Getting Started with Pastured Pigs - Training New Piglets On Electric Fence

Today we picked up 3 new pastured piglets from our favorite breeder who is getting out of the business. Once we get the piglets home, we finish setting up the training pen with electric wire so they learn to respect it before we put them out on pasture with the rest of the herd.
Raising pigs is very easy once you have them trained on electric wire of electrified netting. Pigs are very smart and learn to respect the electric and will stay within the paddock or pasture you have set up for them.
We show how to run the fence on a temporary basis until they are ready to join the older pigs.
We practice sustainable agriculture on our farm by using multi-species to build soil and fertilize the ground. We have pastured chickens, grass fed lamb, pastured turkey, farm fresh duck eggs and chicken eggs.
Sheraton Park Farms practices holistic, sustainable farming and soil building using a rotational grazing model as we try to grow more grass on our farm.
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[@scottfrigiola]

The basic electric book is a very impressive little book

[@fl3082]

Wow LOL what a miserable first day for those little guys! 🤪 Getting their tenders cut off and then being tasered every time they nose the wire 😁 Little do they know today how much the next 6-7 months of their lives are going to make up for it; loving care on fresh pasture and the freedom and security to fully express their "pig-ness" right up until they go to Freezer Camp. Your farm and your videos are an inspiration and a joy to watch. Thank you for bringing us along. If I ever get the opportunity to raise pigs myself, I hope to do so exactly as you do.

[@noconsentgiven]

Poor babies😳😂👍❤️!

[@RealLifeWithMichelleRob]

You are almost at 100 subscribers!!! That KZbin stardom is around the corner!!!

[@SheratonParkFarms]

That little bit was an out take that I dropped in. Haha. Been eyeing that 100 mark for a few weeks now!!

[@michaelwray4359]

Thank you for the advice amazing

[@pastorshigg7215]

Really appreciate all the knowledge you take timme to share. Asante...

[@thejourney9502]

Great video!! As always thanks for sharing!!

[@stephenward5681]

Great video. Beautiful healthy looks pigs.

[@monkeypuzzlefarm]

Thank you for your amazing content. I have learnt so much from watching your videos!

[@ourwayfarm]

THank you for this video!!! So informative as we are considering putting pastured pigs on our property to help clear the land & fill our freezers!

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Thanks for watching. We love our pigs and the opportunity they bring with them. Keep following along. More pig related stuff to come.

[@angelahicks8220]

Ms. Pris is so cute.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Thanks!! Miss seeing you at work. Appreciate you watching.

[@MoneypitHomestead]

Really enjoy this video and I have watched it twice. I have 18 pigs that I am about to put on pasture Wish me luck lol

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Thanks for watching! Good luck with the pigs. Train them right and then keep your fence well maintained and they will do great. Please keep me posted on how it goes.

[@MoneypitHomestead]

@@SheratonParkFarms Your welcome and I really did enjoy watching the way you trained your pigs. I am sure that I will video the pigs once I get things set up. I’ll let you know how it goes one way or the other LOL

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Subscribed!

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Thanks! We’ll go over and check out your channel! Love folks who are loving this lifestyle.

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Thanks! Gotta stick together and help each other out!

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Copperhead Road Homestead We sure do!!

[@zates2272]

Just found your channel. Really enjoy the pig content. Learning a lot! Thanks do you have a video on when is the best time of year to raise pigs. In S.E. TN.

[@homesteadingwithPJ]

I'm so jealous of your set up here! I would love to have a few hogs one year. Your hogs look so happy and healthy. I just subbed, I'm excited to continue following your journey!

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Thanks. It’s a work in progress and has taken us a couple years to get this far with a long way to go. I’d encourage you to try pigs. They are easy keepers and can be pretty profitable. Appreciate you watching!!

[@homesteadingwithPJ]

@@SheratonParkFarms that's awesome to hear. Any suggestion on a breed? My goal is something heritage and good foraging instinct. I don't want to breed them just, raise 2 or 3 guilts from feeder wieght to harvest weight.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

@@homesteadingwithPJ we've had the best luck with a cross breed of some type. Primarily been raising a duroc, yorkshire cross with a tad of Hertford tossed in for good measure. They raise out in about 8 months at around 350-400 lbs. Great marbling, wonderful flavor and good carcas yield. Everyone we've talked to says to go with some type of "mutt" and its worked in our program.

[@homesteadingwithPJ]

@@SheratonParkFarms fascinating information. I've always leaned toward duroc. Good tips about using mixed genetics and also happy to hear about the marbling too. That's what it's all about! Thank you for the solid advice.

[@keithtyus4830]

I use the same garden hose trick on the hot wire around my chicken pen (predator control) where it passes through a divider fence.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Easy little hack! We love it. I have little pieces of garden hose everywhere. Thanks for watching

[@charlielewis6849]

I love pigs I only have about 7 acres dont have the room you do i have a couple of feeder calfs raise dogs and going to order new laying chickens but I think I can squeeze a couple 2 or 3 feeder pigs in...lol keep up the good work. love your videos .

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Thanks. You should be able to do a couple of pigs on that. Appreciate y’all watching

[@HisWayHomestead]

Joel Salatin raises 35-50 pigs on 5 acres.

[@christian4ever672]

We are raising honey bees on our little place, and we had a black bear that decided to stop in and visit our pigs as well. Thankfully we were home and insight when it showed up. It looks like your single wire does a fantastic job keeping the pigs in. Do you all have any problems with keeping large predators out? We are rounding the base for our first year here and will be moving to electric training pens in the next month. Any advice is appreciated!

[@dalethomas7495]

Good information. Thank you. All your videos I have watched have been very helpful. One constructive criticism I have is that the music on this one anyway was too loud. I had to turn it down whenever the music was playing then turn it up each time you were talking. Otherwise thank you for the video.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Appreciate the feedback. Sounds is something I struggle with but have gotten a little bit better with over time. This was an early video we did so it wasn’t very good. Appreciate y’all watching

[@devouring2772]

I've been watching many different videos on growing and moving pigs like this from patch to patch. What I'm wondering is what all do they eat on to cut back the feed cost? A bag of turnip seeds could go a long ways on feeding if it were planted well before they were moved into a different plot. 🤔 has any thoughts gone on having certain groups grown on the plots prior to moving the pigs onto it.. ty 😃

[@timh9407]

Get a sheet of plywood and slide the pigs down into the pen. THose are too big to breaking your backs carrying them.I've helped raise and move thousands of hogs.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Great tip! Thanks

[@danmacarro]

How did you craft the wood around the bed of your truck? Once they’re of size how do you get them to processing (obviously can’t lift at that point)?

[@richardnorris6045]

Good videos! I'm in Oregon and raise boer goats. Do pigs pasture well with other livestock?

[@lisanowakow3688]

Pigs gestation: 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days from activity with a boar.

[@nilsonbatista6490]

Check a few acre farm

[@nn5441]

I was about to ask you a question about the electric fence, you just mentioned it briefly. Okay, if your electric fence stops working due to lightning strikes, say late at night or while you're away, will the pigs still think it's working or will they try to escape?

[@crypwalkNZ]

If they have been trained, they won't mess around with the wire. Sometimes they wont even walk where the wire was, even when you remove it.. hope that helps.

[@PasturePig]

Do you have to train them if you have the premier 1 netting w the electric? Or can you just let them go out right away?

[@SheratonParkFarms]

You have to train. First pigs I got we put in just the netting. Broke out in under a minute. If they haven’t been trained, they will go forward and run right through it.

[@PasturePig]

@@SheratonParkFarms Okay thanks, good thing I asked

[@corrinemillinder1374]

So I have a few questions for you. I was always raised it's rude to ask or talk about money, however with raising animals obviously money is involved. How far is an acceptable distance to go for piglets and how much money is acceptable to spend on a piglet in order for it to be cost-effective in the end. And I was watching your video you said that you leave the extra wire on the spool do not cut it do you just leave it does it not make the whole spool hot do you set the spool outside the pen does it no ground out how does that work?

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Corrine Millinder so for us we’ll travel up to about 2 hours to buy piglets. Typically we pay between $60-$75 depending on age, size and negotiating a price. I’d travel a little farther for a good deal. No I don’t cut wire unless I have to and just leave it on the spool. It does energize the whole spool so I’ll hang it on a post or will just hang it on the wire with a post real close on each side of the reel. Happy to answer any questions you have. Please don’t hesitate to ask.

[@josephgilmer649]

Can piglets be fence trained in one location and moved to another with electric fence in another state and be fine?

[@SheratonParkFarms]

They should be. We have bought piglets from one farm where they were on 2 strands of electric and brought then to our farm and they were fine. If you weren’t 100% comfortable with their training, you might build them training pen and put them in it for a while. Another trick I’ve used is to just pull one strand half way across their pen then put their food on one side and water on the other. Make them learn to walk around it. Thanks for watching!

[@AmandusFamilyFarm]

Setting up our training pen now! We just finished our own 'ham house' yesterday! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXXKoamZmsqsrtU

[@mr.m.o.g.o.m.]

I wonder if the girl is suceeding in her sophmore year?

[@seanm1690]

What breed do you recommend someone starts with for pasture raising pigs? For home consumption.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

I'd go with a cross breed. Something with some Duroc, Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertford, etc. In my opinion, and its just my opinion, I would stay away from Kune Kune, Mangalista and Guinea Hogs because they are slow growing and typically smaller.

[@seanm1690]

@@SheratonParkFarms appreciate your advice. As much as kune kune are cute.. I’m looking for a freezer full of meat. So. I’ll keep my eyes open for the breeds you suggested.

[@AmandusFamilyFarm]

How big is your ‘ham house’ that you have in the training pen?

[@DoAndBrewDIY]

Howdy Chuck, have you cracked the nut on how to plan your livestock inventory to meet market demands? I am at the very beginning of starting our farm in the upper Shenandoah Valley and will need to figure that out too. I am pretty good with Excel Spreadsheet builds to do that type of calculation. Want to partner up - your livestock/market expertise coupled with my knowledge of Excel…might be able to help each other out. Mike

[@richardjay9353]

What is the symbol about on your video? It looks like a Norse symbol the tree of life, Are you of a Scandinavian background?

[@SheratonParkFarms]

It is a tree of life. Had a metal craft person cut it for us. It represents the circle of life and our farming philosophy. I'm not. English and Scottish background way down on the trunk of the family tree. Originally from the mountains of northwestern North Carolina.

[@richardjay9353]

@@SheratonParkFarms I spent 17 years in NC from Jacksonville to Cherryville

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Nice. That’s a good stretch across the state.

[@kevinilg2657]

Why aren't you breeding your own pigs?