Raising hogs on a small scale - the barn upgrades

We have been raising hogs most of my life, dad did it on a large scale back in his hey day. I raise pigs on a small scale because I will never be able to compete with the large scale guys, we are catering to the family who wants a hog, locally grown in a small scale environment. Plenty of fresh water, feed and a rub on the back, that they know how it was cared for.
In this video we touch on the barn we have been using and some recent upgrades we have done to be able to increase our small scale production.

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

I'm not even actively farming and my buildings aren't big enough. My Dad always got all the machinery inside under a roof. We had a baler with a thrower, a mixer mill, an elevator, 2- 4 bottom plows, 2 cultivators, a disc, a 16 ft. bumper hitch livestock trailer, a 2 row mounted corn picker, and a 145 bushel manure spreader. If we needed something from the quonset building, it was a half day affair dragging everything out to get what we wanted and then putting everything back away.

[@AnglesideFarm]

I know the feeling Gary, the equipment shuffle.

[@brycewiborg8095]

I like the layout. You don't want to get too big. Then it becomes a job. Thanks Steve.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks, and you're right.....I need to stay small and enjoy it.

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

I'd have to say the red looks good. That's a nice place to grow bacon seeds.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Yeah I agree, the red is a much better choice.

[@gleanerk]

We seem to do that ( oh that’ll be enough) it never fails ! Hey it’s family built with good memories!

[@AnglesideFarm]

Yep, every time Scott, then later we have builders remorse 😂 Thank you sir for stopping by, hope you’re doing well.

[@newtsfarm]

Thanks for sharing. I've often thought about raising pigs but it just never happened.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Maybe one day you’ll give it a try. Thanks for watching.

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

No matter what you build, no matter how big you build it, you will one day wish it was bigger. We build this house 20 years ago and let me tell you……..I’ve been told it should have been bigger. I think she means the house.

[@AnglesideFarm]

You are 100% correct, my wife told me when I was building our pole barn that it wasn’t big enough, now I’m looking at adding on to it. Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!

[@boatwrightfarm]

Nice setup can't wait to see the pigs in it. I like the red 👍

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks I like the red now too, yeah I can’t wait to put some bacon seeds in it! Thanks for watching, I appreciate your support and comments

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Every building I have I wish was bigger 🤣

[@AnglesideFarm]

Bigger until the insurance or tax adjuster make their rounds....

[@farawayfarm2520]

It may not be exactly how you wanted to do it but it's a really good setup.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks In the words from a big KZbin hog farmer.....This’ll do! It will serve us well.

[@crslyrn]

Yep, we never seem to build the "Big Enough........." every time. The pig pens turned out nice. I like how you've got things to move them thru the process. Keep up the good work there. Take care.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks Ron, you’d think we would learn to overbuild everything right from the start 😂

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Seems like a building is never big enough. Dad always said once you have the width, doesn't cost much more to increase the length. Nice setup for raising a few hogs though. I have been thinking about raising a couple for my own use. Nice video my Friend!

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Amazing job Mr Steve!! I see the granddaughter won out on the red 😉😉 That should work perfectly, y'all did a great job on the gates!! Boy oh boy....don't I know about not building large enough🤦🤦🤦 I have been playing Tetris with the new additions under the lean to for 2 days 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Looking fwd to seeing more on the hog expansion project, and the bounty that comes along with it!! Great to see you as always my friend!! Thank you for bringing us along!! 😁😁😁👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks Nelson, this project has been slow getting done, but we are now ready for bacon seeds! Thanks as always for watching, commenting and supporting our channel. Some of the lean to videos I sent you was from this hog barn.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@AnglesideFarm Yes sir always!! I love BACON!! I thought that structure did look familiar 😉😉😉

[@LampleyBrothersFarming]

You're right on building things the size you think you need but should have been bigger. Happens to us too. But it's still a nice looking set up

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks, I’m sure everyone has building remorse after putting up a building.....it’s happened to me several times. Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Nice setup Steve 👍 And hot 3 generations to do it!

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks Ed, technically 4 generations, I loosely used the design from my dads 1960’s hog barn. I appreciate your support sir!

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@AnglesideFarm nice 👍

[@jamespittman3365]

It maybe took some adding to and modifying but you wound up with a great looking setup. I just wish you were closer to me so that I could get some of that pork.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thanks James! I’d love to supply you with some fresh homegrown pork. Thanks for stopping by sir!

[@ryckmanangusranch4349]

When I was a kid we raised hogs on a small scale also. Sold them at the local livestock barn. Darn nice looking panels. She did a great job of painting. Take care

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thank you for the compliment sir, much appreciated!

[@iwantosavemoney]

This year will be the first time we get free pork so excited about are next 2 litters

[@AnglesideFarm]

Congratulations!

[@iwantosavemoney]

@@AnglesideFarm thank you

[@michiganhay7844]

Beautiful barn as it should be built by a professional the funny thing is I don’t think anybody is ever built a barn and said after a while they thought it was big enough it always seems like garage doors and gates need to be wider and Burns need to be bigger

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thank you and I agree, never once have I heard “gee I wish we would have made it smaller’”.

[@RandWFarmstead-TonyWalsh]

Nice looking set up Steve, thanks for showing them. Take care and have a blessed rest of the week my friend.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thank you Tony, you have a blessed week to sir, and Happy Anniversary too!

[@Hatfield_Country]

That's a really nice looking, well built set up!

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thank you, it’s not perfect by any means but it does the job.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Here 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍

[@tractorman4461]

That's a well thought out set up Steve. But like you said, bigger IS better. We always had hogs back on the home place. We fattened 'em on skim milk from the Holstein cows and ground feed. You got the whole family in on it...good deal. The son looks to know what he's doing with the welding stick and the g-daughter wields a mean paint brush too. LOL Nice job.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thank you very much! My son has had a lot of time and classes under the welding hood, I just stand back and let him work his magic. Thanks for the sub as well sir, I appreciate that.

[@AaricHale]

You got a really awesome setup ! I tried to raise pigs when I first bought my place because it was already setup and I lost my butt on them . When I was a kid we would take our pigs to the stock yards to sell them . Do they even have places like that anymore ? Thanks for sharing and have a blessed evening !

[@AnglesideFarm]

We have a local stockyards that sells livestock, but I’m hoping to cater to individual families who want homegrown fresh pork. Thanks Aaric, you have a great evening and a fantastic upcoming weekend sir!

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Good afternoon Steve

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Evening Ed

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@Pennies_on_the_dollar evening Nelson, I figured you were first, it said 1 comment, but nothing was there...lol

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin That east coast west coast shuffle 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AnglesideFarm]

Good afternoon/evening Ed👍

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

BACON 🥓 yummy 🤤

[@AnglesideFarm]

More Bacon!

[@reppfarms4493]

Steve: Barn aside, I really liked your hog setup. How have those gates held up? I’m going to set up some pens, and trying to think of something that will hold up

[@AnglesideFarm]

Thank you. These gates have held up well so far, I don’t see any signs of failure yet. 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” angle iron makes a pretty stout gate, weld the hog panels in and don’t spare the hot glue. Thanks for asking and best of luck!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

How many hogs do you typically run at a time Steve?

[@AnglesideFarm]

Well with the new barn addition I believe we can do 3 groups of 10-12, or one big group of 30. Small in the eyes of most, but I’m fine with that number. Thanks Russ for stopping by sir