Posted by fixerupper on May 19, 2015 at 21:05:47 from (100.42.82.100):
In Reply to: Pigs per acre posted by Bkpigs on May 19, 2015 at 20:25:00:
Oh man, it's been fifty years since dad pasture farrowed but it seems like he had a couple dozen sows in one 6 acre hog pasture. I can still picture it like it was yesterday. The hog pastures were seeded to Alfalfa and it seems like we took one cutting of hay off before the sows were turned in. You might be better off with some old breeding like Hamp or York if you want hogs robust enough to take pasture life. The new lean breeds don't have the stamina. They will live but they won't perform well. There's a farmer a few miles away from me who is serious about pasture farrowing with water lines buried to each paddock along with strong portable buildings and good feeders. He uses the old line breeds and has a special market for them. If you use permanent fence you will need good woven wire fences that are right down on the ground. I ran a few sows on a pasture sowed to rapeseed once and used electric wire. I found out real quick the sows will need to be trained first or they will run right through it in their enjoyment of beeing free to run. They are real hard to chase back once they have been bit on the way through the fence the first time. They stayed in once they were trained. You might need to worm them after they have been out there for awhile.
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