Basics Of Rearing Pigs. Small Scale Pig Farming

[@_J.F_]

They are lovely looking pigs and I think, maybe aside from them possibly escaping the temporary setup, that pigs are about the easiest animal to keep. In my family we used to do a couple of pigs every year, and one would go in the freezer while the other went to family and friends. In my opinion the more natural feed you can get in them the better. We used to incorporate bruised apples in their diet, and even things like dandelions, and of course potato peels and similar. They always turned out magnificently and had so much better flavour than anything you can buy in the shops. Back in those days you could have home slaughter though but today you of course have to go to an abattoir and I am not even sure that there is any way of knowing that you get your own meat out the other end anymore.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

No that’s true, I think if you use the smaller abattoirs you have more of a chance of getting your own pig back.

[@BillSikes.]

My uncle is a tenant dairy farmer in the west country, his main income is from the cattle, but he's always got a breeding Sow and litters of weaners running around all over the place, he breeds them to sell for a bit of cash on the side

[@just_alex]

Good luck Gruff, excited to see how it goes as this is a project I wanna try some day!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks Alex 😊

[@richardsydenham4105]

I used to cut and dry stinging nettles as a food and collect acorns another good for them is cook patatoes if you can get them cheep

[@Lymaiharvest]

Love this video!

[@jmybuild]

They will cost you more if on concentrate rather than buying pork, but you will get better meat and you are not paying for the water that is injected into many supermarket meats. We found Halloween provides an abundance of pumpkins that they love, and worth finding any local shops with end of life vegetables... Just remember nothing from the kitchen.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Great tip! Thank you 😊

[@redflag4781]

Ours are free ranging & they still don't half get through their grub!

[@martinknight510]

Ours are free range and tbh with some feed and scraps ive noticed theyre losing a bit of weight now the colder weather is here

[@redflag4781]

Spent today teaching ours to go into the trailer ready for Wednesday's trip to Tregaron. Full freezer ahoy.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Does Tregaron do sausages?

[@redflag4781]

@@gwenyngruffydd yup

[@gwenyngruffydd]

@redflag4781 that’s where I’m planning on taking mine

[@redflag4781]

​@gwenyngruffydd Dropped ours off this morning. Not the greatest experience ever (first time), hope they taste good!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

@redflag4781 keep me updated!! 🤠

[@rogerrogers7393]

great tamworth pigs

[@paul57740]

Nice one Griff… we live on a pig farm

[@gwenyngruffydd]

What kind of pigs do you have?

[@paul57740]

@@gwenyngruffydd we don’t unfortunately have any. My wife’s parents were pig farmers and sadly both passed away now. It’s something that we may look at starting again in the future.

[@steveselvage40]

Don't let the buggers become pets, we used to buy orphan lambs and let the kids rear them until " they went back to the farmer". My girls came back from their nans and discovered the carcases hanging ready to butcher the next day. Neither have eaten lamb to this day and love to tell people i fed them their pets and it was 30 years ago!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

🙈🙈🙈 the kids already know we are going to eat them!

[@louiseberman4241]

Pob luc gyda'r moch. Mae'n well gen i Gloucester old spot😊

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Diolch 😊 mochyn cymraeg pink o ni moen ond na beth odd yn y mart! 😂

[@MrDavewoolley]

How are the pigs doing Gruff ?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Their coming on great! Really happy with them.

[@petertompkinson5622]

Just don't call them Butch and Sundance!! 😆

[@gwenyngruffydd]

😂

[@joemurphy9974]

Any chickens?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Used to have them, no chickens here currently. If the kids showed some interest and wanted to keep them I’d bring them back. But they need to look after them not me! 😂