stomach. The one stomach is just divided into four sections.
hey Danny. I need to correct you on the Idaho Pasture pigs. You called them a lard pig. they are not. I have raised many breeds of pigs over the years and the amount of fat on the IPP is no different than when I was raising the Berkshire, Hampshire, Yorkshire, large whites, red wattles, or any other fast growing pigs. Since they are only part kune kune the mostly have the traits of the other breeds. we all feed a little different I think so our results are the different. I feed mine a large amount of hay/grass
and some grain (not commercial feed ) and if I have it they get garden/kitchen scraps. I like a leaner meat so I never have tried to grow my pigs out fast. My IPP's are good to butcher when they are about 9 months old. The "faster" growing pigs I used to raise to about the same amount of time because of the way I feed them. the IPPs have a darker red colored meat with more flavor than the fast growing pigs. the adults are ultimately smaller so are preferred as a small homestead breed. I believe they eat less than the larger pigs also so feed to meat ratio is better than the large pigs. Any questions feel free to ask. I have been raising these pigs for several years. I live in SW Washington state where the temps are relatively mild. lots of rain here but temps rarely freezing and also rarely above 70 for extended time periods. I grow food all year long and I am able to grow what I need as well as for many others with few items from a store. Happy gardening!
What pig breeds would you recommend for potentially getting bacon, ham, rendering lard and the like from a pig. I’ve never raised any but my husband has, years ago. Is about an acre big enough for a couple of pigs to not feel so crammed? Would you recommend pasture rotation for pigs as well? Or do we just keep them isolated in one spot so no other ground is turned to muck?
Thanks!
Good info. thank you. Danny have you ever salt cured, and if so could you please share the process? God Bless.
We have videos on bacon curing. They have nitrites in them we are going to make one using just salt.
We have 2 Duroc/old spot cross pigs. Great Long more Lean Bacon type Hogs Red with Black spots
Thank you, Danny. Can you do the same type of video but about cows? One I'm ready, I'd really like a dairy cow I can breed and possibly butcher the calf. I'd love to know what kind would work on 5 acres.
We have some Dexter jersey cross. These are the ones we butcher.
We are looking to raise a few pigs, would love to see your butcher video
Loved our great pork in the freezer.
Good morning
What about feeding oats, hay,etc.?
Oats is okay hay is useless.
Thank you Mr. Danny. We will be embarking on raising a pig, or more within the next year. We are looking for a breed that will provide meat, hams, chops, bacon, sausage, and that I could l render the lard as well. I want a breed that is docile, that I wouldn't fear in any way. We do often have small children here as well. I am interested in IPPs, but, finding them in Florida is...well...challenging.. Thank you again for some of the clarification.
I just got a Kune Kune piglet to raise as a breeder. They are pretty easy to find and she is as gentle as any dog I’ve ever had lol! We also have two Juliana pigs but haven’t butchered any of those yet. I like them bc they only get to 30/40 lbs but they are not known for their meat like the Kune Kune pigs. I guess we will find out 🤷♀️
@@twistedponies7480 Please keep me posted. Thank you for your input! I appreciate the input!
@@thewildingslanding we plan to breed the Julianas in the next month or so. It will be this time next year before any of them go to freezer camp I would think. By then we should be ready to start breeding the Kune Kunes
@@twistedponies7480 I subscribed so I can follow the progress! 😊
Thank you, Danny . We have been buying only Organic - Grass fed meat, from - A BIG Company that's starts with a B ends with R
We get a big box each month , Grass fed , Pork Roast, Grass Fed Organic steaks, Roasts, Whole Chicken , A corned Beef this month I ordered Extra & Smoked Salmon, So basically we are not just getting GRASS FED MEAT- ORGANIC ??????
The Steak was like Butter and we grilled Hambugers we both looked at each other, and they were amazing . If they are raised wonderful like yall do your animals. That's fine, but They say Raised with Care certified Humane raised & Handled .But Still the prices are extremely high , I want to make sure Butcher Box only uses U.S. Family Farmers !
God Bless you both
Mrs. Josette Tharp
Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🏻