FEEDER PIGS. Day 1. They Arrive. How To Raise Your Own Feeder Pigs.

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The feeder pigs arrive. They are cute and about 30 pounds now and together we will watch them grow and learn at the same time. The journey has begun towards 250-300 pounds and the eventual freezer.

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All the free ribs you can eat without paying someone else for delivery. Mmmm Yum. What's not to love ?

Cute

I love this video! I was captivated.

just asking but why do they need a shelter? It's obviously not for winter

where are the other feeder pig videos?
nice video by the way

so are you giving them corn bread mix, like the kind right out of the box?

I wanna pinch them!!!!

Just came across this video now, nice looking pigs...If you have time, have a look at my latest video, I have just finished my hollow block pen extension here in the Philippines,

Joe, I saw the video when you harvested the pigs and I just watched this one. Your other video inspired me to buy 2 feeder pigs. I am raising them on the back of the property and all seems to be ok for now. I give my pigs scraps from a nearby fruit stand and old bread from a bread store, what is amazing they love a vine called Carolina Creeper that is pretty abundant here in NC, I keep and eye out and harvest it and bring it home as it grows wild on trees and light poles. Trying to keep their feed costs down. I plan to expand to 4 next year and have 4 different areas to move them and follow behind with my commercial chicken tractor and then till and plant land. I will keep you updated on my progress as well. Thanks !

Do you butcher them yourself or have someone else do the cuts?

Those are some great pigs you have there, what kind are they? Duroc?

I'm no expert and not judging, but I've read that for welfare reasons pigs should be kept in pairs, but a lot of the homesteaders on YouTube seem to only keep one. How did your daughter's pig cope on their own?

I have found out the best way to raise pigs is to do manage rotational grazing. I know many people have different ways of raising their own pigs but really rotational grazing benefits you and the pigs a lot. This year is my second year raising pigs and boy I enjoy em. Last year we confined em in about a 6x20 and it wasn't the best. We spent a lot of money I mean a lot on just feeding last year. This year my pigs get to free range in paddocks. No smell what so ever and less feeding to them as well. I really am glad I started using electric fence because it really helps. They are well trained in it and don't bother touching it after a few shocks lol. Tips for others who are wanting to raise pigs, if you wanna pasture em and use electric fence, a good way to start is using a sturdy wooven fence or field fence and put a couple strands of electric in front of the fence and let the pigs get use to getting shocked. It's a good way to train em to learn to stay away from the electric. If you wanna learn a lot more about pasturing pigs, Look up Sugar Mtn Farm. The owner's name is Walter Jeffries and he has a lot of good blogs about pasturing pigs, feeding pigs, etc. He raises pigs soley on pasture and whey (dairy). He has really good advice on pigs so if you're wanting to get into pigs I would suggest reading some of his blogs. - Ivan

What do you feed your pigs?

How much did the cornmeal mix cost and where did you get it?

enjoying your videos, thanks

As a kid we always killed about 6 every fall after the cold weather come,my uncle would always shoot them in the head but it dont kill them,the heart still beats and thats when you cut the neck area to bleed them. I always enjoyed living that life style.

They are so cute. I remember playing with the pigs we had. We fed them swollen corn, garden vegetables, and slops. Ours never got very big.

You know I love pigs! They remind me of my teenage sons, only the pigs are cleaner and you can eat them in 3 months, and the pigs are not picky about what they eat. Do you have a dairy cow? My buddy who has a good size pig homestead feeds the excess cow milk to his pigs and they love it. A pig will eat anything.

While I don't eat meat I would never have pigs. But those little faces are just too darn cute!! Even the crooked neck one is adorable!! They really went to town on tearing up that area; stick them in the garden at the end of the season; they get a good meal and you save your back! :) I guess no one has taught them yet that it's bad manners to stand in everyone else's food; must have been some pretty good num num's! :) Can't wait to see piggy updates; I'll pass on the butchering part tough. Cute pigs! :)