"use 100 guinea pigs to mow half an acre? That's crazy." *cuts to the piggies squeaking* That made me laugh

I had 200 guinea pigs some 16 years ago. Their poop is gold for your plants. It's a lot less work to just surround the plot with fox-proof fencing and let the guinea pigs run wild. Make sure they have enough place to hide. Or make a fenced tunnel into the barn. Only make sure the males cannot smell the females for they can climb vertically. I know it seems impossible because normally they don't do that but especially the very short hair ones will climb. There is a huge difference in behavior between the long-haired or mixed long/short-hair piggies like you have, and the normal short-hair ones. The curly piggies are the most docile and, in my opinion, not suitable for wild roaming. The spicked pigs are very suitable and will not climb. Greetings from the Netherlands.

Never seen anything like this....do you normally keep guinea pigs for meat? or just entertainment or to sell to people as pets

What about a cage that's the full length of the row? If that is done, there will be no moving of the cages. You would need fewer guinea pigs, but it would take them longer. Also, if you could come to equilibrium, you wouldn't have to change out anything.

Love this! 50 guinea pigs are 1 sheep. ❤😊😂

Man, don't you just hate it when your lawnmowers squeak and run away to hide in the bushes? Classic mondays..

Very cool process. There are some similarities to it compared to what I do with my cow manure and bedding. I think I'll experiment with leaving the bedding in place instead of putting it unto the Johnson-Su Bioreactor but I don't see myself going out and turning it. I suppose that would be the one advantage to putting it into the Johnson-Su Bioreactor is that I don't need to ever turn or rake mine. Have you built a Johnson-Su Bioreactor before?

Would it not make sense to put some sort of gate in the joining walls of those wooden pens so it can be opened and the animals herded from one pen to another? Similar to the hedgehog holes many Brits put in the bottom of their fences to let hedgehogs roam through. A moveable gate could be opened or lifted and the guinea pigs chased through to the next pen when the present pen needed cleaning or emptying. Is the time spent on housekeeping and maintenance factored into your mowing time-saving chart?

lmao please tell me you are eating them

A vineyard owner did that in New Zealand, letting the guinea pigs free range, worked well until the local hawks worked out they were a great food source! Changed over to small baby doll sheep which do the same job and are too big for the hawks.

And you can eat them!!!

They taste great in beans and grilled.

They taste great!

I do not have little piggies, and only a half dozen blues. Our oldes friends have had a Upick blueberry operation for nearly 40 years. Obviously they can rationalize proper equipment. I have a two acre patch - no crops - just a hill side I mow to keep invasive blackberries down. I built a two-behind weed eater - 32" swath. Your ground looks pretty flat so you could two that kind of mower with your existing mower - only much faster. Or, get a little ATV and a trailer for hauling all that nice mulch and manure. You could cut your field time easily in half. Parc Carrag? Wales?

No birds of pray in your area?

"Considered a delicacy" *long ominous pause* Y'all eatin these little guys?

50 guineas = 1 sheep of grazing power. Im glad i have this information.

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leaving a couple prongs extending into the ground from the bottom of the fencing may help anchor the enclosure and prevent any more escapees. you'd lose a bit of the mobility since you'd have to pull the enclosure up out of the ground instead of just sliding along the path. i love your weighted netting for the top. give that good dog a treat for me!

Please do not pour out piggies like they are some liquid:(

That looks WAY more work intensive than maintaining a lawnmower, dude.

Thank you so much for your "rant" about doing things slowly. I recently found your channel, I loved guinea pigs as pets growing up. Talking about doing things slowly, allowing for more slow and thoughtful decisions is a perspective I really needed to hear. Cheers to a fellow land lover

Aha, who is the real guinea pig? The experimenter? Cheers

Just starting to watch this and my first thought is.....ammonia from their urine is going to be a real problem.

thats crazy that you could find all 12 pigs that escaped

That dog is very trained and smart.

Very cool! My overengineering brain is already thinking of ways to move the houses to the rows and put the pens on rails 🤣🤣🤣 Cute lawnmowers!

you dont show a dead rabbit, just to make a point...

Plot 10/10 Acting 10/10 Set design 10/10

Guinea pigs are edible, so if you let them breed, you should get a steady stream of meat out of the operation.

Here in Tennessee where I am at the livestock is safe when the dogs are out even though they aren't in the same fenced area. Their barking when aware of a predator and their general sounds keep the predators away. Before a mountain lion once attacked a pony and the coyotes and racoons would be a risk to the free range chickens. Especially the Pyrenean Mountain Dog is playing an important role since it is loud and constantly on guard.

they arent a delicacy in any culture lol.... wtf... they eat em in india.... no different than a rabbit realy.... but it is a rodent that is dined on by poor ppl.... (nuthing wrong with eating them, a viable livestock choice)

Also did you plan for if a guinea pig gets sick or injured? Will you bring them to get veterinary treatment? And do the guinea pigs have a balanced complete diet? Do they have enough protection from the rain, cold and heat? And are your electric fences guaranteed to keep out predators?

I don't think that guinea pigs are ok out in the cold rain.

I am in Western Australia and have been thinking of breeding guineas for meat ( what do they taste like)is there more information breed etc.

this rocks!

Why do you need all your mowers to be males? YOu certainly need to make sure all the piggies in the same pen are the same sex, but why only males?

What do they taste like?

People eat them in Ecuador. But they taste as bad as they smell while cooking 🤢

Snakes... Bad idea

I think this is a good idea, but instead of having the pigs distant from the orchard, I would put up a shed with direct access to it. You can let them out during the day, and then bring them in in the evening by calling or banging a pan - if you offer them some kind of treat when they get in, they will soon learn to come, and as they are herding animals, they will all come together. There are channels here on KZbin that have free range guinea pigs and do this. This also means you can shut them in in unsuitable weather, and also they have access to the shed if the weather takes a turn. It's not cold that bothers guinea pigs most, it's damp - they come from arid mountain regions, so they need to have access to a dry space. As for a treat to teach them to come in, guinea pigs will do ANYTHING for dried pea flakes. If you make a specific noise when handing them out, they will come running whenever they hear it.

Guinea pig tractor.

Poor dog, he was probably just trying to catch it and went about it the wrong way. He learned from his mistake, though! Collies are so intelligent.

so 15 guinea pigs = 1 sheep and approx 1.3x time efficient vs a lawn mower, got it, thanks youtube.

If you need 2 mins to move this pen, isn´t it still a lot faster to just mow over this? If you already have perimeter fencing and wanna save time. Get some chicken and a rooster. The rooster will keep any predator away that´s coming from above. We herd around 400 guinea pigs at a time for over 45 years now, never has a rooster failed his job in all those years. They are excellent sky observers. And if you have a lot of birds in the area as well, they will alarm the guinea pigs as well. After all, that´s how they survive in the Andes. Also using them, then letting them escape and expose them to rain is not ideal. Not sure about Welsh laws (or UK), but I would have to enforce a pretty hefty fine if this happened in my area here in Germany. OK, I wrote this before you mentioned that the dog got one of them. Again, I don´t know Welsh law (or UK), but having a dog kill a guinea pig would result in the closure of your business here and in any EU (and CH and NO). Not trying to start a drama, just warning you that the video can result in trouble.

9:38 lmao

Ill warn you, I lived in Wales and had 5ft electric fencing with deep under fence in the ground, this did not stop a fox getting in a taking all my hens. Had them safely In there for nearly 2 years before the fox figured out how to get in. So just be aware that your electric fence won't stop a very hungry fox. Especially is they release city fox's in your area

I manage a meadow with Guinea pigs for conservation, and likewise have an aversion to power tools after 20 years in forestry.. This made me chuckle, as youre encountering all the same issues! I use sand to make sure the ground is level, so they cant get under runs - saves on escape recovery time. I like to move them on rather than free roaming in a field, as it gives me more control over where and when to mow for the botany (Orchids). I like how youve done the math for it! Our piggies are central to the whole house composting regime too. Theyre just little veg processing/compost generating units. ;)

The subject matter is not a problem. The presentation of stilted talking, poor videography, and watching someone dig around in piles of duck and guinea pig manure is disgusting! Ever heard of wearing gloves?! Are you NOT aware of the number of crossover diseases and infections that come directly from animals?