Posted by HoosierHog on January 27, 2012 at 16:45:57 from (69.130.186.216):
In Reply to: educate me on pigs... posted by jose bagge on January 27, 2012 at 14:10:40:
I just dont have enough pasture space to put my hogs on pasture but every year we raise at least 4. our pen right now is 30x30 with a 2 ton bulk feeder and a water trough with a pig waterer in the side and id say this is minimum for 4 pigs. we are gonna make it much bigger and make 2 pens to alternate between. We feed a non GMO Corn ground really fine and mixed with an organic no soy protien supplement. I figure it takes 700lbs of feed per hog to get to market weight 250 lbs and i sell at 1.50 a pound live weight and the customer pays processing. we make $125 per hog some times more depending on how much food the get from our garden scraps, exess eggs and whey from the wifes cheese makikng. We keep one for our family and sell the rest to extended family, neighbors, and such. but we are getting alot more requests for our pork so we are gonna expand and see how it goes but the market around here for Natural raised, or pastured, or Organic pork is huge. I think you may want to separate our pasture into 3 or four or more paddocks and rotate them through, this will help manage you pasture limit the rooting damage and break the parasite cycle. i really enjoy raising pigs they are my favorite farm animal. good luck.
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