Posted by JD Seller on August 07, 2016 at 08:50:12 from (208.126.198.123):
In Reply to: Pigs and poly rope posted by Bkpigs on August 06, 2016 at 21:24:53:
Well first off your timber ground will be mostly worthless after you have hogs in it very long. The hogs will ruin just about every tree in that they can get too. They destroy the roots around the base of the tree and often will eat/pull the bark off right at the ground to eat. If your wanting to clear the ground out for other stuff then fine but if you think the trees will still be there after the hogs you will be in for a surprise.
Second electric fence will not keep hogs in very sell. Sows are the worst at this. They are older and smarter than feeder pigs. I have use electric fence to split a corn field for hogs. They will get out a lot when they are first let in the field. A hog jumps forward when hit with the electric and they run right through the fence. Then as they get used to it they will find any place that is grounded out and get out. They can "feel" the electric by just getting close to the fence. So a rain or heavy fog will draw the fence down and they will be out. So you had better like chasing hogs in the dark when it is raining. That is when mine would all ways get out.
If your going to pasture farrow then install woven wire hog fence with two strands of barbed wire on the bottom. One about two inches off the ground and one 4 inches higher than that. Then every mature hog will need nose rings. I mean plenty too not just one or two.
I had to pasture farrow hogs for the first twenty years I had hogs. The labor involved is way more than confinement farrowing. Even just farrowing in a concrete yard outside is way better. Working on the piglets is a real challenge. I finally got to feeding the sows on a concrete slab with a wall around it. This way all the pigs got used to coming into that so I could pin them to sort them when I needed to work on them.
Guys are using hoop buildings on gravel to farrow in around here and that meets the nature requirements. They line sow huts down each side and after the piglets are a few weeks old they let all the hogs run together.
P.S. The poly rope will not work on hogs. It is not hot enough and the first time it is dead the hogs will destroy it. Neighbor tried it for some type of "natural" hog program he was in. He had hogs out all of the time. After a sow got hit by a car and the insurance company told him he no longer had any livestock coverage he put the hogs back in lots. If the insurance company know you have livestock that is commonly out they will deny claims. They asked around here when they have any type of road accident involving livestock.
This is from someone that raised hogs for over forty years. So do yourself a favor and if your going to pasture farrow do it in an area that has few trees and build some GOOD woven wire fence. I have seen electric used on the bottom side of woven wire fence with some success. It will help keep the hogs from rooting under the fence.
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