THE TRUTH ABOUT PASTURING PIGS - what to REALLY Expect

DO PIGS BELONG ON PASTURE?
DO YOU HAVE TO FEED PIGS WHO GET PASTURE?
WILL THEY DESTROY A PASTURE?
Find out the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Pastured Pigs in this field trip to
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[@PRog-zx5vh]

We found 30 years ago that pasturing pigs was way better than keeping them in small pens. They are happier and they don’t stink!

[@kathychildress18]

It really doesn't take a genius to figure out the nature of a pig

[@clairefarnell9489]

We just bought a 161 acre farm. Will def raise pigs. So glad i can pasture them.

[@amandar7719]

Great lady! No nonsense, clever and fun.

[@rachelholdt6840]

Someday I'm gonna pasture some pigs. I have to wait until I can either convince my dad or he's gone. He HATES pigs 😆 Whereas I'm thinking we have nuts and apples that need cleaned up every year and I like BACON!

[@Bob-px5wb]

My husband swore we'd never have pigs. 20 Years into marriage and we have our first 2 breeding IPP females. He goes out and loves on them, talks to them, gives them goodies, and tells me how funny they are. HAHA!

[@TS-vr9of]

This was awesome, you need to help her write a small guide book. I'd totally buy it, even if it was just an Amazon E-book.

[@CelticRootsFarm]

We just raised Idaho Pasture Pigs last season and really enjoyed having them on our homestead. Besides the fact that they tasted amazing. We are now looking to purchase a few females for breeding purposes. Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@kenjiro2676]

Buy from farmers who do not inbreed and work with a lot of bloodlines, get ones with a low inbreeding coefficient.

[@Waif4444]

I found your channel through Syman Says Farms when you did your 1st interview with them. Loved the 2nd one, pigs q&a. So this was a really interesting follow on. Enjoying your videos 😁

[@capnjan9835]

We always referred to the 'crushing' problem sows had with their young, as "Pancake Disease"... Applied equally to sow and piggies.

[@jacobmiller2127]

Great video! Perfect timing! We're setting up our pasture for our first time raising pigs right now.

[@leeannadimoulas5163]

this is one of the most useful videos you have. thank you for this.

[@curly-hairedcountrygal1275]

Great video! Your approachable personality came through, engaging b-roll, and super informative! Thanks!

[@springhollerfarm8668]

We are just getting started with this old, neglected farm with a couple pigs, working up to a bigger area where that can also eat grass and not make it all mud. Lots of good ideas on what to do. Thanks.

[@candicechristensen1753]

Really liking these pig videos. Great information 👍👍

[@joyceduesel7966]

Thank you. Love your set up.

[@moniquem783]

I wish we could get IPP’s in Australia but we stopped importing new breeds decades ago. They seem so perfect for a homestead. Ahhh well.

[@susanwilson0161]

Kunekune pigs, from New Zealand, are pasture pigs that don't dig up the pasture because their snout is super short.

[@joanneganon7157]

Thanks Aust, I love when you go on the Road 🙌👏. JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@CynBrown]

Great video. Her pigs look super happy.

[@Homesteadyshow]

They WERE!

[@evar7395]

RIP piggies... 😇

[@lpg12338]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@67mysweet]

I plan on getting pigs soon. This was a very informative video! Thanks!

[@rebeccagrider7359]

Thank you so much for your wisdom!!!!

[@Dyshof]

Very valuable, thanks a lot!

[@FarmingUnclear]

Nice. Once my pigs get bigger and can't squeeze under my front fence, they're gonna love the weeds in my backyard. I can attest to the running forward! My piglet ran into a fence and was thankfully too fat to fit but got stuck halfway hanging out.

[@ronlicari5403]

Have you ever sprouted the grain or fermented it? It digest more easily and doubles.

[@TheRodT]

I was looking for this comment

[@firerobin3]

Great to know there is a breeder relatively close here in East Pa.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

There are at least 4 of us 😉

[@scottmartinetti4875]

Is that the place in white hall? I just called them a few days ago

[@kirstinbordner7608]

No Dornsife

[@Bob-px5wb]

Very nice looking pigs!

[@markandrzejak997]

What do you do with the pigs once theyre grown? Do you line up buyers before raising them or do you sell at farmers market yourself?

[@robinsouth8555]

I love that she is doing the biosecurity. Very informative. I want to get into kunekune's, I understand smaller and grow slower (five foot tall and 115#s, smaller is better for me).

[@catherinegrace2366]

I was told kune kune tasted the best and they said they take longer to grow out as well. I think kune kune is the way I want to go.

[@momcomputer6461]

It wasn't a bait 'n switch...it was a BACON switch! haha

[@mschmidt9150]

Thank you

[@MJAP_]

dial back the aperture setting on your camera if youre having trouble focusing

[@debrawehrly6900]

This is the life that I would love to have

[@deaconlyric]

it's not a bait and switch it's a bacon switch !

[@TheMindfulHomestead]

2:06 - Bait-n-switch? Or Bacon switch?

[@danielashford2430]

Thanks

[@rebeccagrider7359]

My husband wants to raise pigs… I’m concerned…I love the turkeys. I’m totally encouraged!!!! Can these pigs handle 6000 ft elevation? Moderate winters…. With the right care of course… would you guide us?

[@RoseThistleArtworks]

Maybe they ate the milk thistle and dandelions for their own medicinal needs? I've seen wild horses go to mineral rich areas and eat those minerals. Those are adorable piglets. They seem like such a nice breed for so many reasons. Pigs are so intelligent. I am sure they learn quickly.

[@theconsciouscorgi2103]

How do they fair in hotter more humid climates ? I live in the coastal Carolina area and pigs are most likely going to be the first large livestock animal I acquire.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

There are Breeders in the Carolinas. Shade and a wallow

[@Susan71105]

Those are adorable piglets.

[@Homesteadyshow]

Oh man it was hard to not buy like 30 of them

[@Susan71105]

@@Homesteadyshow I bet. Wish I was closer, I would have a feeder pig.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Piglet trains crossing the USA all the time. We can hook you up!

[@Susan71105]

@@kirstinbordner7608 maybe next year. We are just starting our homestead journey and this year it's get the garden in and raise some chickens. I've got the perfect spot to raise a pig so next year that might happen.

[@laurakevghas4115]

#askhomesteady. Any advice for how to deworm the new piglets? They’re 8 to 9 weeks old and living out in the pasture. Worried that if I try to chase them down to catch them and give them a shot, they’ll run right through the electric pig netting fence.

[@catherinegrace2366]

Diatomaceous earth, sprinkle it on their food.

[@finallyfriday.]

Good video. One thing: whenever a vid is titled "the TRUTH about..." it feels like a clickbait scam. Your vids are good, no need to sensationalize title .

[@DuskdemonsAngel]

Especially since at the end, he then reveals this is only half of the content.

[@carllyndonrosal8974]

Great farming,,,,what breed of pig are they?

[@perkar49]

When did the amazing Kunekune from NZ get renamed Idaho pasture pig's...those pigs are definitely Kunekune..best breed on the planet..

[@heatherangelo5796]

I think IPP are a Kunekune/Dura Rock cross.

[@Emily-mq1lj]

Really want a couple of IPP. Can I put them in a forested dirt area? Will they kill my trees? It's a big area but not well set up for rotational grazing.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Not mature ones. They will clear out undergrowth. Check out the Ipp Facebook page. Lots of answers there

[@manoelmonteiro9963]

Olá minha querida você é muito top parabéns, amei assistir este vídeo maravilhoso, aqui eu falo do Brasil Deus te abençoe sempre ❤

[@Nortfortress]

Hello good friend, is this located in the or around the pocono mountains ?

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Central Pennsylvania

[@beeee4249]

She talked about feeders, so they don't feed from grass along, right?

[@scottmartinetti4875]

How much feed do they need?

[@Przyziemni]

She should paint that fointeiner insulation in black matt. Will help a lot with electricity

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Thanks. Goals for this fall!

[@Aliexei]

Wonder if she gets infection problems due to pigs crapping in the grass that they graze in?

[@janiteeter4896]

Question, is it OK to rotationally graze these pigs with a mixed herd? (sheep, cows, pony& chickens follow three days later, there is 20 pastures, rotated daily) ty

[@michialbradshaw]

I would run the chickens as cleanup behind the others and reseed once the chickens are out but I think sheep are really going to eat the grass down, they might need their own runs if you have a bunch. you also might want to just watch the grass level and rotate when it is appropriate instead of a set time until you have a good idea of how long it takes them to eat it down.

[@janiteeter4896]

@@michialbradshaw wonderful, thank you! very sensible, and what I was thinking too!

[@ricocardona6783]

Thank you Pablo Escobar I enjoyed the video!(:

[@HelenEk7]

What are the growth under their chin? I have seen other pigs have them too.

[@emmonstrex65]

My background is in horses, so I can spot a good horse. What are the qualities pig breeders look for when deciding which to cut/eat and which to breed, cause to my unpracticed eye all of them look the sane.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Like horses there are breed standards.

[@emmonstrex65]

@@kirstinbordner7608 Well, no duh. I was hoping for an opinion from someone who raises these pigs. Obviously, there are stand out individuals that appeal to owners for a variety of reasons.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

That’s kind of a long reply for on here. The breed standards with pictures is on the registry website. If you would like to discuss message my page. Thanks!

[@hemidart7]

If you keep them moving on the pasture and give it time to revive yes its the best way period

[@shermdog6969]

But can you raise IPP with zero grass? I have dirt. All dirt. It's like talcum powder.

[@Homesteadyshow]

Yep

[@rickmatz4456]

How do you deform the hogs.

[@austyn101ify]

I want to get into IPP’s but can’t find them local.. What kind of hay does she feed them? My kune kune will only eat alfalfa hay 😂 . I love how she is about bio security, people think I’m crazy when I don’t let them walk through my pasture all Willy nilly.

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Alfalfa orchard grass. The Ipp website has a list of registered Breeders and the Ipp page is a wealth of information

[@austyn101ify]

@@kirstinbordner7608 awesome, thank you so much 😊

[@terrywereb7639]

The pigs eliminated the " seed bank" that your thistle a d dandelions were coming from

[@IB_Homestead_Committee]

When we get pigs I wont be able to pasture them because of space limitations and the pumas we have out here. I wish I could though because I feel like pasture adds to the quality of an animals life as well as the quality of the meat you get.

[@Homesteadyshow]

P U M A S.... 8(

[@Homesteadyshow]

Yoiks scoob! But that said, we have had happy pigs on pasture and off pasture too, either way with enough love and slop they are happy. And that's now another Homesteady TEE SHIRT! Love n' Slop!

[@IB_Homestead_Committee]

Pigs are always super happy with slop!

[@marlan5470]

Raise warthogs. They'll fend off the pumas.

[@christinaw2736]

Anyone know why some of them have those odd growths hanging down on their necks?

[@heatherangelo5796]

They're wattles. Normal

[@brewbombs3907]

Ever had pig milk? Sounds weird but why not lol

[@traciwalker348]

They don't hold milk in their teat cisterns like cows. They only turn it loose when pigs are actively nursing.

[@waddlesaway8597]

What kind if fencing is that

[@kirstinbordner7608]

The white tape is kencove the brown is horse guard. I love horse guards hardware

[@johannparedes8359]

What is a wagon wheel approach? Anyone plis

[@kirstinbordner7608]

Water, feed, housing and wallow in center “hub” the grazing paddocks like the spokes of the wheel

[@djmaur]

A bacon switch?

[@georgepretnick4460]

WOW! With a pig that good, you can't eat him all at one time. Just cut off a ham or some chops whenever you feel like it.

[@pim1234]

what is the little "sack" hanging from their chin ?

[@mr.skeptical3071]

Are those kune kune's

[@catherinegrace2366]

No. Idaho pasture pigs.

[@brandonkemp8582]

Bacon

[@treycantrell6857]

So Idaho Pasture pigs are just black and white Kune Kune? Lol

[@traciwalker348]

No

[@kevinbaker6168]

Should've told your "friend", I was wanting a pig for meat. Give me my money back or a barrow, or throw in an unrelated gilt so I can start raising my own pigs.

[@99suspects]

You lost me at store bought pig chow. Too bad because the plan was running so well. How did the world possibly survive before store bought crap was invented?

[@austinpresley6187]

They grew it themselves or bought it at a mill

[@brothaman1571]

Shoot a squirrel or something and feed it to them

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

All pigs root and on hilly land the topsoil Will erode. pasturing might be better for the pigs but is not good for the land.

[@traciwalker348]

No they don't. Please educate yourself on pasture pigs.

[@norman-xk3yk]

Women who like getting beat

[@bitchplease123]

Disgusting that she would stand before a living, breathing, sentient animal and make a joke about killing and eating him. ‘Baconator’?! Are you serious lady? They still wind up in the same place, having their throats slit and screaming while they bleed out. Stop sugar coating your practice of killing animals that certainly don’t want to die. Their living conditions are certainly better, but their deaths are still exactly the same. 🌱

[@anniecole6923]

noone butchers a pig by slitting it's throat. This comment is entirely unnecessary and simply not true with small farmers.

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

Shut up and go eat your damn tofu. Grown folks are talking here and we're meat eaters that's why we were born with canines

[@bitchplease123]

@@anniecole6923 Maybe you can explain to me, Annie, exactly how you gently’ kill a pig. Enlighten me please. I guess all the hours of slaughterhouse footage I’ve seen is CGI……

[@anniecole6923]

@@bitchplease123 I am totally with you on slaughter houses, they need to change how they do things, a lot. I can only say that on small homesteads, livestock is treated with utmost care and respect, and they only have one bad day, handled in the most painless, quickest way possible. It is never easy, it makes us remember how grateful we are.

[@bitchplease123]

@@greenboyatgafarms2250 Greenboy? What’s Green about You? Your Industrial Agriculture Systems are Decimating the Planet. Me ‘Shut Up’? Not Likely. My contingent is only going to get louder and Louder and LOUDER. As Grown Ups We’re Not In Denial. As social media spreads the word about the intrinsic evils of your torture and murder of millions of creatures that can feel pain and know fear just as any human can, history will show who’s right in the end. In the meantime you go sharpen those blunt canines of yours. Unless you’re a vampire you’re unlikely to be the true carnivore capable of tearing apart flesh that you fancy yourself to be. Besides, gorillas who are strictly vegetarian have savagely long, sharp canines. I don’t eat tofu. I don’t even like the stuff, but there are plant-based alternatives to everything you consume that are not full of cholesterol, antibiotics and hormones. BTW, how much of a government handout of taxpayer’s dollars do you suck up annually? Hope you’re able to scrape by on those meager wages. Farming isn’t a particularly lucrative pursuit. I won’t call it a profession. Professionals are well paid and your profit margins are pretty minute.