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Who has pigs? The 4 legged kind.

CaryW

CaryW

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This is Patty. She goes for her spa day on the 4th of next month. She is a little smaller than I would like but she will wrap and freeze just fine.
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thought about it a few times, got the space for sure but never done the livestock thing
 
Hog prices are ridiculously low right now. No need to have one in your yard. Hog farmer damn near give you one.
 
We are going to be getting a few piglets probably. Wife did it with 4H as a kid a lot and it will be good for the kids. They will be named bacon, and chop. Ham is an alternate
 
CenCon said:
Hog prices are ridiculously low right now. No need to have one in your yard. Hog farmer damn near give you one.
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This....very much this ^

Wouldn't be surprised to see the population of "feral" hogs sky rocket in the next couple of years. Hog farmers are pretty much to the point of giving them away or just turning them loose.
 
Wasn't there a dude here with a pig named Mo-ham-ed? It got mauled up by a dog too.

I'd get one from a farm. Housing an animal that lives in its own shit sounds....like shit. :homer:
 
3 of them. Told my wife we should send them off to be rendered while the bones are still soft but she isn't having any of it :|

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The Beens said:
This....very much this ^

Wouldn't be surprised to see the population of "feral" hogs sky rocket in the next couple of years. Hog farmers are pretty much to the point of giving them away or just turning them loose.
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The bigger problem here is the fact that the mom-and-pop butcher shops are backed up months.
And 90% of the DIY home butchers, when it comes to hogs, shouldn't.
 
CenCon said:
The bigger problem here is the fact that the mom-and-pop butcher shops are backed up months.
And 90% of the DIY home butchers, when it comes to hogs, shouldn't.
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Around here, they aren't taking appointments anymore. They are full through early Spring 21. Yes she was cheap. You have to be really careful buying those white confinement hogs. They dont have any natural instincts left and have never been off of concrete. Tough to get them to adapt to normal farm life. They dont even know the difference between sun and shade and die of severe sunburn related illness. They are like trying to raise broiler house chickens.
 
use too
then did the math....
lost money raising my own and then paying for the butcher.
now just buy a ready piggy and have it packaged.
saves me half.
 
CaryW said:
Around here, they aren't taking appointments anymore. They are full through early Spring 21. Yes she was cheap. You have to be really careful buying those white confinement hogs. They dont have any natural instincts left and have never been off of concrete. Tough to get them to adapt to normal farm life. They dont even know the difference between sun and shade and die of severe sunburn related illness. They are like trying to raise broiler house chickens.
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Absolutely agree. It ain't walking on Mother Earth you don't want it. 'Round here we call hogbarn hogs Smithfield's. And that ain't a good thing.
 
I got space for chickens and that's about it.
​​​Hogs will plow the entire yard hardcore, I think my wife would not let me even consider the idea.
 
ev13wt said:
​​​Hogs will plow the entire yard hardcore, I think my wife would not let me even consider the idea.
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that's kinda half the reason I consider them
they'll eat anything that grows here but thistle, don't gotta mow and nowhere near the investment of cows
though cows might be more resistant to coyotes due to being bigger
 
woods said:
Wasn't there a dude here with a pig named Mo-ham-ed? It got mauled up by a dog too.

I'd get one from a farm. Housing an animal that lives in its own shit sounds....like shit. :homer:
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You have obviously never raised hogs. They will shit in one corner and never lay there. Yes they will root in the mud but not where they shit.
 
Currently have 3 of them. We usually raise 2-4 a year. My wife worked with a couple doctors a few years back and made a deal. They buy them for $$, we feed them and deliver to the processor. They pay for processing. It has worked out that it makes our contribution (other than time) very little to fill the freezer.

This years batch was a little different than usual. The breeder we get them from bought a bunch from a lot, so they are smaller than normal. Going to have to feed them another 2 months to make weight. The breeder said the guy that owns the lot made him a hell of a deal on them. It was either sell cheap, or just shoot them, since nobody was taking them. It took them almost 2 weeks to figure out how to use the self feeder.
 
rockdog57 said:
You have obviously never raised hogs. They will shit in one corner and never lay there. Yes they will root in the mud but not where they shit.
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Really. Wow. I thought they just shit everywhere and walk around in it. Never would have considered them clean animals.
 
rockdog57 said:
You have obviously never raised hogs. They will shit in one corner and never lay there. Yes they will root in the mud but not where they shit.
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This is what I observed.

I had two Yorkshire hogs. Put them in a dog run. They first went around and rooted up all of the weeds except for ONE weed, which they never ate. They shit in the corner and never went there.

They escaped once and just rooted around outside their pen because they were happy with their life. They didn't try to run away.

I fed them all leftovers and hi-pro feed.

They cost $1.56 per pound across all cuts after it was said and done. This was comparable to pork prices at the time, but the meat was of course unbelievably good.

I might get a couple of chickens one day, but I'm not a huge fan of chicken as a meat, just the eggs. Chickens are also filthy as fuck, and the roosters get you up at odd hours, wayyyy before the fucking sun comes up. Fuck that.

But hogs I will have again if I ever buy land.

Keeping them in concrete inside is a shit move in 2020. C'mon man :shaking:
 
woods said:
Really. Wow. I thought they just shit everywhere and walk around in it. Never would have considered them clean animals.
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All of the 'almanac wisdom' about hogs is true. They are clean. They do waller if you give them a chance, which you should it's clearly good for them. They will waller around in the mud then waller in dry soil to rub it off, the same way you can wash your hands with dirt and water when you're camping. They keep their skin in good condition with no patches of dead skin, blisters, bugs, or any blemishes. They like their food in one spot and I don't see why people just slop it in, gives me a wince whenever I see it now. They are messy but they like their food in one spot. They don't mix their shit and food, or really much.

I think they like the option to get some sand and dirt in with it, if you just throw it on the ground they don't get that option. They do need some sand and grit, In My Observation.

They will rub the shit off their asses then flick it over to the spot where they shit.



I am obviously a meat-eater and am totally comfortable with eating an intelligent animal like a hog. But they are clearly sensitive and if you don't have a good patch for them, you shouldn't raise them.

I would pay a bit more for pork if regulations were out there improving the lives of hogs. They don't need to be 'free range' or any other bullshit like that, but they don't need to be in a concrete pen barely larger than their body, either. It will cost more because they will lose some weight moving around, but judging from the quality of meat that they ultimately delivered, it will be well worth it even if you don't care about animal dignity.
 
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maveric said:
Currently have 3 of them. We usually raise 2-4 a year. My wife worked with a couple doctors a few years back and made a deal. They buy them for $$, we feed them and deliver to the processor. They pay for processing. It has worked out that it makes our contribution (other than time) very little to fill the freezer.

This years batch was a little different than usual. The breeder we get them from bought a bunch from a lot, so they are smaller than normal. Going to have to feed them another 2 months to make weight. The breeder said the guy that owns the lot made him a hell of a deal on them. It was either sell cheap, or just shoot them, since nobody was taking them. It took them almost 2 weeks to figure out how to use the self feeder.
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Next time I do it, I'm going to dumpster-dive for them. I bet I could raise two complete hogs just dumpster-diving for an hour a week.
 
pigs don't sweat, thay is why they like mud to keep cool.
use to let my roam around an acre area.
shit in the farthest corner
 
jeeptj19992001 said:
pigs don't sweat, thay is why they like mud to keep cool.
use to let my roam around an acre area.
shit in the farthest corner
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Yup, actually pretty clean animal’s. They will wallow in the mud and lay there to stay cool. I think that’s why people have the impression they lay in their shit.
 
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