Secret to Grass Feeding Pigs
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Years ago, when I bought my first heritage pigs, a farmer shared a secret with me about grass feeding pigs...
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Youre living out me and my fiances dream. Lots of kids, farm fresh food, our own little reality. Just a few more years 😭
Loved watching your youngest daughter climb up on the hens laying boxes to check for eggs. Reminds me of my soon to be 5 year old granddaughter.
Harvesting herbs which are suitable for pigs, chop and boil it, ferment it 2+ weeks. when feeding, mix with hot water to thin it up, added 10+% grains or whatever leftover for additional nutritions. Lot of labour. 1year for processing to 200+lb. The taste of the meat is next level.This info from my own experience when I was a child in China. I think that is the best way to produce meat-low cost, little resources required. The question is nobody experiment how to mass produce herbs for pigs(like grass for cow).
We got our first pigs, IPPS. We don’t have a cow BUT we are feeding milk along with keifer & by product whey.
This guy must have worked for one of those companies with the never ending commercials, as in "I'll let you in on a secret" and then 45 minutes later they end up telling you about paying for a subscription to get what they said they were going to tell you 45 minutes ago!
I kept the same strain of pigs going for 15 years. My first sow's Boar father was a full Durock. I kept a rent-a-boar. For each sow Borus bred I was paid pick of the litter. Most pigs in New Hampshire in the 70's and 80's were yorks and landrace. One year borus bred two "wattle pigs" that was what we called them. They had wattles and turned up noses. I also charged one pigglet to nut all the males in a litter. I ended up with three "wattle pigs"
I took them up to auction in the fall, hunting season, when many are looking for porkers to mix with the venision.
That worked out well. They sold by the head not the weight. Those little wattle pigs fetched more than pigs twice their weight. People wanted those little wattle worthless pigs.
I didn't keep any as breeders, they never grew well.
I moved my pigs daily. They covered most of our 26 acre farm during the pasture season. Pigs do very well on skim, acorns, grass and the bucket under the drain at the local pub.
I collected from the pizza place the IGA and two bars. I had a solar cooker for the slops on sunny days.
Good luck with your little wattle pigs.
Awww they are so cute! Are you sure you're going to be able to butcher them? I have a turkey we are going to grow old together 🙄
cyclonic squid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ara ya theyre cute and all but they're only pigs. As long as you don't name them you won't get too attached
you are a Great person with a Lovely family.I wanted to say that you inspired me to start a suburban homestead and now i raise rabbits and food also i will soon get pigs
I need that striped beauty!!!
Also the pizza crust is the best part...
These pigs love milk, just like the Queen of Sheeba or was it Cleopatra, who bathed in it. Thanks for the tip.
That was a great great educated lesson on pigs. Very helpful.
I like the pigs I keep them I have learnt something.
I have been waiting for the return of pigs to the Homesteady family! We love them, even if they are little furry grass eaters!
Looking at you milking the cow, have you considered a surcingle strap with spring rod for suspending the milker (that's what the grooves on the underside of the handle are for)? I grew up on a small dairy farm, milking 30+ cows in tie stalls. Using the surcingle, the milker moves as the cow moves.
Your second daughter is one smart cookie! (They're all brilliant!) She has no fear and she's going places! I heard Kay call Aust a 'breader- I think you should go for number six.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love your daughters bob cut. She has beautiful hair. I have been putting food grade coconut oil on the teats, cow and goat, to condition the skin. Living on the dessert they tend to get dried out and leathery or chapped with just the teat dip. This has been the first year I dont have any chapped, cracked, or wounded teats. I wonder if that might help Luna, thought I would share.
I'm so glad I found this channel
Awe how sweet. I want em! They are so adorable.
Hey Austin and family, Weed em and Reap has the same pigs they don't get long but they get chubby
They don't eat grass to my
knowledge but they get all kinds of stuff.
Good luck.
JO JO IN VT 💕😄
Joanne Ganon yes they do eat grass. Weed em and reap doesn’t have much pasture. They keep all of their animals on just an acre because they’re in the suburbs. I’m sure they can’t keep all of those pigs in the pasture because they’d root a lot since they don’t have a ton of grass.
One thing I will say is if you are going to feed the kunes make sure to limit it. With too much food, they just gain fat since they’re a lard pig. I fed mine 2 scoops of feed a day and raised them for a year. But I don’t have a diary cow yet, when I do I’ll be excited to feed the skim and whey to the pigs for sure!
I'm in love with your dog.... It looks like wolf in wild.
If I was in your position I would be dehydrating extra eggs or preserving them other ways for the winter and making lots of longer term storage dairy
Take care with the milk..many over feed Kunekune and because they are a lard pig a very thick layer of fat results and the meat is not worth eating..done right , Kunekune Bacon or meat cuts are the best i've had. Ours get no scraps, just grass and windfall. huge selection of fruit n nuts. I finish them on buckets of plums..we nearly lost this rare breed in 1988..
just remember, Kunekune are a Lard pig..we put nose clips in diggers , not all Kune are diggers.ours get grass and windfall fruit n nuts, used to keep Orchards clean and disease free. no scraps..nothing else, minimum pig nuts to train to come when called..butcher at 3-4 yrs. We also grow most of our own food. Living our dream.
My dad home place had a ditch dump that encompassed about 2 acres of heavy clay gumbo soil he would plant a roasting ear corn patch and after the the corn we didn't put up or eat and it got to hard he'd buy some feeder pigs and a calf and put out on the corn patch the calf would eat the corn and the pigs would clean up behind the cow whole corn is hard to digest and the pigs would glean the whole corn that the cow passed.
I once read that you could raise 2 or 3 pigs from the "cow patties" from a single cow if they are kept on the same pasture together.
And then you would eat them knowing this? Baffles the mind.😅😂🤣
I once read that Cinderella was real
@@SherrickDuncan Do youknow pigs have been fed before they arrive at the grocery store? I have worked in both environments and you would never eat any meat again if you know all the details.
@@SherrickDuncan Just asking , do you eat bacon? Do you really know what the animals EAT that you consume on a regular basis ?
I can tell you that I know of at least one operator of a (chicken)broiler farm who feeds his pigs with dead chickens,and you are using the bacon.
Feel free to skip to the 16 minute mark to hear the "secret". The secret (spoiler alert) is to feed grass to a cow the grass and then give the cow milk to the pigs.
I think I missed something? Why are the calves on Luna? What’s ladybug doing? Do you still have her?
Kaye you didn't mention ice cream and home made is divine - your two eldest get to learn how to make it and they can teach their younger siblings as they get old enough - when my boy was growing up we had MYO nights - "make your own" about every two weeks homemade ice cream for dinner is OK in my book every few weeks
Thanks for the wonderful tips throughout the video! It's even a great peep-hole into cow and pig raising. My family raised both, amongst many others, but because I was in the city I barely got a chance to learn the livestock side. I'm not against it, just not set up for it. Maybe in the near future that will change. :)
*QUESTION* How much are the pigs actually eating the grass itself vs rooting it up just to eat grubs, bugs & worms for their actual protein?
Yes they really do eat the grass. I just sent 3 kunes off to be processed. They don’t root mouth with frequent moves. They eat the grass the first and then when they run out start to root which is a lot worse in the Spring when it’s so wet. I still fed mine pig feed, but just 2 scoops a day which is a lot less than standard pigs.
So, space is an issue for me. I have 1 acre in the backyard. Is keeping a cow even possible? Can I just keep 1?
dont leave those buckets out in the sun those handles get brittle and break real easy!
I loved the bucket you guys are great
Is there anyway you could post a link to the amazing bucket
I did in the description 👍
Silly me I forgot! I’ll add it
Thank you
Hey There, I am new to this channel, WHY do you have a camel? Sorry I have to know.
PS I am enjoying your life because in a way we are a part of your life when you share these videos.
Sincerely Joe from N/J soon to be South Carolina
The pig owners in my country boils all the left over foods before they are fed to the pigs.
To get meat off pasture, or grass, and not wanting to deal with a cow is get yourself some Geese!
They will also give you eggs!
Could I also do this with goats?
..."put them in the Egg basket." Proceeds to grab a driving range bucket for golf balls.
lovely ,
These piglets are so cute!!! Have you given them names yet? I want to name them!
those pigs are cute, are they for meat to eat ?? I like the videos
If you want try another animal for your homestead like a challenge.. Check water buffalo... Its milk is better in making cheese, butter and yogurt than cow milk since it has more butterfat content...
I have been thinking of getting kunekune and heard many different information. 1 lean meat 2 they have a lot off fat then meat so I just want your opinion I want pig that has more meat then fat which can you recommend
Ok what is the camel for?
#askhomesteady where did you get the milking pump is it caws or goats?
I know I've seen it a few times but have you tried feeding your pigs be cow manure the ruminants right there for them
I was planning pig farm to middle of jungle if they eat grass that's easy for me to raise is that possible??can yu plz give me information bz I don't really understand ur English accent
We have a 10 acre homestead
Do you give milk tell it time to butcher them
We are getting meat pigs . I wanted the those . Now that I’ve seen yours, no way I could slaughter them . They are to cute
They can't live on grass alone. Stop feeding them milk/scraps and give them only grass and see what happens. Feeding them milk is not "grass-fed" pigs! They will/do tear up a pasture.
I have a julianna and knue mix he stays inside
16:00 he finally tells you that pigs need more than grass. Milk is not grass.
German shepherds= best all around farm dogs you can have.
Be wary of feeding to much milk our first two feeder pigs we got free day old bread and free colostrum milk from a comerciel dairy and our pigs had a solid two inch layer of fat over the whole carcass sur it was free food for them but the fat layer was too much we used to leave a slop bucket at our local green grocer who would give us all his bruised food and wilted lettuce and other greens that wergoing past their best by dates but the pigs loved again food fo free we also got scraps from nursing homes although you had to be careful with that because it is illegal to feed pigs slops with meat in them in Australia because we don’t have hoof and mouth here it can be in meat products like salami and other smoked meats as a lot of non commercial pork produces don’t boils the swill at a high enough temperature to properly kill a lot of the bugs that can be transmitted to your pigs so because of this we only got vegetables from green grocers which ment at one point we were feeding our pigs strawberry’s which they love and when ever any local farmers had a glut of a particular vegatable we would harvest it which saved the farmer from having to clear his fields himself we would dig over the last of his potatoes to give us free spuds for the pigs also we stripped what was left of his corn crop and because we didn’t care about it being gmo as we only fed it to our horses and not to any of our food animals
Why the gloves while milking?
Weird!
You're smokin! Wild pigs eat vegetation all the time. Spend some time in So. FL. They eat fruit, rooted plants, grass and vegetative forage greens and they wouldn't eat it if it did nothing for them. If you stopped feeding your pigs grain you'll see that they will forage for themselves and still get big, just a lot slower.
It's plain silly that they are called grass fed pigs. Everyone I know that has these feeds them pigs feed and scraps and like you said they will eat some grass but they can't live on it alone. They will/do tear up a pasture.
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But my pig is my baby he isn't for eating
I really enjoy your videos, but I don't enjoy being baited and waiting 16 minutes of a 19-minute video to hear your secret of grass-fed pigs. You should at least bookmark the location (around 16 minutes) for your followers.
now there is something goats milk is good for..ya ya cows milk.. dont be fooled they do root
I dont think they are a rare breed, the amish around here in Michigan have been raising them for a long time
1998 there were only 40 Kunekune left in the world. Then the NZ Kunekune Association was formed, now world wide. I am a Breeder in NZ.