Oh also my grandfather grew up on a pig farm when they wanted to get the pigs to pull up a stump they would pound a bunch of ears of corn underthe stump and the pigs will dig under there to get them out
You noticed that to . He is definitely new to farming . But it is great to have people starting out . The number of small farms is dwindling pretty fast
Thanks for sharing your information 😊we have started a small homestead in Slovenia and have two pigs. Usually it’s me who gives them food and I am 110lb and each pig is about 300lb. I have to go into their pen and I really have to be careful now. Love the pigs though 🐷💜and we also have 16 hens and one rooster. You have a great homestead 🫶🏻🍀
My great grandmother told me when she was living in Europe, a man threw a boy into the pig pen for stealing his apples and they ate him. I thought it was a load of B.S but now I believe it.
@@beachaddict7653 Well I hope he didn't get away with that. I get that stealing is bad but that doesn't justify putting a child in a big ben to be eaten *alive* , especially if it was just about apples.
We just got a couple of Meishans! I know they are one of those breeds that take 12-18 months & have lots of lard, but I chose them for their mellow, sleepy personalities & we use tons of lard for cooking & baking & sausage making. They are our 1st piggies & they are our favorite animals on the homestead so far!
It's true! Our older pigs are a month away from butcher and they scare the crap put of me in the mornings when I go to feed them, we have a big milk cow and Angus steer I'm in with multiple times a day and they have nothing on the pigs!
Nope if your pigs are jumping its not enough food filling them I get my pigs to 300lbs easy biggest pig in the plant I had the leanest pig in there and when my pigs eat they leave a little food at the bottom, and they sleep. My rule is 4 pigs per pen they will eat. I sold my 8 of them and I made sure my butcher was paid and the rest went to my kids 4 wheeler to help it go by faster and easier. IF YOU FEED YOUR PIGS HEAVY they are better than dogs i have never had a pig escape ever. Happy pigs means easier life. They get bored. Feed heavy on a schedule. I walked out free food and profit still gave away Christmas ham out ever year
OUCH, that mouth injury! You ARE lucky that blow didn't fell you! You're absolutely correct about the inherent danger of raising large stock, and pigs in particular. Pigs of every species are notoriously savage beasts. They're not necessarily mean, but they can be extremely aggressive under the right (or wrong?) circumstances. I wish you every success, neighbor (I'm in NH, too, in the Portsmouth area). Continue well, and peace be with you. 💚
We keep our kunekune pigs on our homestead and our Yorkshires on my dad's farm. But we also have the 2 person rule. They can absolutely hurt you with a quickness. Even if it's accidentally a boar with 6 inch tusks is no joke.
It also depends on how much time you spend with your pigs. If you are really hands-on with your pigs and affectionate with them while they are piglets, they grow up to be quite affectionate.
Thanks for subscribing! We don’t have any horses. Hay for horses would cost a ton with our limited pasture capacity. Not to mention the labor that their care would add to our plate. For our situation, they aren’t the best fit, and having a tractor that’s always ready and doesn’t get tired makes more sense.
I raise pigs just to get ahead in financial inflation but I will suggest you base on if all your life. When I load my pigs they love the sound of doritos lol I let them out man they love electric fence lol but a dozen donuts and doritos they load themselves it funny stuff. So suggestions don't feed your pigs at night before butcher you put the fav meal in the trailer they want the food pigs are easier than cows.
Not everyone does and that’s their call. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense. I can’t carry at work and 90% of the time I am feeding the pigs as I leave for the day.
Most folks today don't understand the opening of The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy falling into the pig paddock was a big deal. Also, My wife and I are Real Estate agents in NH and we showed a home in the Greenville/New Ipswich area. When we pulled up to the home you would have sworn a turf company had done a botched job of rolling up the entire 1/2 acre lawn. My wife and our clients could not understand what had happened .I looked down and saw the pig foot prints and remembered seeing the neighbor's 2 pigs in their pen next to the shared driveway up to the house. It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened. It was unbelievable to see how much lawn the pigs literally rolled up with their snouts looking for grubs and stuff!
the hogs they had back then were very different than the hogs today. The hogs in this vid are certainly under 225 . 300 is huge . They butchered there hogs back then at 300 . The hogs on wizard of Oz were packed in the pen like sardines and were over 350 . Yes that would be dangerous
@@huckstirred7112 Lol these comments are hilarious 😂 I don’t think most here have ever been around pigs. I’ve been around many 800lb pigs and they are not dangerous at all.
Going to raising pigs for the first time. Do you recommend a cattle prod ? I know guys who raise bulls and use them. Or does that make the pigs flighty or considered cruel? Just asking ignorantly if you should have have one in case you need it.
Does it definitely take 16 pigs to dispose of… Not that I…. 😅 Anyway, would you say the feeder is working out? That looks pretty slick. I brought home 5 IPP’s a week ago. I made your chicken brooder last spring. I’ll be setting it up soon.
I think you are cultivating a healthy aprication for the power of this beast. Animals are all cute when they are young. Ever see a feral kitten that feels it's life is threatened?
Pigs are interesting, for sure. Ours will mouth you. They will lightly bite you, and if you pull back, they will startel a little like oh okay this food is moving. If you dont move and let them have bite number 2 you are bleeding. Lol, it is completely fair because we haven't had a pig we haven't eventually chewed.
He’s clearly exaggerating. I’m aroud 700-900 lb pigs all the time. They Don’t knock you over, bite etc CAN they bite or knock you over? Sure! So can large dogs, what’s your point? Dude, your material isn’t accurate.
@@MM-fs1wo I’m getting my first two piglets and this vid and comments got me scared. I’m a small woman and a cancer patient so I’m trying to figure out if I’m now gonna be killed by my pigs lol
Pow, right in the kisser! Jokes aside, thanks for your videos! We got some piggies and your a big help!
Oh also my grandfather grew up on a pig farm when they wanted to get the pigs to pull up a stump they would pound a bunch of ears of corn underthe stump and the pigs will dig under there to get them out
Safety. Lower your forks when not using your tractor.
You noticed that to . He is definitely new to farming . But it is great to have people starting out . The number of small farms is dwindling pretty fast
We had a sow named rosebud, sweetest pig ever until she had babies. Even dad wouldn’t get into her pen until she weaned them
Thanks for sharing your information 😊we have started a small homestead in Slovenia and have two pigs.
Usually it’s me who gives them food and I am 110lb and each pig is about 300lb.
I have to go into their pen and I really have to be careful now.
Love the pigs though 🐷💜and we also have 16 hens and one rooster.
You have a great homestead 🫶🏻🍀
My great grandmother told me when she was living in Europe, a man threw a boy into the pig pen for stealing his apples and they ate him. I thought it was a load of B.S but now I believe it.
And I take that this man got away with it ?
@juleskireeff4563 I have no idea. I wish I would've asked. I'm assuming no being that it was on the news in her area.
@@beachaddict7653 Well I hope he didn't get away with that.
I get that stealing is bad but that doesn't justify putting a child in a big ben to be eaten *alive* , especially if it was just about apples.
@juleskireeff4563 agreed.
She lied
We just got a couple of Meishans!
I know they are one of those breeds that take 12-18 months & have lots of lard, but I chose them for their mellow, sleepy personalities & we use tons of lard for cooking & baking & sausage making.
They are our 1st piggies & they are our favorite animals on the homestead so far!
It's true! Our older pigs are a month away from butcher and they scare the crap put of me in the mornings when I go to feed them, we have a big milk cow and Angus steer I'm in with multiple times a day and they have nothing on the pigs!
The pigs are definitely sketchy.
Nope if your pigs are jumping its not enough food filling them I get my pigs to 300lbs easy biggest pig in the plant I had the leanest pig in there and when my pigs eat they leave a little food at the bottom, and they sleep. My rule is 4 pigs per pen they will eat. I sold my 8 of them and I made sure my butcher was paid and the rest went to my kids 4 wheeler to help it go by faster and easier. IF YOU FEED YOUR PIGS HEAVY they are better than dogs i have never had a pig escape ever. Happy pigs means easier life. They get bored. Feed heavy on a schedule. I walked out free food and profit still gave away Christmas ham out ever year
Great points to think about. Thank you for sharing
You are so welcome!
"He went to "Poop" and the pigs ate him." is more than a joke.
OUCH, that mouth injury! You ARE lucky that blow didn't fell you! You're absolutely correct about the inherent danger of raising large stock, and pigs in particular. Pigs of every species are notoriously savage beasts. They're not necessarily mean, but they can be extremely aggressive under the right (or wrong?) circumstances. I wish you every success, neighbor (I'm in NH, too, in the Portsmouth area). Continue well, and peace be with you. 💚
Thank you!
We keep our kunekune pigs on our homestead and our Yorkshires on my dad's farm. But we also have the 2 person rule. They can absolutely hurt you with a quickness. Even if it's accidentally a boar with 6 inch tusks is no joke.
This is an excellent video. Thank you for sharing.
It also depends on how much time you spend with your pigs. If you are really hands-on with your pigs and affectionate with them while they are piglets, they grow up to be quite affectionate.
I was thinking of raising some mangalitsa pigs myself we live in a subarctic region so tough breeds only need apply LoL
I just found you. I like what I see. Subscribed! Do you have horses? Consider using draft animals?
Thanks for subscribing! We don’t have any horses. Hay for horses would cost a ton with our limited pasture capacity. Not to mention the labor that their care would add to our plate. For our situation, they aren’t the best fit, and having a tractor that’s always ready and doesn’t get tired makes more sense.
@@TheMindfulHomesteadtotally agree & I love horses & hav had them. Horses eat food that others (ie cattle) eat & become food.
I raise pigs just to get ahead in financial inflation but I will suggest you base on if all your life. When I load my pigs they love the sound of doritos lol I let them out man they love electric fence lol but a dozen donuts and doritos they load themselves it funny stuff. So suggestions don't feed your pigs at night before butcher you put the fav meal in the trailer they want the food pigs are easier than cows.
I don't know a pig or cattle farmer or rancher that doesn't carry a sidearm.
Not everyone does and that’s their call. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense. I can’t carry at work and 90% of the time I am feeding the pigs as I leave for the day.
@@TheMindfulHomestead You read that wrong. Not criticizing you. I'm pointing out how dangerous it can be to be a farmer.
Reminds 'Jurassic Park' to me when you use a tractor to give a feed to your pigs. :)
Most folks today don't understand the opening of The Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy falling into the pig paddock was a big deal.
Also, My wife and I are Real Estate agents in NH and we showed a home in the Greenville/New Ipswich area. When we pulled up to the home you would have sworn a turf company had done a botched job of rolling up the entire 1/2 acre lawn. My wife and our clients could not understand what had happened .I looked down and saw the pig foot prints and remembered seeing the neighbor's 2 pigs in their pen next to the shared driveway up to the house. It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened. It was unbelievable to see how much lawn the pigs literally rolled up with their snouts looking for grubs and stuff!
the hogs they had back then were very different than the hogs today. The hogs in this vid are certainly under 225 . 300 is huge . They butchered there hogs back then at 300 . The hogs on wizard of Oz were packed in the pen like sardines and were over 350 . Yes that would be dangerous
@@huckstirred7112 Lol these comments are hilarious 😂 I don’t think most here have ever been around pigs.
I’ve been around many 800lb pigs and they are not dangerous at all.
what kind of pigs do you have ?
Hey. What’s going on with your sugar shack you were going to build.
Surely it only common sense to be careful round any big animal?
Going to raising pigs for the first time. Do you recommend a cattle prod ? I know guys who raise bulls and use them. Or does that make the pigs flighty or considered cruel? Just asking ignorantly if you should have have one in case you need it.
Great video. Important information, articulate presentation. Interesting stuff! Thank you!
Are there breeds that are more docile than others? Is there a breed to avoid?
avoid durocks they are mean .There are other breeds but not Sure of the name Just get normal pigs nothing exotic
What about Kune Kunes?
Hogwash - no pun intended
Awesome video as always 🎉🎉
Does it definitely take 16 pigs to dispose of… Not that I…. 😅 Anyway, would you say the feeder is working out? That looks pretty slick. I brought home 5 IPP’s a week ago. I made your chicken brooder last spring. I’ll be setting it up soon.
I seeing Pigs eating humans as them just ironically beating us to the punch...
You got some good looking hogs
I think you are cultivating a healthy aprication for the power of this beast. Animals are all cute when they are young. Ever see a feral kitten that feels it's life is threatened?
I want to get guard pigs instead of a guard dog on my property
nice shovel beard
It’s really rough right now. Barber convinced me to let him take it down last week, and it came out all wrong.
@@TheMindfulHomestead nah i like this shape
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Pigs are interesting, for sure. Ours will mouth you. They will lightly bite you, and if you pull back, they will startel a little like oh okay this food is moving. If you dont move and let them have bite number 2 you are bleeding. Lol, it is completely fair because we haven't had a pig we haven't eventually chewed.
dangerous animal what a joke
Hey Paul. Thanks for the comment. Love seeing all the work you put into your videos!
He’s clearly exaggerating. I’m aroud 700-900 lb pigs all the time. They Don’t knock you over, bite etc
CAN they bite or knock you over? Sure! So can large dogs, what’s your point?
Dude, your material isn’t accurate.
@@MM-fs1wo I’m getting my first two piglets and this vid and comments got me scared. I’m a small woman and a cancer patient so I’m trying to figure out if I’m now gonna be killed by my pigs lol
@@sheslikethewind8999 I think you’re good 👍🏼
Don't be afraid of the little piglets bro
Want be a farmer and does not no what he is talking about
hes making money!
I mean, we all start somewhere