free pigs

[NH Homesteader]

I’ve always just fed a little pig grain, lots of veggie scraps and hay. Be careful with how much grain you feed, pot bellies like to get fat. I’ve never eaten a pot belly but I know people do.

 

[Chic Rustler]

the pigs seem pretty smart. before the cold front we broke up a bail of staw in the pen. they dragged most of it to the covered aread and made a nest.

 

[Chic Rustler]

the dogs want to eat the pigs. especially when they start squealing

 

[Chic Rustler]

the pogs are coming along nicely. looks like the sow will be ready for harvest soon

 

[Chic Rustler]

Please do a tutorial on your bacon!

i dont think im ready to tell others how to do anything pork related yet. i just hope this thing edible. lol

 

[Mini Horses]

They may have a cross with AGH. You should hope so, it's good meat! Another lard hog but, not as much as the PBs. It's darker red meat, not the white stuff you buy. And be sure to render the leaf fat when you butcher. Great stuff. 😁. Oh, they will take longer to grow out than the big ones. Mine were yr old but excellent, about 200#. Of course you can butcher sooner, smaller. They look good. More fun!

OH, I fed mine the grass when I mowed. They loved it!! Garbage cans...nothing goes to waste. Your chickens will be jealous.

 

[CrealCritter]

we have a pig pen to build!


tomorrow

Just a tip... bury the fence a good 8 to 12 inches. They are like shovels and will root around and right under the fence. Then your wife will have to chase them home with a big stick and the mail man will stop and say "did someone's easter dinner get out?"

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[NH Homesteader]

Stinkin' cute! Makes me want pigs when I don't have to hear them or smell them

I am SO over pigs. They’re cute in someone else’s yard 😂

 

[Chic Rustler]

they tried to dig out last night. had some pretty good holes that we had to fill with bricks. been working on the pen today. getting close.

we also noticed the small boar was trying to mount the sow....so i called a biddy over and we castrated him. neither of us had done it before so it was an experience. luckily hes a big guy and we were able to hog tie the pig. lol time for a coffee break

 

[Medicine Woman]

John Seymour claims that pigs are noble, smart animals and have a place on all small holdings because they are useful at converting all kitchen scraps and garden wastes into fertile soil or methane in a digester and for tilling the ground before you plant the potatoes.
As for potbellies, DH found someone who wanted to give away 5 of them so he took a trip and returned home with them. He then told me he heard the previous owner tell them they were going to a better place 😂. We put them in a 10X10 kennel until they got out. We were able to herd in 4 and I had to go to my sisters house. I returned and DH was scraping the one we hadn’t caught. 😂. He then gave me the head and organ meats, which I used to make hog head cheese in a large crockpot.
What impressed me the most was that we didn’t need to call for outside help for the slaughter or cooking. It was small enough that we handled it alone. A 400Lb pig would have been an occasion to call the family over. I told DH that as we get older this is the only kind of pig I want to consider. Think…bantam swine.