Re: Raising Pigs

Posted by Bruce from Can. on December 04, 2017 at 13:49:32 from (76.69.31.140):

In Reply to: Raising Pigs posted by Another B Puller on December 04, 2017 at 13:00:12:

If we new where you are, we could better answer your shelter question. Pigs like the same as you and I , dry draft free shelter. And in hot weather , they also enjoy shade and good air flow.
Winter comes with snow, and sometimes 0F temperatures where I am. So if you gave 6 pigs a 10x10 building, that was draft free, and had enclosed eves, with plenty of straw, and a small door for them to enter and exit , they could be quite comfortable..
Pigs will drop their poo in a drafty area , or a wet spot. So if your building leaks water into the bedding, or has a drafty corner , they will crap in their shelter, just what you don’t want.
Given the opportunity, pigs will be very clean animals. When you see pigs wallowing in the mud, it is because the mud is cool, and a good coat of mud helps protect them from biting insects.
I fed pigs for many years, but always had them penned up inside a barn. Not large scale, but often as many as 300 at one time. We would run dry sow outside in a barn yard, and they will work the heck out of a fence. We used to run electric fence around the inside of the yard, ends that quick. Pigs are very sensitive to a shock. This might be something valuable for you to think about. Pigs are remarkably strong, and can force their way through a hole in the fence, or borrow under if there is any chance.
If you are going to feed these pigs in summer or warm times only, then a roofed area to protect the pigs from rain and give them a shaded place to get out of the sun is all the shelter they will need.
One more though, if you are using a automatic drinking fountain, place if in a low area of your yard, or where you want you pigs to park their waste, and not near where you want to feed them. Pigs love to play in or with their water, and will make it all wet wherever they drink, and they will go to that wet area and poop there too.lol
Hope some of my ramblings help, best of luck

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