I'm 63f, live in a condo, and I never miss a show! I enjoy each and every one and learn so much from you. Honestly? Your information and knowledge should be taught in every school across the nation and especially at college level farming and agricultural courses. We need to bring back common sense farming and quality animal husbandry, encourage and support small farms and get rid of corporate megafarms. Thank you for all you do!!! (Edited for a typo)
Regarding pig manure being good fertilizer, I occasionally drop off wood chips to a local small pig farmer, He fed his pigs some melons or pumpkins and the seeds sprouted and just exploded in growth.
Love the video. The topic of regenarative farming is so fascinating. I hope I can get some farming experience of my own someday, for now I still live in the city as a 24 yo
Absolutely. The meat has better flavor too. No doubt. I've loaded at big chicken processors. They have employees continuously washing blood film off. I have no idea how frequently they shut down the facility for complete cleaning. I know they operate around the clock. Thank you.
Love these videos...we raise cows,chickens goats turkeys and pigs and as far as im concerned the pigs are thr easiest to raise especially on pasture forages...you get immediate results (positive) when trying to fix and establish pastures...each paddock is better every time we rotate through
I couldn’t agree more. Your videos helped me to take the leap into hogs. I’ve raised many chickens, cows & sheep but I was always scared off by the myth the hogs are dirty smelly animals. My neighbors that are down wind had ask what animals I was raising in the woods and couldn’t believe that hogs didn’t stink. Other than the enormous amount of feed pigs are very easy to care for and have a great personality. From a business perspective I won’t make as much money as I do from beef but pigs require much less space and are excellent brush clearers for me.
Very awesome! Your channel is the reason I changed my mind about pigs. I used to think they are ALWAYS filthy and stupid animals, but one of your videos explained and showed that pigs have a bad reputation because of the way they've been raised for hundreds of years. All I remember is you showed that by not keeping them in tiny pens where they are forced to roll in their own crap and they have room to run around and do their thing, they help soil and can be an incredibly healthy meat source when properly taken care of! Keep up the videos, love the regen livestock content on pigs!
I'm not so sure I agree, I still think rabbits are the better bet. Cleaner (less smell too), even less space, less dangerous to the keeper, leaner meat, less chance of communicable parasites, no need to treat for fertilizer, easier to process them at home, and you get fur pelts.
True but the sad part is a lot of folks only eat the most common animal, cow pig and sheep/goat. Also rabbit meat is too lean and not enough fat. If you're a meat eater, you need to supplement with other foods and fats or else you'll get a disease that is quite harmful. Most people who eat rabbit or fish only tend to eat raw because by eating raw you're getting a the vitamin and nutrition from the bloods
Rabbits are too lean. The human body needs healthy fats. Pigs aren’t dangerous, just big. Feed them right there’s no communicable diseases. Most importantly, most people don’t eat rabbit or don’t like it. That said, of you like rabbit, its not a bad protein source. Most people won't make everyday meals out of it.
I appreciate the amount of caring to the animals, and the radicality about being bio and stuff, but as long as we keep shifting the focus from 'the animal' to 'the huge amount of bacon' that you can get for a small price, we’re exerting a force. it's not coexistence. Thank you anyway for sharing your experience and personal view 🙏🌳
Nah, they do require a lot of inputs compared to chickens. And tbh, cow, sheep, goat superpower is to transform grass into fat and meat, they are deff. the superior animals for homesteading if you take into account dairy. I would say also rabbits beat pigs.
Have you raised pigs? They are so much easier than any meat chicken we have every raised. I'm not sure what additional inputs you are talking about pigs requiring over chickens.
@DowdleFamilyFarms in terms of food conversion, broilers are more efficient than pigs. Birds are simply metabolically more efficient than mammals. If we focus on egg production, then it becomes even more efficient in terms of input. Homesteading is not the same as a professional farm focused on 2 products.
Where I live, most families used to raise until the 80s 1 or 2 pigs to sacrifice in October, but the main source of food during the year was dairy from the family cow and eggs from the chickens (apart from cereals) , ofc the old hens went into soup. That's why, from my own experience, pigs would have a secondary role in a real homestead. They were basically the scrap eaters and would roam the communal forests.
Again, I don’t know what inputs you are talking about the pigs need over meat chickens or egg layers. Frankly, you’d have to eat 50 stew hens to get the meat from one pig. Many people will process 50 meat birds, but they won’t process and eat that many egg layers or old hens. In terms of beef or dairy cows, pigs are so much easier.
It’s all about how you view it. I have an extremely hilly & forested farm. Tons of Acorns, Hickory nuts, walnuts etc. a rabbit or sheep couldn’t do anything with a meanwhile a hog can turn that into protein while clearing brush. Each animal has its unique advantages. Also 1 hog can provide 150 lbs of meat in 6 months! How many rabbits or chickens would it take to do that? Even a cow takes almost two years to do that.
I'm 63f, live in a condo, and I never miss a show! I enjoy each and every one and learn so much from you. Honestly? Your information and knowledge should be taught in every school across the nation and especially at college level farming and agricultural courses. We need to bring back common sense farming and quality animal husbandry, encourage and support small farms and get rid of corporate megafarms.
Thank you for all you do!!!
(Edited for a typo)
Wow. Thanks for the kind words.
Regarding pig manure being good fertilizer, I occasionally drop off wood chips to a local small pig farmer, He fed his pigs some melons or pumpkins and the seeds sprouted and just exploded in growth.
Yes indeed.
Love the video.
The topic of regenarative farming is so fascinating.
I hope I can get some farming experience of my own someday, for now I still live in the city as a 24 yo
Don't give up your dream!!! You can do this ❤🙏
You can do it!
Do it now. Things are getting are in the world economy.
And its a sign of Jesus coming to call away his saints. And Antichrist reign.
Absolutely. The meat has better flavor too. No doubt. I've loaded at big chicken processors. They have employees continuously washing blood film off. I have no idea how frequently they shut down the facility for complete cleaning.
I know they operate around the clock.
Thank you.
thanks!
Enjoy your videos, I used to raise a few pigs for the table, and cows too.
Nice! Did you prefer raising pigs or cows?
Love these videos...we raise cows,chickens goats turkeys and pigs and as far as im concerned the pigs are thr easiest to raise especially on pasture forages...you get immediate results (positive) when trying to fix and establish pastures...each paddock is better every time we rotate through
I totally agree. Thanks for sharing.
I couldn’t agree more. Your videos helped me to take the leap into hogs. I’ve raised many chickens, cows & sheep but I was always scared off by the myth the hogs are dirty smelly animals. My neighbors that are down wind had ask what animals I was raising in the woods and couldn’t believe that hogs didn’t stink. Other than the enormous amount of feed pigs are very easy to care for and have a great personality.
From a business perspective I won’t make as much money as I do from beef but pigs require much less space and are excellent brush clearers for me.
Interestingly, I find the financials of raising pigs more profitable than beef. It depends on your sales channels I guess.
I’m all in. Building the infrastructure now. Getting started with 2 feeders in the fall. We will be rotating thru pasture/woods. I enjoy your videos.
That's wonderful. Video to be released later this morning about rotating them through pastures and woods!
Very awesome! Your channel is the reason I changed my mind about pigs. I used to think they are ALWAYS filthy and stupid animals, but one of your videos explained and showed that pigs have a bad reputation because of the way they've been raised for hundreds of years.
All I remember is you showed that by not keeping them in tiny pens where they are forced to roll in their own crap and they have room to run around and do their thing, they help soil and can be an incredibly healthy meat source when properly taken care of! Keep up the videos, love the regen livestock content on pigs!
Thank you. I still have a lot to learn though.
Wow, that was a really great video, but I really think you should’ve talked about the bacon more. I just don’t feel “sold,” on it.
Next time I'll try to include bacon in the mix more!
I'm not so sure I agree, I still think rabbits are the better bet. Cleaner (less smell too), even less space, less dangerous to the keeper, leaner meat, less chance of communicable parasites, no need to treat for fertilizer, easier to process them at home, and you get fur pelts.
LOL
True but the sad part is a lot of folks only eat the most common animal, cow pig and sheep/goat. Also rabbit meat is too lean and not enough fat. If you're a meat eater, you need to supplement with other foods and fats or else you'll get a disease that is quite harmful. Most people who eat rabbit or fish only tend to eat raw because by eating raw you're getting a the vitamin and nutrition from the bloods
Rabbits are too lean. The human body needs healthy fats. Pigs aren’t dangerous, just big. Feed them right there’s no communicable diseases. Most importantly, most people don’t eat rabbit or don’t like it.
That said, of you like rabbit, its not a bad protein source. Most people won't make everyday meals out of it.
The best thing with rabbits that they eat grass, that you can get for free around any small farm
@@ronlevin2339 So do my cows.
“Meat chickens look for ways to die.” 😅😅😅
For sure!
300 pounds of pork off 2 pigs in under 1k square feet? Almost sounds to good to be true.
I talked to several people who do it in a 16x16 sized pen, but I think its a bit more difficult to manage.
I appreciate the amount of caring to the animals, and the radicality about being bio and stuff,
but as long as we keep shifting the focus from 'the animal' to 'the huge amount of bacon' that you can get for a small price,
we’re exerting a force.
it's not coexistence.
Thank you anyway for sharing your experience and personal view 🙏🌳
The bacon references were just being funny. I repeatedly say that it will not be cheaper. Sorry that you think I'm focused on price.
Nah, they do require a lot of inputs compared to chickens. And tbh, cow, sheep, goat superpower is to transform grass into fat and meat, they are deff. the superior animals for homesteading if you take into account dairy. I would say also rabbits beat pigs.
Have you raised pigs? They are so much easier than any meat chicken we have every raised. I'm not sure what additional inputs you are talking about pigs requiring over chickens.
@DowdleFamilyFarms in terms of food conversion, broilers are more efficient than pigs. Birds are simply metabolically more efficient than mammals. If we focus on egg production, then it becomes even more efficient in terms of input. Homesteading is not the same as a professional farm focused on 2 products.
Where I live, most families used to raise until the 80s 1 or 2 pigs to sacrifice in October, but the main source of food during the year was dairy from the family cow and eggs from the chickens (apart from cereals) , ofc the old hens went into soup. That's why, from my own experience, pigs would have a secondary role in a real homestead. They were basically the scrap eaters and would roam the communal forests.
Again, I don’t know what inputs you are talking about the pigs need over meat chickens or egg layers. Frankly, you’d have to eat 50 stew hens to get the meat from one pig. Many people will process 50 meat birds, but they won’t process and eat that many egg layers or old hens. In terms of beef or dairy cows, pigs are so much easier.
It’s all about how you view it. I have an extremely hilly & forested farm. Tons of Acorns, Hickory nuts, walnuts etc. a rabbit or sheep couldn’t do anything with a meanwhile a hog can turn that into protein while clearing brush. Each animal has its unique advantages.
Also 1 hog can provide 150 lbs of meat in 6 months! How many rabbits or chickens would it take to do that? Even a cow takes almost two years to do that.