Acorns and Mangalitsa Pigs: How They Go Together -
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- Our experience with feeding our managlitsa hogs acorns. The Mangalitsa pig is an amazing pig for curing. I shop you a well aged prosciutto. Bakers Green Acres is a 80 acre farm raising pasture raised pork. website: bakersgreenacres.com or on Facebook: Baker's Green Acres
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Man, this makes me want to get into natural, organic pig farming...
Great videos Mark! We just purchased 4 mangas that were born in April. Your videos are really helpful, and educational. Keep teaching! Thanks. Grant. Southcentral, MN
A pig farm near me called South Texas Heritage Pork is raising Large black/Tamworth crosses and does something similar called "Jamón TEJANO" : "The peanut finished hog will be cured and hung for two years and the nutty flavor enhanced by a coating of house made peanut butter during the aging process." The farmer mentioned Jamon Iberico and it sounds similar to your product. Fantastic work by today's pig farmers !
That sounds really neat! Great way to use peanuts and value add a regional feed source! Yes, very like what we do. Thanks for sharing!
Anyone else think he looks like Hank from breaking bad?
That's pretty funny!
He does lol
Good video good info how much would you feed a hog a day
Good to see Dean Norris find a new path in life after Breaking Bad
Agreed 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😎👍
Your a first class youtuber sir.....well done and thank you. Just got my first mangalitsa weaners today, and this was VERY helpful.
Found it . :) Thanks Mark! I did see it around when you posted it, but a refresher was warranted since it has been so long.
Great video and thanks for sharing. Go to cemetaries, and the outskirts of athletic fields and golf courses. These are areas where the grass is maintained short and there is generally very little foot traffic. This makes for maximum exposure of the acorns. If you want, you can toss them into a kiddie pool filled with water. The acorns will sink while the leaves, stems, and any trash will float to the top to be netted out with a net or colander. That process also cleans the acorns and removes the caps. You can then spread the acorns out on a tarp to dry. You can then freeze the acorns to feed your livestock during the times of year when acorns aren't in season. Can you post the manufacturer of the acorn harvester? I would like to see about getting one.
This was absolutely fascinating -- I have no experience witht Proscutto (spelling!), but it intrigues me. The fact that leg of pig you showed is still good a year and a half out is wild! And it has just been, literally, hanging around? Not refrigerated, not frozen?? Wow. . . I just can't wait to get my two Mangalistas next Spring!
You need to visit one of these days!
I plan on it! Be careful what you wish for though. ; ) I am hoping you have a weekend affaire of some type going on for piglet days in May. . . hint hint. . . .
Love your videos on the mongalista pig
great explanation... tkx mark...
Very interesting explanation. Thank you.
About how many lb. does it take to feed a slaughter hog per day and for how many days should this be done.with what other feeds
Mark I really like your videos and your approach to heritage breed pigs, I have property with pasture, and oaks on it that I have raised some Mangalitsa feeder pigs on. I was wondering when you at what time do you start your finish, and do you feed them acorn till harvest, and do you use any other finishing feed like cream, or skim milk? I have access to surplus fresh milk. Thanks also any tips on curing whole legs?
Razorback n' native hogs will mast real well on beech,hickry,oak, wild pecan, n'even black walnuts.
till an acre and leave it, weeds will take over and the pigs love them. and its free other then the till. you can bring them weeds by the tractor load and the bershires we raised loved em. they were over the typical size when we took the to the butcher. we should have added acorns, there are endless things in the woods pigs will eat. its where they belong.
The weed seed bank is a great place to find feed alright! We plant stuff and don't worry about the crop being funky--the pigs are indescriminate harvesters!
Do black walnuts have a similar affect?
Absolutely great information. You can use other nuts too, can't you? Like black walnuts?
We've heard differing opinions on black walnuts. Our vet said the hulls can be toxic. We'd imagine the nuts are great. The pigs did OK with chestnuts, but were discouraged by the spiky hulls. Where there's a will and a resource, there must be a way to make it work! It'd be interesting to hear what other's experiences are.
@@bakersgreenacres We feed our mangalitsas black walnuts as a treat every once in while and they will crack the shells in their mouth and then spit the shells out the sides of their mouth and eat the meat in side. If they eat enough in one spot there will be a pile of shells like a squirrel eating walnuts.
How much for 5 lady babe pigs red cooler and one male red please I will pick up
We got golden,pin,live, black,white oaks here in CA...do hogs need any special acorns or will they eat any of'em?? I even got cork oaks...
The best is white oak, but any acorn is better than no acorn. They will either then or pick out what they prefer, but they will eat then all at some point!
you have to ferment them first to get the tannin down or the pigs cant diggest them. they are like squirrls
In natur the ferment in the moister under the leaves
Soaking in mesh bags for a week in a creek does the same thing, if you don't have access to a creek use a cattle tank and swap the water out every 2 days until the water is a light yellow to clear. That removes most of the tannins in acorns.
What would happen if you feed acorn year round?
Bad taste !
You would have to take the tannins out and dry them out or they will rot pretty quick. It would be a lot of work collecting and prepping that many acorns big waste of time you would have the same result by finishing on acorns the last 30 days before slaughter.
I rekon ANY hog that'll mast will provide good lard, ham n'pork...
Would walnuts work as well?
I wish those nut picker uppers were not $500!
You lost me at hundreds of feet