I know the mineral amount seemed low to me, but that is what it calculated out to. The pigs will be raised on dirt, an will get additional mineral as they root up the ground.
Happy fathers day Evan...... I am so proud of you two for all you do. I love seeing the animals and how they socialize together. Have a great rest of the summer. Hugs from Minnesota
I am glad you have slowed down and are getting some rest.The pigs look like they are getting fat and are having a great time with the chickens. Matter of fact they are so cute. Take care ,and God bless.
If you plan on feeding wet feed get a sheetrock mud mixer from your local lumber yard and use a drill to mix in a 5 gallon bucket 🪣 wet feed helps with digestion too
Ithaca Comments male goats are properly called bucks, the neutered ones are wethers, females are does, and if kids are under a year, they are bucklings and doelings. So can we all use the proper names?
A good source of feed for both the pigs and yourself is turning trees you cut down into mushroom logs. You will get a few years of mushroom harvest depending on the size of the logs used then to dispose of the logs toss in with the pigs and watch them rip the logs open to hunt down the fungi strands. Different tree types need different fungi types so it is a local research process of finding the tree types and matching them to fungi inoculation types. Think of it as a treat for the pigs like how the goats love when you throw them limbs you cut off the trees as they eat the leaves then start stripping the bark off them.
We are making our own feed for the pigs also and I like your ingredients. I was interested in the mineral because I couldn't find any recommend for pigs but reading the bag I don't see any lysine. That is interesting because all my research says they need it to use the protein.
Always a delight watching your videos. The piglets are so cute! Are you going to feed them food scraps and leaves from the garden as well? Your enthusiasm for raising animals really shone in this video.
You should try to find a restaurant or a veggy market, they will have plenty of good vegetable for you hungry piggy ! They usually pay to dispose of them ... You're free !
On the scale you are operating buying your maize and soya already prepared (ground up) it is sensible to buy it in small bags like that although you are not getting the best cost savings as the mill is adding a substantial amount to the cost of the raw material. As you grow with more livestock and poultry it will be easier to make significant cost savings. A cost saving may be possible by buying your cracked corn in quarter or half ton big bags when the various livestock are eating it quick enough. You can probably lift and handle them with your loader and these bags are usually recyclable. Consider using a large concrete mixer as it will mix food much better than doing it by hand. (Using a gas torch on high heat on the outside of the tub will explode all but the most stubborn concrete off the inside of the tub but wear full face protection as it explodes and throws bits everywhere!) You clearly enjoy equipment and machinery auctions keep your eyes skinned for a hammer mill and mix setup particularly at retirement auctions - they are often dirt cheap especially those that are bolted down in a barn and rarely worn out either. Possibly consider a local advert wanting to purchase such equipment.
Good job Evan,sure doing well around there. Hope the pig feed puts the meat on the plate okay. They are sure enjoying the barnyard. Maybe fit them with helmets and let the games begin 🤣. Keep up the good work and videos, thanks for sharing with us. Fred
Might i ask how much you were paying per pound for the pig feed from your mill. I recently got 6 pigs this year and have been buying feed at .16 cents per pound and was wondering how that compares to your mill and to your homemade mix.
Remember this principal on feeding your animals, you are what you eat, if you feed them high protein, they will have lots of protein in their bodies which you will eat, its not a bad thing necessarily but you also have to keep in mind too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing.
Hiya, nice video, thank you. One question, nothing for the male goats to climb on? Large rocks, cable drums or pallet stacks & planks? OK two questions.
If you going to be serious about making hay you should pickup a old swather, my grandpa has a old owatonna and it cuts good up to 8mph and it puts it in rows already.
if that is the only place you keep the pigs then you need to start moving them around the property, i move ours every other week from one pasture to the next, keeps weeds down and cuts costs on feed...
Evan I came back and watched this video for the second time and noticed the cat . Is the cat working , catching the mice ?? You have to keep the cat kind of hunger or they won't hunt
I know it takes a lot of time, but can you make a long and a short version of some or all of your videos. Put the longer versions on another channel. For those who like the longer versions can enjoy themselves over there. Would subscribe to both channels. I like your videos a lot particularly the animals. I would have loved looking at those goats a bit longer. I love the rain and the chickens, all of it. Make a rain video. You hardly see those on YT without them being ten hours. Make a real rain video and people will click by the thousands, millions even.
It changes as they grow. About 3% of their body weight. But basically get a feel for what they eat. You want a little bit if feed left over the next day. If they eat it all add a little more to there ration.
Put the pigs out in the woods and they will eat a lot of natural stuff and save you feed $$$. The meat will taste better too. A mineral block would be easier and save you time.
The pigs are so cute. Please don’t share the harvest of them. I eat pork too, but I just get so attached to animals. I know y’all do it in a humane way. When are you going to move shelter to the new storage space?😊❤️
All your livestock should be on pasture with electric fence and out of that barn... Are you going to eat these goats? If not what return do you get from them? They cost you a heap to keep. Most homesteading vlogs I watch seem to avoid soy products for they're pig feed. I thought it was about knowing its non gmo and natural food for ya animals. Otherwise you may as well buy it from the supermarket it would be heaps cheaper?
There are several reasons to homestead and raise your own food. Some people do it for home grown organic food. My reason is about being more self sufficient and having the freedom of living in the country. I just want my animals to live a good life during there stay here. So I don't get too hung up on the types of animal feeds, it is more about what will keep my livestock healthy and is cost effective at the same time.
That is an awesome suggestion!!!! Evan will probably find one on a deal just to make a video about inspecting it! You didn't mention your back. You must be healed up! ☮
Check out Morrison’s feeds and feeding. Also if your pigs are pastured, you will not need as high a protein or as many minerals. Keep up the good work. Have you considered a mortar mixer for mixing your feed. Thanks for sharing.
In order to maximize feed growth pigs need feed in front of them 24-7 . I feed alternative feeds that are cheaper Brewers grain ..ddg.. bread snack cakes and waste dairy milk
I enjoyed the video and I just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I mix my goat feed for my weaning babies fresh every year. And I bought a cement mixer from Harbor freight and that is what I use to mix my feed. It is dedicated for that and will never be used for anything else. Offhand I can’t remember the size but it cost me about $120.
My recipe for hog grower was 3 bushel of oats, 2 bushels of corn and one 88 lbs of feed supplement which is mostly soy meal and celineum fiber. I would run it all thru my hammer mill combination mixer. It made nice long pig.
You are spot on with the low salt content. My pigs will not touch their feed if it's too salty. Also, bean meal is not the same as ground soybeans. Don't substitute ground whole beans, as young pigs growth will be stunted.
Don't really know your field layout but, my dad used to take about 4 acres of marginal ditch dump ground and planted it to field corn for us and a few cows to eat, he also turned in several feeder pigs 🐖 to help hog it off in the fall.
Awesome way to make your food and save money! Maybe you can get a can with a lid that secures really well and make a double batch of feed in it and then secure the lid and roll the can so you dont have to hand mix it up.
I know the mineral amount seemed low to me, but that is what it calculated out to. The pigs will be raised on dirt, an will get additional mineral as they root up the ground.
Sir how do I get in contact with you please?
I'm from South Africa
My e-mail is. Countryviewacreshomestead@gmail.com
We love your channel!
Man you need 35-45 minute videos. They are that good.
👅😀😀😀
Yeah but he does have a job so it would be harder for him to edit and record longer videos
Please keep making more videos like this!
Happy fathers day Evan...... I am so proud of you two for all you do. I love seeing the animals and how they socialize together. Have a great rest of the summer. Hugs from Minnesota
Everything is looking good and you have got things moving in the right direction, a working farm.
I am glad you have slowed down and are getting some rest.The pigs look like they are getting fat and are having a great time with the chickens. Matter of fact they are so cute. Take care ,and God bless.
Great video Evan I really like seeing the pigs and goats . You can fee the pigs ome garden waste also and they will get minerals from that also
Yeah the pigs will be getting all the garden scraps.
Looks great, making me want to do some Pigs now! Thankfully I have my Uncle to get Advice from He's raised them for many yrs.
I look forward to your videos.
If you plan on feeding wet feed get a sheetrock mud mixer from your local lumber yard and use a drill to mix in a 5 gallon bucket 🪣 wet feed helps with digestion too
Interesting and funny love watching your animals and your progress. Thank you.
Evan you should look into making or purchasing a compost tumbler to mix up your feed.
Enjoy watching your video
Boy goats = Bucks lol. Good info on the poultry netting vs goat/sheep netting. We have been trying to decide which to get.
Things are looking good, nice job.
We called our boy goats Billy Goats.
Ithaca Comments male goats are properly called bucks, the neutered ones are wethers, females are does, and if kids are under a year, they are bucklings and doelings. So can we all use the proper names?
@@cathiwim That's very interesting. Any idea how the names came to be?
A good source of feed for both the pigs and yourself is turning trees you cut down into mushroom logs. You will get a few years of mushroom harvest depending on the size of the logs used then to dispose of the logs toss in with the pigs and watch them rip the logs open to hunt down the fungi strands. Different tree types need different fungi types so it is a local research process of finding the tree types and matching them to fungi inoculation types.
Think of it as a treat for the pigs like how the goats love when you throw them limbs you cut off the trees as they eat the leaves then start stripping the bark off them.
We are making our own feed for the pigs also and I like your ingredients. I was interested in the mineral because I couldn't find any recommend for pigs but reading the bag I don't see any lysine. That is interesting because all my research says they need it to use the protein.
Always a delight watching your videos. The piglets are so cute! Are you going to feed them food scraps and leaves from the garden as well? Your enthusiasm for raising animals really shone in this video.
I've noticed that all y'all that have goats graze them on grass but they are much more efficient grazing on brush.
Ya use what you’ve got
You might be able to find an old hammer mill you can grind up corn and soybeans
So just feed corn & soy meal. But time vs mill costs. That equipment is still out there though, even small scale hand operated.
Great video Evan! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!(LATE) WATCHING YOUR VIDEO JUST MAKES MY DAY BETTER! Thanks!
Nice job on the feed mix. Hey any time you can save sum cash is great.
Last year I raised mine and mixed 12# soy meal 10 oz mineral and 50# cracked corn. They didn’t gain wait as id hoped.
Hopefully I have better results. But it sounds like our recipes are very similar.
Country View Acres I was told I should have used ground corn and soaked it.
You should try to find a restaurant or a veggy market, they will have plenty of good vegetable for you hungry piggy !
They usually pay to dispose of them ... You're free !
Thanks
Provimi, kalmbach, make mineral for feeds. The key word is pre-mix.
So cute pigs baby
Wheat middlings are normally 16% protein....it can be used alone or fed as wet or fermented feed..
Commonly called wheat shorts. By product from milling flour.
Great video thanks!!
For the 2 different mixes (piglet and grower) how many kilos per day do the pigs need to eat please?
Sometimes we need a "lazy day", especially with everything that is going on in the world today.
On the scale you are operating buying your maize and soya already prepared (ground up) it is sensible to buy it in small bags like that although you are not getting the best cost savings as the mill is adding a substantial amount to the cost of the raw material.
As you grow with more livestock and poultry it will be easier to make significant cost savings. A cost saving may be possible by buying your cracked corn in quarter or half ton big bags when the various livestock are eating it quick enough. You can probably lift and handle them with your loader and these bags are usually recyclable.
Consider using a large concrete mixer as it will mix food much better than doing it by hand. (Using a gas torch on high heat on the outside of the tub will explode all but the most stubborn concrete off the inside of the tub but wear full face protection as it explodes and throws bits everywhere!)
You clearly enjoy equipment and machinery auctions keep your eyes skinned for a hammer mill and mix setup particularly at retirement auctions - they are often dirt cheap especially those that are bolted down in a barn and rarely worn out either. Possibly consider a local advert wanting to purchase such equipment.
TYVM!
Good job Evan,sure doing well around there. Hope the pig feed puts the meat on the plate okay. They are sure enjoying the barnyard. Maybe fit them with helmets and let the games begin 🤣. Keep up the good work and videos, thanks for sharing with us. Fred
New sub here. Thanks for the video. We're starting ig soon.
The male goats have browsing rather than grass. That is probably why they did a better job.
Soak your feed over night and it will work out better.
Dont know if you watch Farmer Tyler Ranch but he has a video or 2 out about mixing his own pig feed maby it can help you a bit
@CountryViewAcres - how was the cost comparison to regular stock feeds? What % decrease did you achieve?
Might i ask how much you were paying per pound for the pig feed from your mill. I recently got 6 pigs this year and have been buying feed at .16 cents per pound and was wondering how that compares to your mill and to your homemade mix.
Please recheck your calculations, minerals should be less for the second formula as weight has reduced from 30 pounds to 25 pounds
The 30 pound batch was really 2.4 ounces of mineral and the 25 pound batch was 2.0 ounces. So, It rounded down to 2 ounces.
@@CountryViewAcres Looks like you could use an even smaller measure for the minerals - maybe even a shot glass or something similar.
Remember this principal on feeding your animals, you are what you eat, if you feed them high protein, they will have lots of protein in their bodies which you will eat, its not a bad thing necessarily but you also have to keep in mind too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing.
Hiya, nice video, thank you. One question, nothing for the male goats to climb on? Large rocks, cable drums or pallet stacks & planks? OK two questions.
Look around for an old concrete mixer and mix it on a bigger scale once you get you’re recipe right
If you going to be serious about making hay you should pickup a old swather, my grandpa has a old owatonna and it cuts good up to 8mph and it puts it in rows already.
May be fermenting to get the cost down just an idea
Getting up at six.You are idle but I forgive you because you are a grafter.xxx to you and yours.
if that is the only place you keep the pigs then you need to start moving them around the property, i move ours every other week from one pasture to the next, keeps weeds down and cuts costs on feed...
Is your back feeling better already? It seemed like you didn't really had trouble working around the yard.
Yes, my. Back is feeling much better.
How big did they turn out
Don't worry about the audio. Can you edit and add on the videos. At least it's on videos.
Any way using the idea of a cement mixer for your mixing your hog feed. Just thinking.
So how much does each pig eat a day or do you just feed alll 30 pounds
How many yards are in one roll of netting
Evan I came back and watched this video for the second time and noticed the cat . Is the cat working , catching the mice ?? You have to keep the cat kind of hunger or they won't hunt
We feed them once a day. And all four of them run for the food. So I would say they are hungry.
How the garden doing
Hello, sir. Can we replace corn with rice bran? Thank you
Why mix the ingredients? The pigs will eat everything anyway. Right?
I know it takes a lot of time, but can you make a long and a short version of some or all of your videos. Put the longer versions on another channel. For those who like the longer versions can enjoy themselves over there. Would subscribe to both channels. I like your videos a lot particularly the animals. I would have loved looking at those goats a bit longer. I love the rain and the chickens, all of it. Make a rain video. You hardly see those on YT without them being ten hours. Make a real rain video and people will click by the thousands, millions even.
How much feed do you feed those two pigs each day? Thank you, enjoyed your video.
It changes as they grow. About 3% of their body weight. But basically get a feel for what they eat. You want a little bit if feed left over the next day. If they eat it all add a little more to there ration.
What is the mineral composed of? And can you make it?
I think your ginger barn cat needs a visit to the vets else you will be over run with kittens
The Tom cats went to the vet and got fixed yesterday.
Put the pigs out in the woods and they will eat a lot of natural stuff and save you feed $$$. The meat will taste better too. A mineral block would be easier and save you time.
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Would a cement mixer work for mixing?????
Your feed.
Hi what does it cost ti feed them
The pigs are so cute. Please don’t share the harvest of them. I eat pork too, but I just get so attached to animals. I know y’all do it in a humane way. When are you going to move shelter to the new storage space?😊❤️
If that's a 5 gallon bucket it weighs 2 lbs so you only put 8 lbs of soy bean meal in your mix
He reset the scale after he sat the bucket on it.
All your livestock should be on pasture with electric fence and out of that barn... Are you going to eat these goats? If not what return do you get from them? They cost you a heap to keep. Most homesteading vlogs I watch seem to avoid soy products for they're pig feed. I thought it was about knowing its non gmo and natural food for ya animals. Otherwise you may as well buy it from the supermarket it would be heaps cheaper?
There are several reasons to homestead and raise your own food. Some people do it for home grown organic food. My reason is about being more self sufficient and having the freedom of living in the country. I just want my animals to live a good life during there stay here. So I don't get too hung up on the types of animal feeds, it is more about what will keep my livestock healthy and is cost effective at the same time.
Why do you have goats? Asking for a friend.
you need to get them pigs in a pen thy will kill your chickens and goats ant eat them and eat cat s
Go to a feed mill and get actual minerals .trace mineral salt is not a good way to get proper mineral intake
I loved seeing the pigs with the cats and dogs.
It’s always gonna be more expensive to raise 2 pigs because of economies of scale
as aeuropean that half percent math out of 30 lbs equals 2 ounces was super panful haha
If you have a cement mixer, you can use it to mix feed and other dry material.
That is an awesome suggestion!!!! Evan will probably find one on a deal just to make a video about inspecting it!
You didn't mention your back. You must be healed up! ☮
Hi..... Evan, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🌱🐐🎥👍👍👍
you can always add water to regular pig feed to turn it into slop
Wondering if that new drill auger you have for planting the garden would help mix it up at all. Another great video Evan!
Check out Morrison’s feeds and feeding. Also if your pigs are pastured, you will not need as high a protein or as many minerals. Keep up the good work. Have you considered a mortar mixer for mixing your feed. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your experience on the farm. Have a happy 'Fourth of July'. Be safe, healthy and successful. 👍
I found an old cement mixer. We do our compost mixing with it. You might think of one for mixing your feed.
You should mix the mash the night before it works alot better.
I wish my goats would not destroy my trees the pigs love to lay under the trees on a hot day and also the chickens
The pigs are cute. The other animals are nice too. 👍👏
Get a portable concrete mixer to mix your feed....
Exact same recipe made 5 years ago
Red Solo cups have lines in them, from 1oz and above....
There is a difference between liquid ounces and dry weight ounces it has to do with differences in densities....
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In order to maximize feed growth pigs need feed in front of them 24-7 . I feed alternative feeds that are cheaper Brewers grain ..ddg.. bread snack cakes and waste dairy milk
Great Info,
A half inch drive drill & a plaster/mortar mixer (paint mixer) would be a easy affordable mixer (the ones with guards)...
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I enjoyed the video and I just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I mix my goat feed for my weaning babies fresh every year. And I bought a cement mixer from Harbor freight and that is what I use to mix my feed. It is dedicated for that and will never be used for anything else. Offhand I can’t remember the size but it cost me about $120.
My recipe for hog grower was 3 bushel of oats, 2 bushels of corn and one 88 lbs of feed supplement which is mostly soy meal and celineum fiber. I would run it all thru my hammer mill combination mixer. It made nice long pig.
You are spot on with the low salt content. My pigs will not touch their feed if it's too salty. Also, bean meal is not the same as ground soybeans. Don't substitute ground whole beans, as young pigs growth will be stunted.
Why not grow vegetables for them,potatoes cabbage turnip carrots.Years ago nobody paid for pig food,they lived on scraps called pig swill.
Don't really know your field layout but, my dad used to take about 4 acres of marginal ditch dump ground and planted it to field corn for us and a few cows to eat, he also turned in several feeder pigs 🐖 to help hog it off in the fall.
Watching this a year later. I'm curious to know if you ended up changing it. Would you use this same recipe again?
Best sleep is when it's raining!
Dang right
Awesome way to make your food and save money! Maybe you can get a can with a lid that secures really well and make a double batch of feed in it and then secure the lid and roll the can so you dont have to hand mix it up.
Pigs look great Eric. Interesting how they get along with the cats but not the goats. Have a great week