raising-pigs
Growing Fodder for Pigs
Want to know how to grow fodder for pigs? Learn how to start feeding your pigs the optimal nutrition for better growth and meat.
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Learning to Cull the Herd
Raising animals for any reason eventually ends with hard decisions about whether or not to keep stock. Eventually, you have to cull the herd.
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Wintering Pigs on Pasture
What could be more fun and exciting than seeing a group of pasture piglets running through the warm, green grass of summer? Not much in my opinion!
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Homesteading as a Family
While wanting clean, healthy food for my family was my motivation for homesteading, the richness of life it has provided is immeasurable.
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Breed Profile – The Red Wattle Pig
The docile Red Wattle Pig has a mysterious history among heritage pig breeds. Sadly, it’s on the Threatened list of The Livestock Conservancy.
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10 Pig Breeds for the Homestead
With the proper homestead fencing and pig shelter, the quick grow-out time for most pig breeds makes them an ideal protein to raise on a small farm.
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Tools for a Successful Electric Pig Fence
The old adage goes: a fence should be horse high, hog tight, and bull strong. In a homesteading lifestyle where livestock is raised, quality fencing is of the utmost priority.
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Different Types of Housing for Pigs
Just like any other type of livestock, pigs have three basic requirements: food, water, and shelter. Compared to other animals, housing for pigs can be fairly minimal as long as it protects them from wind, rain, and the elements.
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6 Pig Farming Equipment Essentials for Your Farm
There are not a lot of must-have pig farming equipment items for homestead hog raising. Besides the infrastructure needed for almost any livestock, other tools are rarely used. Shelter, secure fencing, and a container to hold plenty of fresh water are the bare bones of hog raising.
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How to Make Lard from Pork Fat
Leaning how to make lard is not only easy, but it saves money and is healthier for you than store-bought lard because you know where your pig fat came from.
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Cold Weather Tips for Raising Hogs for Meat
Cold weather requires some planning for any homesteader raising hogs for meat. In the area of proper nutrition, thought and extra effort must be given to available supplies of fresh ice-free water at all times for all classes of hogs—the piglet, the weanling, growing/finishing, gestating and the lactating sow.
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Important Piglet Care Facts to Know
What kind of piglet care should you be prepared for when raising pigs? Fortunately, the sow normally does all of the hard work for you.
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Castrating Pigs, Lambs, and Goat Kids
Castrating pigs and other livestock is often done right on the farm. The supplies needed are found in a farm first aid box.
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An Academic (and Organic) Approach to the Mulefoot Hog
Add to Favorites By Cherie Dawn Haas – When Bill Landon and Sharyn Jones, of Pleasant Ridge Hamlets in Kentucky, chose to branch into the unknown and begin raising the Mulefoot …
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Free Range Pig Farming on the Homestead
Add to Favorites By Al Doyle – With free-range pig farming, you’ll be raising your own high-quality meat. Like other home-raised food products, meat from a homestead hog is far superior …
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