[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Piglets inbound (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/13/2014 4:08:06 PM EDT
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This big girl is due on the 15th. She's phenomenally huge and, I think, tired of being pregnant.
Hopefully everything goes off without a hitch. 
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Four healthy little oinkers at 0200 today. I'm not happy with the litter size (I blame the AI tech) but am thrilled that everyone came through OK. Number 1 son gives the post-farrow massage. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/FredFeral/imagejpg1_zps3d48623d.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/FredFeral/imagejpg3_zps75efc918.jpg Happy birthday, young uns! 
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What and how much do you, on average, feed a pig each day?
I'm asking because I would like to get a piglet but don't have the access to the food for it like I had before I bought a piglet years ago and was fortunate to have a Jersey cow then and was able to glean corn nearby . I fed it over a gallon of heavy creamed milk a day along with stale bread, corn and scraps. What I remember, that thing ended up over 550 lbs. in less than a year before we took it to have her processed |
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Thanks Feral.
I have some pretty good pasture and woods that I'm in the process of fencing with the intent of putting a couple cows on. It's also large enough to hold and help feed an extra piglet or two this next spring This thread has piqued my interest in doing just that |
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I have some pretty good pasture and woods that I'm in the process of fencing with the intent of putting a couple cows on. It's also large enough to hold and help feed an extra piglet or two this next spring This thread has piqued my interest in doing just that Go for it! Just don't get only one piglet. Pigs are deeply social animals and do better if they have company. 
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I'd have a hard time eating them if i ever raised them. The few pigs i've interacted with have been just as friendly and intelligent as a dog. Pigs are designed that way. Cute when they are little- so you'd care for them. Mean and ugly when they are old so.you can't wait to eat them ;) |
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Congrats! Now, you NEED dairy goats! (And we really NEED to get rid of some  )Nope, not gonna do it. No, no, no. 
We have six species of domesticated animal on the farm right now. Adding a seventh would be the tipping point. Ain't gonna happen. 
Lost one of the newborn piglets last night. Not sure if he was defective somehow or Mom squashed him. In any case, we're down to eleven. |
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Nope, not gonna do it. No, no, no.
We have six species of domesticated animal on the farm right now. Adding a seventh would be the tipping point. Ain't gonna happen.
Lost one of the newborn piglets last night. Not sure if he was defective somehow or Mom squashed him. In any case, we're down to eleven. Quoted:
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Congrats! Now, you NEED dairy goats! (And we really NEED to get rid of some )Nope, not gonna do it. No, no, no.
We have six species of domesticated animal on the farm right now. Adding a seventh would be the tipping point. Ain't gonna happen.
Lost one of the newborn piglets last night. Not sure if he was defective somehow or Mom squashed him. In any case, we're down to eleven. Sometimes, Mama knows... Sad, but it happens. I'm sure it's not the first time you've seen it... So, question... (Kinda gory.) what do you do with the lost piglet? Does he get ground to become feed, or does he go to the compost pile? |
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So, question... (Kinda gory.) what do you do with the lost piglet? Does he get ground to become feed, or does he go to the compost pile? Nothing fancy, just your basic burial. I might have put him in the compost pile but the pile is in transition at the moment and the timing just wasn't right. |
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Nope, not gonna do it. No, no, no.
We have six species of domesticated animal on the farm right now. Adding a seventh would be the tipping point. Ain't gonna happen.
Lost one of the newborn piglets last night. Not sure if he was defective somehow or Mom squashed him. In any case, we're down to eleven. Quoted:
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Congrats! Now, you NEED dairy goats! (And we really NEED to get rid of some )Nope, not gonna do it. No, no, no.
We have six species of domesticated animal on the farm right now. Adding a seventh would be the tipping point. Ain't gonna happen.
Lost one of the newborn piglets last night. Not sure if he was defective somehow or Mom squashed him. In any case, we're down to eleven. Excess milk for the chickens and pigs, goat milk fudge for you, kids will have a grip that will break bones after a couple years of milking: What's not to like?
Have had IM issues for those that asked, and don't mean to hijack Nubians (feral's favorite kind!, BTW, he just hasn't realized it yet)
No bucks (we trade a weaned doe or two for service for our does) Does from 12 weeks to 5 years. |
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We're overrun with piglets at this point.
The four from the first litter are about ready to wean. The ten surviving piglets from the second litter all seem to be doing well. They're certainly cruising around the pasture OK. We had a sad moment today as we put down a runt that we'd been bottle feeding in the house. He just wasn't thriving and we did everything we could for him. We made the decision to send him back to the earth from whence he came. Farm life. 
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| I'd love to do a few pigs. But I'm not sure if I have the space. I'm on an acre at my house and three acres at my shop. I know they need a heck of a fence to start off with. My chicken coop coral board fence with 2x4 welded wire on it might not even slow a pig down. |
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We're overrun with piglets at this point.
The four from the first litter are about ready to wean. The ten surviving piglets from the second litter all seem to be doing well. They're certainly cruising around the pasture OK. We had a sad moment today as we put down a runt that we'd been bottle feeding in the house. He just wasn't thriving and we did everything we could for him. We made the decision to send him back to the earth from whence he came. Farm life.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/FredFeral/imagejpg1_zpsd936bc80.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/FredFeral/imagejpg1_zps0ab56adc.jpg I love how their little back legs just PUSH them as close as they can get... LOL... Too cute... |