Raising hogs on a small scale - the barn upgrades

We have been raising hogs most of my life, dad did it on a large scale back in his hey day. I raise pigs on a small scale because I will never be able to compete with the large scale guys, we are catering to the family who wants a hog, locally grown in a small scale environment. Plenty of fresh water, feed and a rub on the back, that they know how it was cared for.
In this video we touch on the barn we have been using and some recent upgrades we have done to be able to increase our small scale production.

[tractortalkwithgary]

I'm not even actively farming and my buildings aren't big enough. My Dad always got all the machinery inside under a roof. We had a baler with a thrower, a mixer mill, an elevator, 2- 4 bottom plows, 2 cultivators, a disc, a 16 ft. bumper hitch livestock trailer, a 2 row mounted corn picker, and a 145 bushel manure spreader. If we needed something from the quonset building, it was a half day affair dragging everything out to get what we wanted and then putting everything back away.

[brycewiborg]

I like the layout. You don't want to get too big. Then it becomes a job.
Thanks Steve.

[ryckmanangusranch]

When I was a kid we raised hogs on a small scale also. Sold them at the local livestock barn. Darn nice looking panels. She did a great job of painting. Take care

[crslyrn]

Yep, we never seem to build the "Big every time. The pig pens turned out nice. I like how you've got things to move them thru the process. Keep up the good work there. Take care.

[gleanerk]

We seem to do that ( oh that’ll be enough) it never fails ! Hey it’s family built with good memories!

[newtsfarm]

Thanks for sharing. I've often thought about raising pigs but it just never happened.

[Hatfield_Country]

That's a really nice looking, well built set up!

[Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Amazing job Mr Steve!! I see the granddaughter won out on the red 😉😉 That should work perfectly, y'all did a great job on the gates!! Boy oh boy....don't I know about not building large enough🤦🤦🤦 I have been playing Tetris with the new additions under the lean to for 2 days 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Looking fwd to seeing more on the hog expansion project, and the bounty that comes along with it!! Great to see you as always my friend!! Thank you for bringing us along!! 😁😁😁👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[boatwrightfarm]

Nice setup can't wait to see the pigs in it. I like the red 👍

[pinesedgefarm]

I'd have to say the red looks good. That's a nice place to grow bacon seeds.

[jamespittman]

It maybe took some adding to and modifying but you wound up with a great looking setup. I just wish you were closer to me so that I could get some of that pork.

[RandWFarmstead-TonyWalsh]

Nice looking set up Steve, thanks for showing them. Take care and have a blessed rest of the week my friend.

[thecamocowboyoutdoors]

Seems like a building is never big enough. Dad always said once you have the width, doesn't cost much more to increase the length. Nice setup for raising a few hogs though. I have been thinking about raising a couple for my own use. Nice video my Friend!

[dehavenfamilyfarm]

Every building I have I wish was bigger 🤣

[GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Nice setup Steve 👍
And hot 3 generations to do it!

[onehappyfarmer]

No matter what you build, no matter how big you build it, you will one day wish it was bigger. We build this house 20 years ago and let me tell you……..I’ve been told it should have been bigger. I think she means the house.

[LampleyBrothersFarming]

You're right on building things the size you think you need but should have been bigger. Happens to us too. But it's still a nice looking set up

[farawayfarm]

It may not be exactly how you wanted to do it but it's a really good setup.

[tractorman]

That's a well thought out set up Steve. But like you said, bigger IS better. We always had hogs back on the home place. We fattened 'em on skim milk from the Holstein cows and ground feed. You got the whole family in on it...good deal. The son looks to know what he's doing with the welding stick and the g-daughter wields a mean paint brush too. LOL Nice job.

[iwantosavemoney]

This year will be the first time we get free pork so excited about are next 2 litters