I couldn't agree more with the setup. We raised hogs for the freezer. We shared them with my grandparents every year. They are stronger than you expect. They definitely need a strong enclosure with hog panels
@valerieb12
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the layout of your hogs. It looks like you put some thought into it and have the ability to expand without much disruption to your current setup.
@highdeseretranch
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Valerie, that is the idea. Work smarter and hard, and you do well.
@robdye2192
Жыл бұрын
I see the benefits of confinement vs ranging setups. For me, I'm using the pigs to clear bush. So these little dozers are helping me out. I've had one escape in 12 months just using electrics and that was my fault as I ignored a grounding fault light for a couple of days. And when I saw escape, they were only a few metres away. I'm using modified spoke/ally system here to move them about, but they currently return to a central food and water area. The good thing is anything can be changed as the learning continues. ❤ 🐖
@highdeseretranch
Жыл бұрын
Rob, absolutely pugs can be used to clear land, like has been said, pigs are mini dozers. So stout and powerful they are! They are some of the best animals I know for clearing thick vegetation, coupled with goats you have yourself clearing machines! Yes, I love to keep learning, even in his 90s my grandfather was still learning things! Thanks for watching and your comment. I Iearn, as well as others that read your comment.
@joshuatillman9093
Ай бұрын
How do you get the pigs to eat the brush. I bought a pig and it only eats feed from tractor supply and my wife’s fruit scraps
@clay7051
10 күн бұрын
@@joshuatillman9093 type of pig and how they were raised before you got them will matter
@jamesbarbour8400
27 күн бұрын
This guy is the spitting image of Jake Busey, the actor !
@cisco5400
Ай бұрын
I think it looks good, well thought through. Since pigs like to experience things, i would like for them to have new branches each day or anything where they can play and figure things out. Thx
@MarkWYoung-ky4uc
Жыл бұрын
I love your setup Robert and especially how you used recycled or home grown materials for a lot of it. I said once that the fellow that invented the bull dozer got the idea from watching a hog root.
@highdeseretranch
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark. You have to reuse and repurpose materials. Plus, the tin, although several decades old is solid and to buy the equivalent nowadays would make raising pigs nesr impossible. Yeah, you get a sow or boar worked up and it would surprise most folks as to waht they are capable of doing. As always thanks for watching and your support!
@MarkWYoung-ky4uc
Жыл бұрын
@@highdeseretranch You probably couldn't find new tin that good.
@highdeseretranch
Жыл бұрын
@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc Ain't that the truth. These 12' lengths weigh around 20lbs!
@Juicawins83
4 ай бұрын
@highdeseretranch Using a netal barrel with water nipples is a life saver. No spillinf water and digging. How do you keep the feeder barels in place?
@highdeseretranch
4 ай бұрын
I secure them to the fence with thread-all and some perforated flat iron bars. It spreads out the tension along the hog panel. Check out my playlist 'pigs/hogs', and there is a beginners guide to hog pens. I outline in detail what I have done.
@frankevans9949
Ай бұрын
I don't see it....I'm 63,life farmer, livestock, 10 brood sows,2 boars, 100 capacity top hog finish floor. 1/10 acer is a myth unless inhumane
@lucaslovell6914
24 күн бұрын
5 sows, 1 boar... Spring and fall litters??? If you average 10 piglets, you make your 100...
@wingedcoot9853
13 күн бұрын
Inhumane? Is that your opinion or based on some acceptable standard? Real question don’t get mad. I’m in NC and have seen how SmithField runs their barns. They would put way more hogs in enclosures way smaller. Yet, they still operate.
@tnkcards
12 күн бұрын
Great content thanks for sharing
@johnnyvannoy7180
11 күн бұрын
Nice set up !
@fiestyvixen9618
Ай бұрын
Thank you I'll definitely be reaching out to the power companies about these posts!!
@mckennahicks5259
Ай бұрын
No electric fence what keeps them from jumping up mine would get out of that in a heart beat unless it’s cattle pannel buried 2 ft deep
@ryanconley5978
Жыл бұрын
Really like your set up! Question for you. If they are contained how is the odor? I know that is a loaded question but one advantage to moving them on pasture is the odor being somewhat controlled.
@highdeseretranch
Жыл бұрын
Great question Ryan. With exception to the pen I mentioned in the video, and that was due to the worst winter in decades, with rotation, resting, and some lime the smell is kept to a minimum overall. Here in this climate, pasture raised pigs isnt even close to feasible. In places back east where annual precipitation is much higher pasture raised is more doable and feasible. Thanks for the comment.
@colbystrawder4589
6 ай бұрын
How often do you put bedding down? I noticed some older straw in some pens. Have you ever considered Korean natural farming (knf) system?
@tammyzurlinden6328
3 ай бұрын
How much do you feed your pigs and how many times a day and what do you feed them including supplements?
@lynndellcox7078
Ай бұрын
You have a really good set up
@kevinholbrook7174
2 ай бұрын
Hey Robert I love your set-up and it’s very convenient for loading and unloading your pigs! I was wondering how many pigs per pen? Like how many boars in one pen and how many sow pigs per pen even with the piglets and how many sows per mating pens? Thanks 🙏 for your hard work for your setup! Hope you have a blessed day!
@trevorbeach9619
10 ай бұрын
Great set up sir. Watching your videos is helping me build my layout. How many litters to you get a yr out of one sow. We plan on running a small operation. Manly for keeping my freezer full but I was wondering about breeding and just a single sow with a boar, how many litters you get a yr..
@highdeseretranch
10 ай бұрын
Glad to help folks out. I do a six month breeding cycle per sow.
@trevorbeach9619
10 ай бұрын
Oh ok. Thanks and good luck
@Juicawins83
4 ай бұрын
@highdeseretranch Do you give tours. We live in utah as well
@highdeseretranch
4 ай бұрын
Never thought about that. I reckon it's a possibility!
@tarajoyce3598
Ай бұрын
As long as you don't pretend this is in anyway humane.
@russlittle8010
29 күн бұрын
What makes humans happy is different than what makes pigs happy
@nobreaks3305
2 ай бұрын
So for the bigger ones its the same set up really 4 feet in between the T post.
@allthingsgrowing
2 ай бұрын
What is the intent for using lime in the resting pen?
@Jonathan32177
3 ай бұрын
I'm currently running 16x16 pens for my meishan mix hogs, they stand over 3ft at the shoulders and a little over 6ft in length .. 800+ pounds .. was considering shrinking the pens to 16x8 to expand my numbers. Which do you think would be best,... 16x8 with one or two hogs per pen.. or run larger and do community pens ?
@highdeseretranch
3 ай бұрын
Depending on your soil type you might get away with a smaller pen. I will probably do a larger, community sow pen, but still keep the boar in a separate pen.
@arthurquintana1345
18 күн бұрын
Do you feed your pigs hay in the winter or is that just for bedding. Are you pigs just fed a feed ration?
@patricktano8053
2 ай бұрын
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@letsgetreal-df7pu
18 сағат бұрын
100 pigs on 400 square metre's c'mon mate!
@Nova-m8d
16 күн бұрын
Get rid of the boar and use AI.
@lewisyeager2064
Ай бұрын
More than a 1/10 of acre why you lie
@DustinUhrig
26 күн бұрын
How do you know he's lying
@RandomGuy48-t1b
24 күн бұрын
Not every acre is dedicated to pigs…….
@DustinUhrig
24 күн бұрын
@@lewisyeager2064 why would you say they're lying when it easy to raise pigs on a small acreage
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