How We Farrow Our Pigs on Pasture: Conception to Weaning

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Dowdle Family Farms

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@grrriff8839 9 ай бұрын

Great info. Keep them coming please.

@DowdleFamilyFarms 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@denissesheartyhomestead 9 ай бұрын

thank you for all the insight you give into pig raising and their food. has given me a jumping point to research and think on raising my family pigs. thank you, looking forward your videos :)

@DowdleFamilyFarms 9 ай бұрын

Go for it! Thanks for the feedback.

@megandowdle-2042 8 ай бұрын

I’m proud of you! You are doing a great job.

@DowdleFamilyFarms 8 ай бұрын

You're the best!

@brycewiborg8095 8 ай бұрын

Occasionally we would separate the boar. Mostly the boar was with the sows. Until i was in my late teens i thought everyone ran their hogs on dirt. Now it's rare to see them outside.

@DowdleFamilyFarms 8 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@LetsCookingforPigs 2 ай бұрын

Really good tips!

@ethanmattingly7676 5 ай бұрын

Very informative! However, can you provide actual video/photos of the setups you mentioned-weening pen, farrowing pen etc

@DowdleFamilyFarms 5 ай бұрын

We have other videos that show our weaning pens. We don't have farrowing pens. They just get a bale of hay in the pasture. We have videos on that as well.

@davidmitchell1304 8 ай бұрын

Do you know of any ways to pull glycophates out if the soil? Our land has been conventionally farmed for 50+ years and we want to harvest high quality food from it but don't know if it is possible after alm the chemicals.

@DowdleFamilyFarms 8 ай бұрын

Soil biology does amazing things though it may take some time!

@jonawolf8023 8 ай бұрын

In poultry breeding for exhibitions, we use feed to determine the start of the breeding season. In preparation, the breeding animals are given a mixture of corn, wheat and some legumes in winter, with a little more fat than normal. 2 to 3 weeks before the planned start of the breeding season, more oats are fed and the supply of minerals and green fodder is increased. My observation so far is that oats in particular have a major influence on fertility. Pigs and chickens are different, I think that there can be connections between food and fertility in both species and it is interesting to observe that.

@DowdleFamilyFarms 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if there is a correlation in terms of food type. Pigs cycle every three weeks though so I’m not sure. There are a lot of people who time pig cycles, but I think they are basically doing it with drugs.

@liljoe8952 9 ай бұрын

Have you noticed any impact that deworming your livestock has had on dung beetle populations or other insect populations

@DowdleFamilyFarms 9 ай бұрын

I’ll answer that in a different way. I have noticed a huge positive impact as we have reduced worming our livestock. We have wormed these because of an issue with a particular parasite a couple years ago. That said, as we have reduced worming our cattle and pigs, we have seen a lot more European dung beetles for one.

@ronlevin2339 8 ай бұрын

why castrate the piglets ?

@DowdleFamilyFarms 8 ай бұрын

Two primary reasons. First, we don’t want them breeding their sisters or breaking through the fences to breed their sisters. Second, boar taint is a real possibility. It’s a small percentage until you think that if 10 percent of the males deal with it, then those 10 pigs aren’t fit for dogfood and the processor won’t process them.