The Ultimate Guide to Raising Pigs on a Homestead

Thinking of raising pigs? This one is FOR YOU!

In this video, we present "The Ultimate Guide to Raising Pigs: 5 Mistakes You Need to Avoid." Whether you're a beginner or an experienced farmer, this guide will help you navigate the challenges and ensure the well-being of your pigs.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:17 - Mistake 1: Poor Water Management
02:24 - Mistake 2: Inadequate Shelter and Housing
05:56 - Mistake 3: Insufficient Fencing and Containment
09:05 - Mistake 4: Neglecting Health and Hygiene
10:14 - Mistake 5: Lack of Rotational Grazing
12:27 - BONUS: Waiting too long to Castrate Your Male Piglets
15:16 - Our Idaho Pasture Pig farming practices

Mistake 1: Poor Water Management - Learn the importance of proper water management for your pigs, including the right watering systems, hygiene practices, and avoiding common pitfalls.

Mistake 2: Inadequate Shelter and Housing - Discover the key factors to consider when providing shelter and housing for your pigs, including space requirements, ventilation, and creating a comfortable environment.

Mistake 3: Insufficient Fencing and Containment - Find out how to choose the right fencing materials, design secure enclosures, and prevent escapes or intrusions from predators.

Mistake 4: Neglecting Health and Hygiene - Understand the crucial aspects of maintaining the health and hygiene of your pigs, including vaccinations, regular check-ups, and proper waste management.

Mistake 5: Lack of Rotational Grazing - Learn about the benefits of rotational grazing for pigs, including pasture management, maximizing nutrition, and reducing environmental impact.

BONUS: Waiting too long to Castrate Your Male Piglets - Discover the importance of timely castration and the potential consequences of delaying the procedure.

In our own farm, we raise Idaho Pasture Pigs on pasture and in our 2-acre forest. Join us as we share our firsthand experiences, practical techniques, and expert advice to help you raise healthy and happy pigs.

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[HarrryClaudeLaBar]

After raising hogs now for over 60 years, (in my opinion) you did an excellent job on this video. Thank you.

[aprilfletcher]

appreciate you sharing the good and the bad, it's hard when things happen to our animals that we truly care about their welfare and want the best life we can give them. We are into our first year with ipps and love them. Such an exceptional breed

[jennablorezoneBandA]

Very helpful! I’m contemplating how much space they need and how often to rotate or just have one bigger space for them to roam. I love how they poop in one area.

[rosejustice]

We have 80 acres. To make whole use of our property we gave them all the wet land. They absolutely love it in there. We have a bunch of acorn trees. They absolutely love the acorns

[fluent]

Thanks for the real talk. It helps. Keep up the content

[KC-jqkw]

We raise registered Red Wattle hogs in Ohio. They are on pasture with Red Brand goat and sheep fence stretched tight. No hot wire. They grow almost as fast as confinement hogs, they graze like crazy, they are the most docile that I have ever been around. Even my 600 pound boar is like a pet dog, they all just love attention and just supper friendly. Hogs can eat even black walnut husks and not get sick. The only animal that can. Their meat I think is the best of any hog breed. Going registered you can sell breeding stock, feeder pigs, or feed out the piglets. I feel you should, I castrate and notch ears at 3 to 10 days.

[TheJoshuaFrey]

Dude, this video was super helpful! Thanks for taking the time to make it!

[josephbXIX]

As an now experienced chick killer, i understand the emotion of not doing great with baby livestock....

[marysidle]

This was so informative!! Thank you! Always learning from others experiences. Keep the info coming! GOD bless

[Allanfreedom]

I've got a baby as a pet . The best friend I've ever had. But it's been lost for 4 days . I'm devastated . I live in a forest . Please pray she finds her way back home . 😢😢😢😢

[horsewoman]

Thanks for this video. So cute and my son really wants them when we someday get our farm. Great video

[LibertyOperation]

Missed your regular videos. Pigs are probably next on our homestead, so THANK YOU for this.

[maryellencook]

So sorry to learn about Ollie's pig.😢 Ollie is so much like my grandson, Wesley, with a tender heart. I hope that he is feeling better by now.

[JohnThomas-gjzg]

You and your family are doing so good I see and happy to see that y'all are doing it right way on living off the land the way a lot of us really need to do

[romanheritagefarms]

Love our porta-huts . They are great in the winter. We just fill them with lots of hay/straw.

[JohnThomas-gjzg]

I share all of yall's videos so more and more people can see how y'all do things compared to how other people do things on there home sted and I think y'all are making it just how y'all want

[OldPecanHomestead]

We are new. We raise kunekune's, our pig's free range, though we would love to paddock them off with hotwire, it's very annoying when they chase us down with feed. HA! Your absolutely right about shelters. We have had several throw together shelters. Lol. On the castration, we recently castrated an overgrown calf, not our first time, but the second testicle went south, he was bleeding so bad, we threw a band to stop the bleeding a forced him to eat a bunch of vitamin K1, which is a coagulant. We gave him antibiotics and watched him as well. We later realized that you are supposed to give them a tetanus antitoxin to prevent tetanus, which is what I am guessing happened to your pig. We all go through losses, some are definitely harder than others. We have to learn and push through!

[Revelation-]

John 17:22-23
King James Version
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Gods blessings over you .!!

[MyTing]

Greetings from uk. Great video. How many pigs would you recommend per acre of forest land ? Thanks

[manoelmonteiro]

Uau top demais parabéns, gosto dos seus vídeos de seu trabalho, gosto de ver isso parabéns Deus te abençoe sempre sua vida e sua família, também seus animais 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️