THE TRUTH ABOUT PASTURING PIGS - what to REALLY Expect

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  • @PRog-zx5vh
    @PRog-zx5vh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    We found 30 years ago that pasturing pigs was way better than keeping them in small pens. They are happier and they don’t stink!

    • @kathychildress18
      @kathychildress18 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It really doesn't take a genius to figure out the nature of a pig

  • @amandar7719
    @amandar7719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Great lady! No nonsense, clever and fun.

  • @clairefarnell9489
    @clairefarnell9489 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We just bought a 161 acre farm. Will def raise pigs. So glad i can pasture them.

  • @CelticRootsFarm
    @CelticRootsFarm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    We just raised Idaho Pasture Pigs last season and really enjoyed having them on our homestead. Besides the fact that they tasted amazing. We are now looking to purchase a few females for breeding purposes. Thanks for sharing! 👍

    • @kenjiro2676
      @kenjiro2676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Buy from farmers who do not inbreed and work with a lot of bloodlines, get ones with a low inbreeding coefficient.

  • @jacobmiller2127
    @jacobmiller2127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video! Perfect timing! We're setting up our pasture for our first time raising pigs right now.

  • @TS-vr9of
    @TS-vr9of 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This was awesome, you need to help her write a small guide book. I'd totally buy it, even if it was just an Amazon E-book.

  • @springhollerfarm8668
    @springhollerfarm8668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We are just getting started with this old, neglected farm with a couple pigs, working up to a bigger area where that can also eat grass and not make it all mud. Lots of good ideas on what to do. Thanks.

  • @leeannadimoulas5163
    @leeannadimoulas5163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is one of the most useful videos you have. thank you for this.

  • @curly-hairedcountrygal1275
    @curly-hairedcountrygal1275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Your approachable personality came through, engaging b-roll, and super informative! Thanks!

  • @rachelholdt6840
    @rachelholdt6840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Someday I'm gonna pasture some pigs. I have to wait until I can either convince my dad or he's gone. He HATES pigs 😆 Whereas I'm thinking we have nuts and apples that need cleaned up every year and I like BACON!

    • @Bob-px5wb
      @Bob-px5wb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My husband swore we'd never have pigs. 20 Years into marriage and we have our first 2 breeding IPP females. He goes out and loves on them, talks to them, gives them goodies, and tells me how funny they are. HAHA!

  • @Waif4444
    @Waif4444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found your channel through Syman Says Farms when you did your 1st interview with them. Loved the 2nd one, pigs q&a. So this was a really interesting follow on. Enjoying your videos 😁

  • @67mysweet
    @67mysweet ปีที่แล้ว

    I plan on getting pigs soon. This was a very informative video! Thanks!

  • @candicechristensen1753
    @candicechristensen1753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really liking these pig videos. Great information 👍👍

  • @joyceduesel7966
    @joyceduesel7966 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Love your set up.

  • @capnjan9835
    @capnjan9835 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We always referred to the 'crushing' problem sows had with their young, as "Pancake Disease"... Applied equally to sow and piggies.

  • @FarmingUnclear
    @FarmingUnclear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice. Once my pigs get bigger and can't squeeze under my front fence, they're gonna love the weeds in my backyard.
    I can attest to the running forward! My piglet ran into a fence and was thankfully too fat to fit but got stuck halfway hanging out.

  • @joanneganon7157
    @joanneganon7157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Aust, I love when you go on the Road 🙌👏.
    JO JO IN VT 💕😄

  • @lpg12338
    @lpg12338 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thanks for sharing.

  • @Dyshof
    @Dyshof ปีที่แล้ว

    Very valuable, thanks a lot!

  • @CynBrown
    @CynBrown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video. Her pigs look super happy.

  • @rebeccagrider7359
    @rebeccagrider7359 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for your wisdom!!!!

  • @moniquem783
    @moniquem783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I wish we could get IPP’s in Australia but we stopped importing new breeds decades ago. They seem so perfect for a homestead. Ahhh well.

    • @susanwilson0161
      @susanwilson0161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Kunekune pigs, from New Zealand, are pasture pigs that don't dig up the pasture because their snout is super short.

  • @robinsouth8555
    @robinsouth8555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that she is doing the biosecurity. Very informative. I want to get into kunekune's, I understand smaller and grow slower (five foot tall and 115#s, smaller is better for me).

    • @catherinegrace2366
      @catherinegrace2366 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was told kune kune tasted the best and they said they take longer to grow out as well. I think kune kune is the way I want to go.

  • @ronlicari5403
    @ronlicari5403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Have you ever sprouted the grain or fermented it? It digest more easily and doubles.

    • @TheRodT
      @TheRodT ปีที่แล้ว

      I was looking for this comment

  • @RoseThistleArtworks
    @RoseThistleArtworks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe they ate the milk thistle and dandelions for their own medicinal needs? I've seen wild horses go to mineral rich areas and eat those minerals. Those are adorable piglets. They seem like such a nice breed for so many reasons. Pigs are so intelligent. I am sure they learn quickly.

  • @markandrzejak997
    @markandrzejak997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What do you do with the pigs once theyre grown? Do you line up buyers before raising them or do you sell at farmers market yourself?

  • @firerobin3
    @firerobin3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great to know there is a breeder relatively close here in East Pa.

  • @mschmidt9150
    @mschmidt9150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @Bob-px5wb
    @Bob-px5wb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice looking pigs!

  • @rebeccagrider7359
    @rebeccagrider7359 ปีที่แล้ว

    My husband wants to raise pigs… I’m concerned…I love the turkeys. I’m totally encouraged!!!! Can these pigs handle 6000 ft elevation? Moderate winters…. With the right care of course… would you guide us?

  • @debrawehrly6900
    @debrawehrly6900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the life that I would love to have

  • @momcomputer6461
    @momcomputer6461 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It wasn't a bait 'n switch...it was a BACON switch! haha

  • @danielashford2430
    @danielashford2430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @TheMindfulHomestead
    @TheMindfulHomestead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:06 - Bait-n-switch? Or Bacon switch?

  • @theconsciouscorgi2103
    @theconsciouscorgi2103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How do they fair in hotter more humid climates ? I live in the coastal Carolina area and pigs are most likely going to be the first large livestock animal I acquire.

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are Breeders in the Carolinas. Shade and a wallow

  • @MJAP_
    @MJAP_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    dial back the aperture setting on your camera if youre having trouble focusing

  • @deaconlyric
    @deaconlyric 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    it's not a bait and switch it's a bacon switch !

  • @laurakevghas4115
    @laurakevghas4115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    #askhomesteady. Any advice for how to deworm the new piglets? They’re 8 to 9 weeks old and living out in the pasture. Worried that if I try to chase them down to catch them and give them a shot, they’ll run right through the electric pig netting fence.

    • @catherinegrace2366
      @catherinegrace2366 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Diatomaceous earth, sprinkle it on their food.

  • @manoelmonteiro9963
    @manoelmonteiro9963 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Olá minha querida você é muito top parabéns, amei assistir este vídeo maravilhoso, aqui eu falo do Brasil Deus te abençoe sempre ❤

  • @Przyziemni
    @Przyziemni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She should paint that fointeiner insulation in black matt. Will help a lot with electricity

  • @carllyndonrosal8974
    @carllyndonrosal8974 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great farming,,,,what breed of pig are they?

  • @perkar49
    @perkar49 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When did the amazing Kunekune from NZ get renamed Idaho pasture pig's...those pigs are definitely Kunekune..best breed on the planet..

    • @heatherangelo5796
      @heatherangelo5796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think IPP are a Kunekune/Dura Rock cross.

  • @scottmartinetti4875
    @scottmartinetti4875 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much feed do they need?

  • @Emily-mq1lj
    @Emily-mq1lj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really want a couple of IPP. Can I put them in a forested dirt area? Will they kill my trees? It's a big area but not well set up for rotational grazing.

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not mature ones. They will clear out undergrowth. Check out the Ipp Facebook page. Lots of answers there

  • @HelenEk7
    @HelenEk7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What are the growth under their chin? I have seen other pigs have them too.

  • @Susan71105
    @Susan71105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those are adorable piglets.

    • @Homesteadyshow
      @Homesteadyshow  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh man it was hard to not buy like 30 of them

    • @Susan71105
      @Susan71105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Homesteadyshow I bet. Wish I was closer, I would have a feeder pig.

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Piglet trains crossing the USA all the time. We can hook you up!

    • @Susan71105
      @Susan71105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kirstinbordner7608 maybe next year. We are just starting our homestead journey and this year it's get the garden in and raise some chickens. I've got the perfect spot to raise a pig so next year that might happen.

  • @Nortfortress
    @Nortfortress 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello good friend, is this located in the or around the pocono mountains ?

  • @ricocardona6783
    @ricocardona6783 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Pablo Escobar I enjoyed the video!(:

  • @beeee4249
    @beeee4249 ปีที่แล้ว

    She talked about feeders, so they don't feed from grass along, right?

  • @Aliexei
    @Aliexei 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonder if she gets infection problems due to pigs crapping in the grass that they graze in?

  • @finallyfriday.
    @finallyfriday. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video. One thing: whenever a vid is titled "the TRUTH about..." it feels like a clickbait scam. Your vids are good, no need to sensationalize title .

    • @DuskdemonsAngel
      @DuskdemonsAngel ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially since at the end, he then reveals this is only half of the content.

  • @hemidart7
    @hemidart7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you keep them moving on the pasture and give it time to revive yes its the best way period

  • @janiteeter4896
    @janiteeter4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Question, is it OK to rotationally graze these pigs with a mixed herd? (sheep, cows, pony& chickens follow three days later, there is 20 pastures, rotated daily) ty

    • @michialbradshaw
      @michialbradshaw ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would run the chickens as cleanup behind the others and reseed once the chickens are out but I think sheep are really going to eat the grass down, they might need their own runs if you have a bunch. you also might want to just watch the grass level and rotate when it is appropriate instead of a set time until you have a good idea of how long it takes them to eat it down.

    • @janiteeter4896
      @janiteeter4896 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michialbradshaw wonderful, thank you! very sensible, and what I was thinking too!

  • @rickmatz4456
    @rickmatz4456 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you deform the hogs.

  • @emmonstrex65
    @emmonstrex65 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My background is in horses, so I can spot a good horse. What are the qualities pig breeders look for when deciding which to cut/eat and which to breed, cause to my unpracticed eye all of them look the sane.

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like horses there are breed standards.

    • @emmonstrex65
      @emmonstrex65 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kirstinbordner7608 Well, no duh. I was hoping for an opinion from someone who raises these pigs. Obviously, there are stand out individuals that appeal to owners for a variety of reasons.

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s kind of a long reply for on here. The breed standards with pictures is on the registry website. If you would like to discuss message my page. Thanks!

  • @austyn101ify
    @austyn101ify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to get into IPP’s but can’t find them local.. What kind of hay does she feed them? My kune kune will only eat alfalfa hay 😂 . I love how she is about bio security, people think I’m crazy when I don’t let them walk through my pasture all Willy nilly.

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alfalfa orchard grass.
      The Ipp website has a list of registered Breeders and the Ipp page is a wealth of information

    • @austyn101ify
      @austyn101ify 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kirstinbordner7608 awesome, thank you so much 😊

  • @IB_Homestead_Committee
    @IB_Homestead_Committee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When we get pigs I wont be able to pasture them because of space limitations and the pumas we have out here. I wish I could though because I feel like pasture adds to the quality of an animals life as well as the quality of the meat you get.

    • @Homesteadyshow
      @Homesteadyshow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      P U M A S.... 8(

    • @Homesteadyshow
      @Homesteadyshow  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yoiks scoob! But that said, we have had happy pigs on pasture and off pasture too, either way with enough love and slop they are happy. And that's now another Homesteady TEE SHIRT! Love n' Slop!

    • @IB_Homestead_Committee
      @IB_Homestead_Committee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pigs are always super happy with slop!

    • @marlan5470
      @marlan5470 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Raise warthogs. They'll fend off the pumas.

  • @shermdog6969
    @shermdog6969 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    But can you raise IPP with zero grass? I have dirt. All dirt. It's like talcum powder.

  • @christinaw2736
    @christinaw2736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone know why some of them have those odd growths hanging down on their necks?

  • @terrywereb7639
    @terrywereb7639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The pigs eliminated the " seed bank" that your thistle a d dandelions were coming from

  • @waddlesaway8597
    @waddlesaway8597 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What kind if fencing is that

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The white tape is kencove the brown is horse guard. I love horse guards hardware

  • @johannparedes8359
    @johannparedes8359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is a wagon wheel approach? Anyone plis

    • @kirstinbordner7608
      @kirstinbordner7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Water, feed, housing and wallow in center “hub” the grazing paddocks like the spokes of the wheel

  • @brewbombs3907
    @brewbombs3907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ever had pig milk? Sounds weird but why not lol

    • @traciwalker348
      @traciwalker348 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They don't hold milk in their teat cisterns like cows. They only turn it loose when pigs are actively nursing.

  • @georgepretnick4460
    @georgepretnick4460 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW! With a pig that good, you can't eat him all at one time. Just cut off a ham or some chops whenever you feel like it.

  • @djmaur
    @djmaur 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A bacon switch?

  • @pim1234
    @pim1234 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is the little "sack" hanging from their chin ?

  • @brandonkemp8582
    @brandonkemp8582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bacon

  • @treycantrell6857
    @treycantrell6857 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So Idaho Pasture pigs are just black and white Kune Kune? Lol

  • @kevinbaker6168
    @kevinbaker6168 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should've told your "friend", I was wanting a pig for meat. Give me my money back or a barrow, or throw in an unrelated gilt so I can start raising my own pigs.

  • @mr.skeptical3071
    @mr.skeptical3071 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are those kune kune's

  • @thecollectoronthecorner7061
    @thecollectoronthecorner7061 ปีที่แล้ว

    All pigs root and on hilly land the topsoil Will erode. pasturing might be better for the pigs but is not good for the land.

    • @traciwalker348
      @traciwalker348 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No they don't. Please educate yourself on pasture pigs.

  • @99suspects
    @99suspects ปีที่แล้ว

    You lost me at store bought pig chow. Too bad because the plan was running so well. How did the world possibly survive before store bought crap was invented?

    • @austinpresley6187
      @austinpresley6187 ปีที่แล้ว

      They grew it themselves or bought it at a mill

    • @brothaman1571
      @brothaman1571 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shoot a squirrel or something and feed it to them

  • @norman-xk3yk
    @norman-xk3yk ปีที่แล้ว

    Women who like getting beat

  • @bitchplease123
    @bitchplease123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disgusting that she would stand before a living, breathing, sentient animal and make a joke about killing and eating him. ‘Baconator’?! Are you serious lady? They still wind up in the same place, having their throats slit and screaming while they bleed out. Stop sugar coating your practice of killing animals that certainly don’t want to die. Their living conditions are certainly better, but their deaths are still exactly the same. 🌱

    • @anniecole6923
      @anniecole6923 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      noone butchers a pig by slitting it's throat. This comment is entirely unnecessary and simply not true with small farmers.

    • @greenboyatgafarms2250
      @greenboyatgafarms2250 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up and go eat your damn tofu. Grown folks are talking here and we're meat eaters that's why we were born with canines

    • @bitchplease123
      @bitchplease123 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anniecole6923 Maybe you can explain to me, Annie, exactly how you gently’ kill a pig. Enlighten me please. I guess all the hours of slaughterhouse footage I’ve seen is CGI……

    • @anniecole6923
      @anniecole6923 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bitchplease123 I am totally with you on slaughter houses, they need to change how they do things, a lot. I can only say that on small homesteads, livestock is treated with utmost care and respect, and they only have one bad day, handled in the most painless, quickest way possible. It is never easy, it makes us remember how grateful we are.

    • @bitchplease123
      @bitchplease123 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@greenboyatgafarms2250 Greenboy? What’s Green about You? Your Industrial Agriculture Systems are Decimating the Planet. Me ‘Shut Up’? Not Likely. My contingent is only going to get louder and Louder and LOUDER. As Grown Ups We’re Not In Denial. As social media spreads the word about the intrinsic evils of your torture and murder of millions of creatures that can feel pain and know fear just as any human can, history will show who’s right in the end. In the meantime you go sharpen those blunt canines of yours. Unless you’re a vampire you’re unlikely to be the true carnivore capable of tearing apart flesh that you fancy yourself to be. Besides, gorillas who are strictly vegetarian have savagely long, sharp canines. I don’t eat tofu. I don’t even like the stuff, but there are plant-based alternatives to everything you consume that are not full of cholesterol, antibiotics and hormones. BTW, how much of a government handout of taxpayer’s dollars do you suck up annually? Hope you’re able to scrape by on those meager wages. Farming isn’t a particularly lucrative pursuit. I won’t call it a profession. Professionals are well paid and your profit margins are pretty minute.