Best Pig Pen for Feeder Pigs

We made a new feeder pig pen area. One that they can not rut out of, one that can be cleaned easier with shovel and hose, automatic waterer installed and big wheel pig feeder to make feeding daily less of a chore.
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[@rodneybray3245]

Well done.

[@HopiLivingintheCity]

The claw fasteners seem way better than pounding in a ton of u nails.

[@HowTheMorgansLive]

Great video!

[@z3phyrdok]

Nice High heels man! 👠 are they pigskin!? 😅😂🤣

[@olumideiluyomade7613]

With what I have learnt, I realize now that you would have had better results and spent less money by simply using deep litter system. Imagine if you had the exact same set up, except that you did not do concrete floors. Instead, you could have had a deep litter system (using gravel, wood chips, sawdust and hay) put in place. This will essentially achieve your intent (of no muddy mess) and also made the pigs very happy. On top of that, you will have had less money invested.

[@RMSpeltzFarm]

Your welcome to try it that way, I have used shaving in the past and to keep the pigs clean outside the shaving do not do it and they get wet and stick to the pigs. Also shaving are either bought by the $6 bag up here or by the truck load at $500 per load so cost over time it wasnt going to work. Also the pigs rut the shavings and then try to lift the fence, they dont get out if you repair it yearly or keep the fence buried but after a few years you see the fence in the ground up here will rust and decay and I dont like that either since then you have replace it. We have seen the gravel and the pigs occasion get sores for the gravel depending on the size, also the gravel is hard to keep clean, after a year of so the manure on it is mess and you cant clean it. So if you like give it a try, I am not a fan of either of those methods up here in the north country.

[@bobcat9314]

Dude..your daughter is a wayyyy better painter then me...great job..I like the design of that pig shed...how many will sleep in there at a time.. Thank you

[@briturner11]

This video was worth watching just for "bacon seeds"

[@practicallyIndependent]

That's the first time I ever seen concrete for pigs. Don't they like to root and dig? Seems that would hinder their natural habits.

[@RMSpeltzFarm]

yes most pigs are raised on slatted concrete floors, since they like to get into the mud and dirty and up root fences to get out. We find the advantage of cleaner and cooler pigs on it in the summer is better then loose pigs, huge warrler holes and such=)

[@GeMojo-vn2rf]

Pigs love running around on concrete.

[@lamardixon4485]

Hello, I really like what you’ve done here. I may have missed some information but in a 10x50 you mentioned, how many feeders will you be putting in the lot? How many sq ft do you allow( roughly) per pig? Since the build would you change anything? Thank you for sharing

[@ronrhodes8697]

Don’t you think you should block some of that opening up a little That way they have a dry place to lay down

[@lonniegooding7415]

Is large white and land race good pigs to raise

[@davdhynes3518]

Saddened by your comment that grain can last three to six months in that feeder. I live in Maine the grain mill in the summer recommends keeping grain for only 3 to maybe six weeks six weeks being a stretch.Once the grain is ground the quality of the grain and minerals begin to degrade as the ingredient are oxidized when exposed to air, also we are in dairy count so the grain are ground a lot finer. There are two mills one is small and one is the fourth largest mill in the US. Recently read an article about a lot of the highly educated people in Washington DC with fancy degrees and prestigious places of former employment. The article stated that these people abilities were not as high as their perceived capabilities.

[@jack0903]

Man! Why concrete for pigs? No floor come on guy

[@kincaidfarm744]

That feed will go bad, that feeder is made for 60 hogs to be on it

[@RMSpeltzFarm]

You might think that but feed lasts really well it in, doesnt get wet so mold isnt issue and since the pigs move it every day they really go through it. I say about 1500lb of feed in it lasts about just under 3 months is about how much they are going through now and if that was in bags that be 50lbs a bag about 30 of them in that mean lifting and moving that 50 lbs bag about every 4 day and whom wants to do that lol

[@kincaidfarm744]

Lol that feed will go stail in 7 days,

[@RMSpeltzFarm]

We as veterinarians would recommend you get new feed source since if your mash or grind is only lasting 7 days that must be little hot on the TMR. Even most commercial hog feeds in feed stores last 6 months and most co-op ground feeders last a few months in their bags or at the mill for sale.

[@kincaidfarm744]

You will learn. Once you actually grow fat hogs for a living not a hobby, do some research on the ethinal plant, this isn't the 50 s bud that ain't just corn and bean meal no more..but like I said you'll learn when u get some bigger numbers

[@RMSpeltzFarm]

LOL Been raising hog a lot longer than you think, thank you for the compliment I take it you think we am young in the field. As a DVMs I pretty sure we know feeds since we work with them daily like you. Your feed is going south in 7 days as you said stale then yes you will need a lot hogs eating it fast. But when you work with lesser or smaller farms then we use feeds not at hot as yours and it will lasts a lot longer. Most commercial feeds and many co-op-made feeds can last a lot longer than 7 days (Purina and other feed manufactures would go under if that was the case just due to shipping delays lol. Also just because this feeder has three rings one can add to it doesn't mean that the farm needs them all. This feeder has one ring and we fill it enough to last about 3 months which is half the time the feed lasts (yes our feed can easily last 6 months if dry. This feeder can really handle over 80 hogs if all the rings are on it but if one go ring-less or one ring only and fill correctly the need of the number of hogs on it with longer stable feed then know worries my friend. If you like talk to Osborne and they can walk you through how to use a big wheel feeder in small hog production they help many people each month make their feeders work for them. Many a small american farmers with few personal hogs, new homesteaders or back yard hobby pig feeders like this can use this to help decrease manual labor and allow constant feeding for hogs, we use them often and most clients like them. Hopes this helps.