Sorry to hear about the injured pig and his final outcome but you did the proper thing. We were taught by our Dad not to let any animal suffer no matter how much you care for them. Those pigs are smart they setup their bedding area in the back away from the open end of their pen. Its dryer and warmer back there. Thanks Pete for another good video.
Love your videos! So informative and I love the way you steward your pigs. As a new pig farmer, I greatly soak up all that wisdom you’re sharing with us! Keep it up! Thank you Pete!
I found the same thing with my pigs. They get board. I found a great toy in a well planted fence post in the middle of the yard with 2 tires over it. They would spend hours playing with it. The other thing they likes was an old yard broom bolted bristles out to the fence Pigs love to scratch.
Such a joy to see how you keep a happy disposition in the face of constant work. Well done Pete, you’re an amazing man. And kudos to Hillary too for her strength to keep everything moving along.
Bend back baling wire several times about 6-8" long to form a metal hot dog, then tie the end to the fencing about 6" off the ground. I raised thousands of pigs in confinement and used this method to stop the ear and tail biting. Worked for me!
Great video. Thanks so much for sharing your story about Harvey. On our homestead, sometimes we’ve made good decisions and other times made determinations that we regret. I can tell that you really care about your animals and you always try to do right by them. Thanks for sharing your experiences. 👍
Another thing you can do is burn some limbs just enough to blacken the limbs to an outer charcoal state they will nibble and push the limbs around and they will nibble all the charcoal off, and this helps them 2 different ways... one: it keeps them from being bored, and two: the charcoal acts as a natural de-wormer
Thank you very great information especially with that 🎄 tree. That's really thinking out of the box. Also about water set up love this very awesome video
Really like all your videos. Maybe you already have but you should make a video on what breeds of hogs you use and why. That would be great! Keep up the great work!
I like your videos and I like pigs so I’m excited to see your new step in your new pig raising but I like your bulls to but you do a great job on your farm and videos
We found that pigs would chew on each other, especially their tails, partially because they were bored. Like your Christmas tree, we put some old bowling balls in the pen for them to play with.
Hey Pete, I farm pretty similar to you and on my water barrels for my feeder pigs I put three nipple drinkers per barrel one at about 4 in from the bottom and the next is about 10in up from the bottom and then the next at about 15in and I set the barrels on 4x4 oak blocks and I never had to raise the barrel yet and that way if there some size difference in the group they can take the one easiest to drink from. Hope this helps!
Can you explain what kind of food you are feeding in regards to piglets to butcher size? Everything I’ve found had been in pellet form and your food seems to be powder form. Thanks so much my little farm is Learning tons from your page. Keep on sharing some of us do appreciate it
We use feed fresh ground by our local mill. It is mostly corn and soybeans with additional minerals/vitamins/probiotics. I am suspicious of pelleted feeds because I am less sure of their ingredients and how long they've been sitting on the shelf.
I really like your videos. I find them relaxing. You said you think your pigs eat less using a self feeder instead of feeding them by hand . Wouldn't that equate to slower growth? When I had feedlot cattle, it was considered good to get them to eat more.
Just discovered your channel. I'm in Southern Albany County. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. They are very well done and provide great information. I know few people with pigs. Many of them seem to feed the pigs everything under the sun. I assume when you do that the meat is not as good and you never develop any consistency in the end product. Any thoughts? I understand and am sympathetic to folks who may have limited income but still want to raise their own food.
Hi Vincent, I have run into that too. I'm not a fan of feeding too many scraps to pigs. We bought feeder pigs once from a farm where they fed their butcher pigs sugar that was swept off the floor of a bakery. Very fatty meat was the result. In late summer/fall, we supplement our pigs' diet with apples & vegetables that are not sellable, given to us by some neighboring farms. Aside from that, they just get grain and whatever they can forage for in the pasture. I believe that the old saying "garbage in garbage out" applies to meat as well. The best meat comes from pigs fed a balanced diet.
This is a good advice. I let my 3 month old pigs in to a old wood pile, they loved it. They have torn the place apart, but loved doing it. Plenty of grubs, ant all sorts of the insects to eat. Tons of places to root and explore. They are happy pigs. One even has a favorite stick, she carries it around and plays with it.
Hello there , very interesting video again. As a professional hog producer my self , i have maybe a better idea for your deworming process in your pigs. When you make feed , blend garlic in it in the fist couple weeks. It's a natural way of deworming. And it's fitting in better in your total picture of doing things natural .
I also heard pumpkin was a good natural wormer. We always put our pigs over our garden. When the garden is done pigs go in. Right before garden goes in the pigs go to butcher. Garden is naturally fertilized and tilled up for us. So we always give our pigs the inside of pumpkins when carving and then when it’s time to get rid of carved pumpkins they get that also.
Do you have to supplement the eating with feed? Let's say you can get enough "table scraps" from the grocery store with expired vegetables...will that do the trick or do you definitely need the feed for protein supplement?
It is hard to give pigs the nutritional balance they need by just feeding them scraps. Scraps should be viewed as a treat, not their main source of food.
Hey, what kind of feed do you recommend using for your pigs? I’ve got mine on cracked corn, soybean meal mix that I do myself. Just was wondering if there was a better solution then that. Thanks
Where are you located? It doesn’t look like winter is too aggressive, so I’m wondering if I could get by with a lean to for pigs, or if I should build an enclosed shed as I’m pretty far north. Is that pen all the more space you need for them until they reach market weight?
I really love 💚farming. I lived on a farm in Bakersfield California. 30 acres 10 acres alfalfa 10 acres cotton and 5 acres was for our cattle 🐄 and 5 acres was where our house was at with a big grass yard. Well my dad sold the farm and we moved into the city man did I hate that. By the time I was 13 we moved back on a farm man was I happy. I could walk out ether the font door and go hunting for birds dove and pigeons.
Hi Gary, the spruce needles didn't bother the pigs a bit. I imagine some animals would be sensitive, but pigs seem to be able to eat just about anything without harm.
Last year our calf couldn’t drink so I shoved the feeding tube to her stomach but the 3rd day she fought and it went in her lung and she died in my arms
Hi Kberry, we have never fed whey. We would if we had a source for it. And being careful to use it as a supplemental food source, as we do when produce farmers give apples and vegetables.
thank ya fer the video, are they "chewin on you an each other cause of the space there in? ai had thet happen or ai should say thet is what the vet said was the cause o thier chewin, ai had 6 in a 14 x 14 space,, any way thet sure is a great set-up fer the water an feed ai woud never a thought of thet,, thank you fer the video,, be blessed an safe
Hi Russ, I've been doing some reading on the issue, and have learned many things can cause this habit. In can be that the pen is too small, their diet lacks enough salt, they don't have anything to browse on, or that one or more pigs just do it for no particular reason than it being a bad habit, then it spreads to the other pigs. I'm guessing here it is the lack of things to browse on. If my solution doesn't work, I'll try some of the other things. As always, thanks for watching!
@@JustaFewAcresFarm the vet ai had come out ta the farm didnt say all thet , yer rite it coud be anthin, but ya sure make great videos, pigs are somethin else, they do jist cause they board,, thank ya fer yer answers
My family had 3 boys. My dad used to say that he almost got a fork in the back of his hand reaching for the last pork chop. 3 teenagers would clean out the refrigerator in no time. Not helped by the fact that my mom was a great cook.
Giving an animal the best care we can and forming a personal bond with them gives them their best life. Would it be better to be cruel or indifferent to an animal for it's whole life? I don't think so. They go to slaughter because that is how our family makes a living.
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The fact that you can be honest about the positives and negatives of farming shows how genuine this is. All the videos are appreciated
I have learned a lot from Pete. Thank you.
Sorry to hear about the injured pig and his final outcome but you did the proper thing. We were taught by our Dad not to let any animal suffer no matter how much you care for them. Those pigs are smart they setup their bedding area in the back away from the open end of their pen. Its dryer and warmer back there. Thanks Pete for another good video.
You're a good farmer Pete, keep up the good work 😊
As a retired cop I have a very special of love for pigs. Thank you
I honestly go back and watch all of your videos again. Several times. You are a Rock Star Farmer Pete!!
This guy is concise and straightforward to the point love it. Subscribed
Love your videos! So informative and I love the way you steward your pigs. As a new pig farmer, I greatly soak up all that wisdom you’re sharing with us! Keep it up! Thank you Pete!
I never raised over winter, i didn't have a suitable building setup. Thanks for showing how you do it!
Thank you for being real about Harvey .
I found the same thing with my pigs. They get board. I found a great toy in a well planted fence post in the middle of the yard with 2 tires over it. They would spend hours playing with it. The other thing they likes was an old yard broom bolted bristles out to the fence Pigs love to scratch.
Such a joy to see how you keep a happy disposition in the face of constant work. Well done Pete, you’re an amazing man. And kudos to Hillary too for her strength to keep everything moving along.
Hey Pete God bless you sir for keeping the peace
Nice description of Harvey’s story. Great lesson learned.
Addictive channel! Love the channel Pete. Some part of all of us wants to be a farmer…
I've watched this video several times. Thank you.
You always show us how to improve. That's what I like about your channel. God bless
Bend back baling wire several times about 6-8" long to form a metal hot dog, then tie the end to the fencing about 6" off the ground. I raised thousands of pigs in confinement and used this method to stop the ear and tail biting. Worked for me!
Great video. Thanks so much for sharing your story about Harvey. On our homestead, sometimes we’ve made good decisions and other times made determinations that we regret. I can tell that you really care about your animals and you always try to do right by them. Thanks for sharing your experiences. 👍
Another thing you can do is burn some limbs just enough to blacken the limbs to an outer charcoal state they will nibble and push the limbs around and they will nibble all the charcoal off, and this helps them 2 different ways... one: it keeps them from being bored, and two: the charcoal acts as a natural de-wormer
Thanks Pete, very helpful
Good work Mr Dad.
Thank you very great information especially with that 🎄 tree. That's really thinking out of the box. Also about water set up love this very awesome video
Thanks for the pig education.
Pigs also love hay. Lots of seeds and leaves. Pigs are natural foragers as you know. Grass clippings (although not too much) are good too.
As always, an informative video. Thank you
I learn so much on your channel your vidios are great only bad thing is your not close to me thank you for what you do have a wonderful day
Really like all your videos. Maybe you already have but you should make a video on what breeds of hogs you use and why. That would be great! Keep up the great work!
Another gr8 video Pete. Keep it up. Greetings from Ireland.
Haven't scribed yet but I am going to do so, just need to get WiFi . Love your channel and all the info it has to offer.
I like your videos and I like pigs so I’m excited to see your new step in your new pig raising but I like your bulls to but you do a great job on your farm and videos
We found that pigs would chew on each other, especially their tails, partially because they were bored. Like your Christmas tree, we put some old bowling balls in the pen for them to play with.
Very helpful information. Thanks!
Love the feeding system you have for your pigs, but could you show what you have for your breeders?
Thanks!
Looks Like A Good Bunch Of Hogs
Hey Pete, I farm pretty similar to you and on my water barrels for my feeder pigs I put three nipple drinkers per barrel one at about 4 in from the bottom and the next is about 10in up from the bottom and then the next at about 15in and I set the barrels on 4x4 oak blocks and I never had to raise the barrel yet and that way if there some size difference in the group they can take the one easiest to drink from. Hope this helps!
Great video. Thank you very much.
I enjoy them all
You can give the pigs logs that have been charded to make bio char. So many benefits. Look into it.
Love your videos. Planning on doing some animals and hay on our proprty in the future
I think one reason why the pigs are using less feed is that they are probably wasting less by not getting it on the floor.
Chew chains work great. Old bowling balls. Any thing for them to do
Can you explain what kind of food you are feeding in regards to piglets to butcher size? Everything I’ve found had been in pellet form and your food seems to be powder form. Thanks so much my little farm is Learning tons from your page. Keep on sharing some of us do appreciate it
We use feed fresh ground by our local mill. It is mostly corn and soybeans with additional minerals/vitamins/probiotics. I am suspicious of pelleted feeds because I am less sure of their ingredients and how long they've been sitting on the shelf.
I really like your videos. I find them relaxing. You said you think your pigs eat less using a self feeder instead of feeding them by hand . Wouldn't that equate to slower growth? When I had feedlot cattle, it was considered good to get them to eat more.
I love your videos
Just discovered your channel. I'm in Southern Albany County. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. They are very well done and provide great information. I know few people with pigs. Many of them seem to feed the pigs everything under the sun. I assume when you do that the meat is not as good and you never develop any consistency in the end product. Any thoughts? I understand and am sympathetic to folks who may have limited income but still want to raise their own food.
Hi Vincent, I have run into that too. I'm not a fan of feeding too many scraps to pigs. We bought feeder pigs once from a farm where they fed their butcher pigs sugar that was swept off the floor of a bakery. Very fatty meat was the result. In late summer/fall, we supplement our pigs' diet with apples & vegetables that are not sellable, given to us by some neighboring farms. Aside from that, they just get grain and whatever they can forage for in the pasture. I believe that the old saying "garbage in garbage out" applies to meat as well. The best meat comes from pigs fed a balanced diet.
Just wondering how your green big wheel pig feeder is holding up? Do you still like it? I'm considering getting one just like it.
Pigs bite when they are bored. Give them something to play with. Logs free of slugs, big round rocks, dried corn on the cob etc.
This is a good advice. I let my 3 month old pigs in to a old wood pile, they loved it. They have torn the place apart, but loved doing it. Plenty of grubs, ant all sorts of the insects to eat. Tons of places to root and explore. They are happy pigs. One even has a favorite stick, she carries it around and plays with it.
They like basketballs
Did you not watch the video? You just repeated what he said as your own advice?
Hello there , very interesting video again. As a professional hog producer my self , i have maybe a better idea for your deworming process in your pigs.
When you make feed , blend garlic in it in the fist couple weeks.
It's a natural way of deworming.
And it's fitting in better in your total picture of doing things natural .
I also heard pumpkin was a good natural wormer. We always put our pigs over our garden. When the garden is done pigs go in. Right before garden goes in the pigs go to butcher. Garden is naturally fertilized and tilled up for us. So we always give our pigs the inside of pumpkins when carving and then when it’s time to get rid of carved pumpkins they get that also.
@@cfamilyfarm8980 how many pumpkins are you carving though? It can’t be a lot right? It would have to be a bunch of pumpkin to make any difference.
What kind of mixture of feed do you use?
At least the pigs have fresh breath!
Good pig video, subscribed! 👍
After we have bon fires. I throw a few chard limbs in the pigs area they love them. They will eat and rub on them.
I like your videos
Could you raise feeders in a pasture setting with a basic shelter in the deep south wher we get fairly mild Winters?
Do you have to supplement the eating with feed? Let's say you can get enough "table scraps" from the grocery store with expired vegetables...will that do the trick or do you definitely need the feed for protein supplement?
It is hard to give pigs the nutritional balance they need by just feeding them scraps. Scraps should be viewed as a treat, not their main source of food.
great video
Hey, what kind of feed do you recommend using for your pigs? I’ve got mine on cracked corn, soybean meal mix that I do myself. Just was wondering if there was a better solution then that. Thanks
We raise pigs as well, I see the same issue when they have nothing to chew on (tends to be my barn or floor mats). How'd the tree trick turn out?
good job
Pigs love to bite on planks too! Just make sure that it's a weaker kind of wood
Where are you located? It doesn’t look like winter is too aggressive, so I’m wondering if I could get by with a lean to for pigs, or if I should build an enclosed shed as I’m pretty far north. Is that pen all the more space you need for them until they reach market weight?
Is it necessary for pigs to have an outside pen? I'm hoping to be getting some and keep them in the barn full time.
What sort of Christmas tree is that a porky pine?
I’ve got that same ratchet strap
My grandpa used to give his pigs charcoal. I never knew why. Wish now I would’ve asked.
How did the Christmas tree work out?
Hi, I was just wondering what kind of pig those are?
I really love 💚farming. I lived on a farm in Bakersfield California. 30 acres 10 acres alfalfa 10 acres cotton and 5 acres was for our cattle 🐄 and 5 acres was where our house was at with a big grass yard. Well my dad sold the farm and we moved into the city man did I hate that. By the time I was 13 we moved back on a farm man was I happy. I could walk out ether the font door and go hunting for birds dove and pigeons.
Ehh you were just a baby at that point anyways. Plus, Bakersfield is a shithole.
What breed of pig are those? They look like a heritage breed.
Are the nipples you have on your water tank something you purchased? I’m loving the informative videos and watch them right steady.
Hi Brandon, here's a link to the nipple drinkers: www.hogslat.com/trojan-gravity-flow-model-75-pig-water-nipple-kit
Thank you I’ll will be getting a few of them love the videos
Did you pay $684.58 for the osborne?
Hi. 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?
What does it cost to feed a sow for a year?
$400, or the cost of 5 feeder pigs around here.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm That's not bad at all. At $80/feeder pig I would almost want to just sell feeder pigs. Could you get that for the fall born?
@@gwc3721 Yes, at least in prior years we have. This year they might be double that; piglets are hard to find with this virus mess.
An you use hay instead of straw for bedding ?
Can?
I might have missed it in the video but what breed of pigs are you raising?
Old Spot and Duroc.
No matter what I do, I can't seem to train my pigs to use a nipple drinker. Any suggestions?
I saw in another YT vid that spreading some peanut-butter all over the nipple for a few weeks trains the pigs that water comes from the nipple.
In goats pine trees are a dewormer
Put an old boling ball in there pen givethem somthingto do they stop biting
I was always told to avoid letting your animals browse on needles. Is that not true?
Hi Gary, the spruce needles didn't bother the pigs a bit. I imagine some animals would be sensitive, but pigs seem to be able to eat just about anything without harm.
Last year our calf couldn’t drink so I shoved the feeding tube to her stomach but the 3rd day she fought and it went in her lung and she died in my arms
Have you ever given your pigs whey before
Hi Kberry, we have never fed whey. We would if we had a source for it. And being careful to use it as a supplemental food source, as we do when produce farmers give apples and vegetables.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm If you have any local Dairy they will have it, They feed way to pigs in Italy and helps them put on weight faster
thank ya fer the video, are they "chewin on you an each other cause of the space there in? ai had thet happen or ai should say thet is what the vet said was the cause o thier chewin, ai had 6 in a 14 x 14 space,, any way thet sure is a great set-up fer the water an feed ai woud never a thought of thet,, thank you fer the video,, be blessed an safe
Hi Russ, I've been doing some reading on the issue, and have learned many things can cause this habit. In can be that the pen is too small, their diet lacks enough salt, they don't have anything to browse on, or that one or more pigs just do it for no particular reason than it being a bad habit, then it spreads to the other pigs. I'm guessing here it is the lack of things to browse on. If my solution doesn't work, I'll try some of the other things. As always, thanks for watching!
@@JustaFewAcresFarm the vet ai had come out ta the farm didnt say all thet , yer rite it coud be anthin, but ya sure make great videos, pigs are somethin else, they do jist cause they board,, thank ya fer yer answers
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My family had 3 boys. My dad used to say that he almost got a fork in the back of his hand reaching for the last pork chop. 3 teenagers would clean out the refrigerator in no time. Not helped by the fact that my mom was a great cook.
3? I grew up in a family of 12. 8 boys not including my dad.
0:38 hahahaha
🥓 bacon is good 👍🏻 😊
Pigs are man eaters. If someone passes out in a pig pen how long before they start to eat them?
My uncle puts larger tree limbs in pen to give them something to chew on/play with.
Bradley Kliber that is a great idea!
We're at local
Grow that bacon that's right
How come they don’t bite you 😂
Put chains to the piglet and they will bite it
I was enjoying this video until you said "send them to the butcher"!!!! NOOOOOOO
Why are you loving them so much then sending them to slaughter?
Giving an animal the best care we can and forming a personal bond with them gives them their best life. Would it be better to be cruel or indifferent to an animal for it's whole life? I don't think so. They go to slaughter because that is how our family makes a living.
How did the Christmas tree work out?