Didn't see this one coming...or did you?! So would YOU get the pigs or would you have more patience than us? Let us know! More info in the description. Thanks for watching!
Oh go for it get the pigs! Mom raised pigs when I was a kid. They are extremely smart!! You can teach them lots. Sad when it's time for them to go. But bacon is oh so good!
I remember Jeremy saying once...somewhere...the wildest success he had in life was just jumping right in...or something like that? Didn't he say something like that? I don't do instagram but, I did look you up under your name and saw the cattle panels. Hmmmm is what I thought. LOL I haven't finished watching the video yet. But, y'all keep on "playing" and I'll keep on watching. Succeed or fail...you guys are going to learn something from this. And you will eat some MEAT while you do it. You're a good animal momma. You'll figure it out! :) Keep on shining!
Oh that 30 random facts reference cracked me up! The reaction was priceless. I'm watching as I relax for bed. The whole house is quiet....until that part. I laughed so loud. Thankfully everyone is a heavy sleeper.
Life doesn't follow our perfectly designed plans all the time. You had a great opportunity and you took advantage! At least you don't have to worry about possibly having to take it down because of the neighbors following some obscure ordinance! 🙂
We raise Kune Kune in NZ and would not hesitate in getting them in. Belly rubs are like a drug to these cute bacon bits...they will collapse, fall over .I use them to clear the land and they are the best animal for a small block owner...Muscovie ducks are also highly recommended..we have 20 pigs and 40 ducks...culled every year..down to 5..we live in a straw bale home , 2 storey, earth roof..also a straw bale Sauna...grow all our own meat,veg, and fish from the river,,
I know. Give Jeremy a pile of pallets and a few tools and no telling what will emerge. I'm hoping the new house manages to have some pallets worked in somewhere. I'd like a pallet wall myself.
Jaime and Jeremy, How exciting !! When an opportunity arises sometimes you just have to go with it. (our to do list changes on a daily basis as things happen on the homestead ). Pigs are great and very easy !! I also researched a lot before getting our first pig. Yes Sugar Mountain Farms has some great info !! Pretty Yorkshires too. Here is what I learned after raising two pigs---one at a time...but everyone has their own way of course.. this worked for us.... .... ...Pigs can be happy alone in a 16X16 pen with a 3 sided shelter IF your dogs, chickens, and husband (or kiddos ) spend a little time with them every day. We keep our dogs out of everyones pen !! Pigs are smart. Piglets get used to chickens dogs and people. Do not hand feed them. They have very poor eye sight but a great sense of smell. If they smell those strawberries on your hand, they could make a mistake. We washed our hands before petting our pigs and were very careful. A bit fearful too when they got bigger. I wouldn't go in the pen the last few months we had them for fear of Piggie stepping on my foot. I have heard of a pig biting a duck and killing it. (check out Beckys Homestead vids on pigs. I think it was her duck or hen that the pig killed ?) But I have 3 free ranging ducks and 14 hens and a Roo that went into the pig pen all the time. Every day. Never any aggression or problems. I guess every pig is different so judge yours as you raise them. I did feed my pig bananas threw the hog fence, as they are Long. The last nub got throw in. Sniff sniff.. ... We fed our pig Breakfast Lunch and Dinner in a hog dish and put Extras in the hog meal and pellets (yes we fed both meal And pellets..story behind that )... This gave my retired hubs something (else) to do :). And gave the pig some company !! Troughs cause wasted food the way we were trying to do it. Rain got in too. So the hog pan worked. You have 3 so I don't know. No onions. No citrus. Limited chocolate. (LOL Wilma loved cookies and a guy working on our new shed gave her a twinkie out of his lunch box once. ..yum) No raw potatoes. The first few days of each month, we put a crushed garlic clove and fresh rosemary smushed into a golf ball sized piece of banana, mashed potato, mashed sweet potato or whatever. I heard it helps to keep down internal and external parasites/worms. We also sprinkled the dinner lightly with Food Grade DE almost every night. After raking out hay from his house we sprinkled dirt with DE. Then added some more hay/straw. No worms at time of butchering per the butcher !!!!!! ... Those plastic kiddie pools are a waste of money and hard to dump out. Wilma--our first Yorkshire- white (I call it pink ) crushed that little kiddie pool when she was like 4 months old !! We got the same black stock one you guys got for our most recent pig- Frankie, A Yorkshire -Hampshire cross, castrated male. Frankie liked to lay in his black stock tank. (we live in FL).. Clean water every day. We used a hose with a dog lick on it for Wilma. Frankie just liked his stock tank. We tried pails and the dog lick on the end of a hose... but nope. He tried to bathe in the small pail and crushed it. ... ...Those green metal things holding up your hog panels will work for a very short time. they like to Rub their whole bodies against the fence. 1 pig will knock it down..3 will take out the whole fence !! LOL. Do you have oak trees or even pine might work..cut down trees the size of Jeremy's ankle in diameter or my hubs says 3-4 " in diameter.. Cut into 6 foot lengths. Bury them into ground 2 feet deep. Put the hog panels on the Inside!!!! and use those fencing horse shoe shaped nails 1 1/2 inches to secure. We used 4 posts per panel. You don't have to worry about how long the cut trees will last. You'll prob only have those pigs 5 months to 7 months before butchering. Or we bought those round posts for Frankies pen this last time at TSC. We take down the pig pen and tractor it after each pig. We don't put it back up in the same place. .... Pigs squeal when their feet are Off the ground. (guess they know they are heavy and afraid someone is gonna drop them ?) They like having their feet on the ground. They will be reluctant to walk up a trailer or ramp that they can see threw. Hubs had to put a piece of tarp on our trailer ramp and screw down a few 2X4;s to keep tarp in place. Then we threw some dirt on the tarp/ramp. No problem getting them to walk up ramp onto trailer. Food in the trailer helped too. Sniff Sniff. ... Wilma loved Blueberries. All fruit really (no citrus )And potatoes or sweet potatoes chopped up and boiled until barely soft.. I always saved her my sweet potato skins. And yes, I cut them up a bit. And everything else when she got older. Frankie loved hard boiled eggs. And everything else when he got a bit older. ... Wilma weighed 264 at 8 1/2 months old at the butcher. Frankie weighed 362 at 9 months old at butcher. Wilma was our first pig and Filled up our large upright freezer! Don't forget to ask the butcher for the pig fat to render into Lard. Frankie filled up our Large upright freezer And the freezer part of our refrigerator !! Oops long post. Sorry. I enjoyed raising the pigs !! Best wishes.
Land Sakes! Get the pigs! We had two castrated males with their tusks cut. We built our workshop first in 1979 on our 20 acres. Lived in that while we built the house. We brought along our favorite farm animals. We constructed a decent pig run out of sturdy pallets and built a solid pig shelter. Use the shelter for something else down the line. Think 1970s... What fun we had! Our adventure was only documented by faded photos, but yours will be an awesome video journey!
I think you made the right call! Sometimes we can over plan and miss out on amazing opportunities due to fear! Good luck to you and the three little pigs! BTW they are adorable!
our livestock dog had 8 pups 3 weeks ago....we are in east tn. you guys come get it, no charge! 4 boys 4 girls. mama is border collie mix, papa full on husky. mom and g-mom great stock dogs!
When we moved to our homestead 4 yrs ago our housewarming presents from the neighbors was 2 brooding hens and 16 fertile eggs. We had no fence no coop no nothing but seeing now we had hens and eggs we had no choice but to put up fence and build a coop out of pallets and rough cut lumber from our trees. Then their nanny goat had twins they named them after us..yep..Debbie n Steve and then gave us Steve the baby goat. No fence no barn no nothing again so we had to make all of that happen and we did. Neither of us had building experience at all but took on the challenge. When they got cattle..we prepared for the outcome of having cattle. Looking back it was great that we stepped outside of our plans to take on these challenges because now we have 2 acre's in pasture 2 barns and we raise beef cattle. Its all done and we no longer have to do all of those things. It was a blessing in disguise. In my opinion if an opportunity knocks on your door..answer it :-)
Getting the pigs was irresistible. They will fit in nicely with your plans and spring is (slowly) on its way when you can tackle some fencing and housing issues for them. Another page in the adventure!
You should look into a donkey. We went to this sheep farm for homeschool and instead of a LGD they had a donkey they said because they are cheaper, they are much more likely to defend against cougars than dogs and you didn’t have to train a donkey to do their protection as you would for a dog. It was Nemnich Sheep farm in Arlington/Derrington WA, you can message them in fb if you want better details. I know nothing about it but thought it was very interesting.
Ha!!! This video made my day! So very glad you decided to get the piggies and looking forward to piggy videos! One thing I'm working on this year, is not to let perfection get in the way of progress. If we wait until everything is "perfect," it won't happen. This was a great example! Rock on!! 🤘
Yay kunekune babies🐽 an awesome video and really funny too. Well done Jeremy, I think he's liking them more than he thought he would. They look super cute and the enclosure and pen looks cool. The chickens will have new friends. I think the chickens want a pen too😂. Yes Jamie I would have definitely got them. No time link the present. Lovely video 🐔🐖
Very nice pigs Jamie. They look healthy. I say there is nothing better in life than a good opportunity. So yeah, I would have done exactly what you did. And as you mentioned at the end of your video, these pigs are going to make short work of tilling and fertilizing that area for a very fertile future garden. And the chickens can follow there, cleaning up the insects and such, after you process the pigs. I'd say there's some divine timing in all this. :-) Nice job on the pig shelter Jeremy.
You guys crack me up. I laughed so hard when Jamie got stuck in the cage! And then Jeremy was working on the oinker crib! And then playing with the tail! He likes them! Yes, definitely go with the pigs! When opportunity knocks...
I would have jumped at the opportunity. Our pig fun started with a breeding pair and 7 piglets of American Guinea Hogs. Three to try out is a wise move.
New subscriber ❤️ I’ve been binge watching your channel all day! We just bought 10 acres with a super cute 1950s farmhouse in N.C. we’re so excited to start homesteading and I love all of your videos. I think chickens will be first and I learned a lot from your beginner video! I’m happy to see even though you had a lot of hard obstacles you’re still working hard at homesteading. You’re an inspirational couple and I appreciate all the videos they’re great!!! Good luck with the piggies can’t wait for more updates on them and watching them grow. 🐷
We did start a homestead from scratch. For animals, chickens came first, pigs second, meat birds third. We started everything with a half acre garden while we completely rebuilt the house. You just learn that nothing sustainable will happen unless you multi-task a bit. You’ll feel pulled in a zillion different directions but nothing about this is linear.
We would definitely go with the piggies... they are a "ton" of fun... LOL!!! They are incredibly smart... they NEVER potty in their house and are very easy to train. The hard part is in the harvesting... they tend to become a part of the family... especially when you name them!!! We always name ours.... Bacon, Ham, Roast, Chop, etc.... LOL!!!! Thanks for sharing!
Pigs are great rutters. They'll have that ground mellow in no time. We used to castrate and clip our pigs teeth and tails ourselves when they were born, or not too soon after. They can be very stubborn animals, but I have a feeling you'll be fine. Yes, I would have gotten them if I'd have had your opportunity.
I think it's great. It's as if a door opened for you to get some pigs at a time when you were able to prepare a pen and shelter for them. It's as if you were suppose to have pigs now rather than later as you originally planned. I think its fun when experiences happen this way.
I would do exactly what you did. Sometimes, "you gotta strike while the iron is hot " Great job on the impromptu shelter Jeremy. I don't eat pork, but they do look tasty...lol.
My husband and I say "we would get the pigs!" LOL We also would castrate them but, that is just us what we would do. We both have worked on hog farms so that is why we would castrate. I'm looking forward to your adventure with these cuties and your harvest. Thank you so much for this fantastic update! Two thumbs up! :)
LMAO!! @ 3:55 Jeremy says "got some stuff so we can PLAY AT HOMESTEADING" That's a hilarious little jab. Love your videos and resolve to follow your dreams.
Waited till the morning so I could watch this on the TV! Lol I was so excited when I saw the title. This episode really made me laugh, you guys rock. Love the teamwork. I can only imagine building something like that with my husband, he would have about 10 meltdowns then it would go unfinished for 3 weeks lol. Thanks for sharing! Love your channel
I've always thought if you wait until you're totally ready for something.. you end up waiting too long because there are always things you can do to make it better, so you end up putting things off even more. Now that you have pigs it will force your hand to actually DO, instead of plan plan plan. Not sure if that makes sense, but I think you made the correct decision.
When I see most videos that are over seven minutes I skip by. When I see your videos, especially longer then ten minutes I click and watch. You guys are just always interesting and never boring. Keep the great videos coming. :)
Your new homestead is much like ours. A building was already on the property, which we made our home for now. We moved into our livestock pretty quick. Just chickens and goats for now. But yea, if we were offered pigs we would, even though it's not in the immediate plans.
You know my thoughts on this - I love me some pigs and because it was a good opportunity, why not? The set up with the electrified fence on the outside is perfect. Once you have your livestock guardian dog (You totally need one, you know:), you'll be able to train the pigs to hot wire and move them around to help you work your land. I've also heard that KuneKune pigs develop a little later than your regular heritage breed and boar taint isn't an issue until sexual maturity anyway, so you're probably fine either way. Such cute little faces on those piggies! Thanks for the mention!
Best to start right away with pigs for the exact reason you stated. That will all be a garden next year. The soil will be hot. Rhubarb is a good 1st crop, it keeps down weeds with it's broad leaves and can tolerate hot soil until it's composted better.
I think you did the right thing. Getting animals are like having kids...if you wait until you can afford them or are ready for them you’ll never have them.
It will be well worthwhile to grow a lot of greens like chard, cabbage, comfrey or corn and underground crops, potatoes, turnips sugarbeet to feed the pigs. Kumekune pigs come from New Zealand, where I live, they tend to have a lot of fat when butchered, I'm talking 6 to 8 inches of fat, there are ways of cutting that fat down, but otherwise get the buter to cut that fat off, and send it back to you, then you can render it down and use the lard for cooking... its good. One other use for lard is to make a healing salve for anything cuts your animals might get. Cook it in a can outside over a fire and add stir in kerosene. once it cools down but the salve into sealed tins,. Honest it will heal any skin injury, the kerosene heals the skin, but also stops the flies from getting the the wound, and laying maggot eggs.
I love it when the unplanned becomes the plan. You did what I would have done... 3 little pigs! Love It! My fav is the little spotty one. This is such a wonderful video. I learned something about hog panels that I'm ashamed to tell you LOL. But watching the guys put to panels on the truck was an oh my gosh minute. I can't believe I didn't think of that myself. Now I'm on a mission. I'm also interested in seeing how big these guys get too! If they don't get too big they might be the right ones for us. Love the hoghouse for the little piggies too!
Yep, I'd do the same ....one thing Ive learned after 71 yrs on this planet is NOT TO STOP AT EVRY YELLOW LIGHT , or you'll miss out on so much. just go for it guys....love your videos, watch em two three times over,....Rob
Start with the pigs and animals. You have somewhere to live, like you said they can prep the land for your garden. You need to eat. Love your little piggies and their squeaks and grunts. There will be to talk about in your videos. Love what you guys are doing
Not sure how well versed you are in raising pigs but you may want to dig down your hog panels about a foot to 18 inches. A pigs favorite pastime is to root, and will root escape holes everywhere possible. As they get older, bigger, and heaver you may want to rethink your posts. We butchered off our pigs last fall and are relocating the pig pen this year taking with us all the hard lessons learned for our new stock. We will be using 48" x 16' hog panels doubling them by burying one two feet in the ground and using the other at ground level around the entire pen. Gates will be raising style instead of swinging gates. Posts will all be 4" x 4" x 8' treated sank into the ground 30". Just sharing a few lessons learned....
Kunes won't be a problem keeping them in with your set up. They do not root like a commercial hog. I have American Guinea Hogs in a similar arrangement.
Yeah these are a small domestic heritage breed. They’ll probably max out at 180. They don’t root like bigger breeds which is a main reason we chose them. Also the meat is amazing.
Fairly new to your channel, still catching up on them Lol. Opportunities always come through when you think your not ready. We don't ever know what tomorrow will bring, and should always grab those opportunities when they come. In the end you see you were ready and made it happen!!
Congratulations with getting the pigs. I know that's what I would have done! I started watching because you taught me how to have chickens and now I don't miss a thing. Thanks for all you 've taught
I was wondering if you guys could do a video about how you feel emotionally at slaughter time? I am very interested in raising my own meat( both poultry and potentially pigs and goats) but I feel like I would have a hard time eating the animal after having raised it(I think it’s the quintessential American “pet mindset”) I am interested in perspective from people who are actually experiencing this. I am also interested in how slaughter goes. I know you mention that they will be sent off to be processed (which probably helps emotionally) but will you ever consider slaughtering/butchering yourselves to make it more cost effective. I love your videos and I appreciate that you share so much with us! I find them encouraging and very helpful!
We raised our own beef and I wondered if we would feel bad when bringing to slaughter. They are loads of work and can be a bit scary. I found it very rewarding. I keep in mind that my animals live their lives on pasture and are humanely processed by a very small processor. Most of the meat people eat came from animals treated like crap in cramped cages and were processed by multinational corporations that have no loyalty to America.
When opportunities come, you gotta snatch them up. We got sheep about a month ago and we weren't fully set up for them. We already had strands of electric wire for our pigs so I added a couple more a little farther up. Made a quick shelter and brought them home. This week I've been getting a welded wire fence up for the boys and rearranging the electric wire for the girls. So I know pretty much how you guys feel. Excitement about the new livestock but added work that you weren't expecting.
Good move, definitely the pigs :) great video- we were exactly the same, not planning pigs until our 2nd year of homesteading as we had infrastructure priorities, but within the 2nd month of moving onto the land we had 2 Kune Kune pigs (cupcake and muffin). they are such lovely animals, very friendly and great at clearing the ground - you wont regret getting them.
Yay! I was right! Pigs are so fun! This will be our 4th year raising pigs and it really is a joy to see our happy hogs run up to the fence when we do chores. Im hoping in the next few years we can get a breeding pair.
What on earth did people do before pallets? I didn't know you could do so many things with pallets until I started watching UA-cam. Hope you all are doing well
I like the approach you have taken because the skills you learn over the next few months will help you with your future barn layout, if you keep growing them you will have real life experience on their life habits and how to adapt them to your future plans and if you decide not to keep them you will know what you don't need in the future - Good move on your part!!
My first thought was Jamie doubting she could ever love a pig! Lol.. We'll see. Having a gleam in her eye just mentioning "bacon".. I'm guessing she'll be down with it! Great work guys.
Get the pigs. Your friends own them so you have a reliable source for help/advice. You are both intelligent and practical people. No problem. Thanks from Australia 🐨🐨
You handled this issue really well. They are so cute and very noisy. Nice building with the pallets. Good luck with the three piggies. Oh......try going to Lumnah Acres.....he raises pigs and knows all about butchering. He lives in New Hampshire. Great carpenter and raises chickens plus a few pigs.
I got 2 piglets about that size in the winter. I was so worried that they would get too cold but I just filled their shelter with hay and they burrowed right in, covering themselves completely and were just fine.
My husband and I had lived in the city our whole lives until we moved with our 7 kids to an acre in the country. We were there just a week when someone offered us 3 free bum lambs. We didn't have a clue but we took them. That sure was fun and such a great memory! Lambs in a box in our basement, hardly bigger than our cats.
We make plans and then life happens. If an opportunity arises you have to go with it. It happened for a reason I believe. Good Luck, I life vicariously through you, I live in a small townhome and have a concrete18 X 18 backyard that gets hardly any sun and I am in my 60's so things aren't likely to change at this point, but you never know. Carry on as you are I so enjoy your videos.
Didn't see this one coming...or did you?! So would YOU get the pigs or would you have more patience than us? Let us know! More info in the description. Thanks for watching!
I know we are looking for land to homestead and this is the breed of pig i have researched for our land :) So yes we would get the pigs for the meat
Oh go for it get the pigs! Mom raised pigs when I was a kid. They are extremely smart!! You can teach them lots. Sad when it's time for them to go. But bacon is oh so good!
I remember Jeremy saying once...somewhere...the wildest success he had in life was just jumping right in...or something like that? Didn't he say something like that? I don't do instagram but, I did look you up under your name and saw the cattle panels. Hmmmm is what I thought. LOL I haven't finished watching the video yet. But, y'all keep on "playing" and I'll keep on watching. Succeed or fail...you guys are going to learn something from this. And you will eat some MEAT while you do it. You're a good animal momma. You'll figure it out! :) Keep on shining!
I know all about the poor timing of everything. Don't worry about the pigs.....pretty much self sustaining (there's a pig bomb for a reason)
I would jump at the chance in this instance. Just do your best in the moment.
Oh that 30 random facts reference cracked me up! The reaction was priceless. I'm watching as I relax for bed. The whole house is quiet....until that part. I laughed so loud. Thankfully everyone is a heavy sleeper.
Life doesn't follow our perfectly designed plans all the time. You had a great opportunity and you took advantage! At least you don't have to worry about possibly having to take it down because of the neighbors following some obscure ordinance! 🙂
I love how many hard workers are "playing" at homesteading. You made the right decision and are living your dream.❤️
We raise Kune Kune in NZ and would not hesitate in getting them in. Belly rubs are like a drug to these cute bacon bits...they will collapse, fall over .I use them to clear the land and they are the best animal for a small block owner...Muscovie ducks are also highly recommended..we have 20 pigs and 40 ducks...culled every year..down to 5..we live in a straw bale home , 2 storey, earth roof..also a straw bale Sauna...grow all our own meat,veg, and fish from the river,,
"Got stuff to play at homesteading"....LMAO. I see you saw or heard about that video. That comment made my day. Nice video.
"Got some stuff so we can play Homesteading" NICE, LOL! Oh and fence within a fence, great idea.
Jeremy amazes me.... he can figure out a solution for almost anything. Good work!
I know. Give Jeremy a pile of pallets and a few tools and no telling what will emerge. I'm hoping the new house manages to have some pallets worked in somewhere. I'd like a pallet wall myself.
The animals are a great distraction from the stress of building a house.~TM
Jaime and Jeremy, How exciting !! When an opportunity arises sometimes you just have to go with it. (our to do list changes on a daily basis as things happen on the homestead ). Pigs are great and very easy !! I also researched a lot before getting our first pig. Yes Sugar Mountain Farms has some great info !! Pretty Yorkshires too.
Here is what I learned after raising two pigs---one at a time...but everyone has their own way of course.. this worked for us....
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...Pigs can be happy alone in a 16X16 pen with a 3 sided shelter IF your dogs, chickens, and husband (or kiddos ) spend a little time with them every day. We keep our dogs out of everyones pen !! Pigs are smart. Piglets get used to chickens dogs and people. Do not hand feed them. They have very poor eye sight but a great sense of smell. If they smell those strawberries on your hand, they could make a mistake. We washed our hands before petting our pigs and were very careful. A bit fearful too when they got bigger. I wouldn't go in the pen the last few months we had them for fear of Piggie stepping on my foot. I have heard of a pig biting a duck and killing it. (check out Beckys Homestead vids on pigs. I think it was her duck or hen that the pig killed ?) But I have 3 free ranging ducks and 14 hens and a Roo that went into the pig pen all the time. Every day. Never any aggression or problems. I guess every pig is different so judge yours as you raise them. I did feed my pig bananas threw the hog fence, as they are Long. The last nub got throw in. Sniff sniff..
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We fed our pig Breakfast Lunch and Dinner in a hog dish and put Extras in the hog meal and pellets (yes we fed both meal And pellets..story behind that )... This gave my retired hubs something (else) to do :). And gave the pig some company !! Troughs cause wasted food the way we were trying to do it. Rain got in too. So the hog pan worked. You have 3 so I don't know. No onions. No citrus. Limited chocolate. (LOL Wilma loved cookies and a guy working on our new shed gave her a twinkie out of his lunch box once. ..yum) No raw potatoes. The first few days of each month, we put a crushed garlic clove and fresh rosemary smushed into a golf ball sized piece of banana, mashed potato, mashed sweet potato or whatever. I heard it helps to keep down internal and external parasites/worms. We also sprinkled the dinner lightly with Food Grade DE almost every night. After raking out hay from his house we sprinkled dirt with DE. Then added some more hay/straw. No worms at time of butchering per the butcher !!!!!!
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Those plastic kiddie pools are a waste of money and hard to dump out. Wilma--our first Yorkshire- white (I call it pink ) crushed that little kiddie pool when she was like 4 months old !! We got the same black stock one you guys got for our most recent pig- Frankie, A Yorkshire -Hampshire cross, castrated male. Frankie liked to lay in his black stock tank. (we live in FL).. Clean water every day. We used a hose with a dog lick on it for Wilma. Frankie just liked his stock tank. We tried pails and the dog lick on the end of a hose... but nope. He tried to bathe in the small pail and crushed it.
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...Those green metal things holding up your hog panels will work for a very short time. they like to Rub their whole bodies against the fence. 1 pig will knock it down..3 will take out the whole fence !! LOL. Do you have oak trees or even pine might work..cut down trees the size of Jeremy's ankle in diameter or my hubs says 3-4 " in diameter.. Cut into 6 foot lengths. Bury them into ground 2 feet deep. Put the hog panels on the Inside!!!! and use those fencing horse shoe shaped nails 1 1/2 inches to secure. We used 4 posts per panel. You don't have to worry about how long the cut trees will last. You'll prob only have those pigs 5 months to 7 months before butchering. Or we bought those round posts for Frankies pen this last time at TSC. We take down the pig pen and tractor it after each pig. We don't put it back up in the same place.
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Pigs squeal when their feet are Off the ground. (guess they know they are heavy and afraid someone is gonna drop them ?) They like having their feet on the ground. They will be reluctant to walk up a trailer or ramp that they can see threw. Hubs had to put a piece of tarp on our trailer ramp and screw down a few 2X4;s to keep tarp in place. Then we threw some dirt on the tarp/ramp. No problem getting them to walk up ramp onto trailer. Food in the trailer helped too. Sniff Sniff.
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Wilma loved Blueberries. All fruit really (no citrus )And potatoes or sweet potatoes chopped up and boiled until barely soft.. I always saved her my sweet potato skins. And yes, I cut them up a bit. And everything else when she got older.
Frankie loved hard boiled eggs. And everything else when he got a bit older.
... Wilma weighed 264 at 8 1/2 months old at the butcher. Frankie weighed 362 at 9 months old at butcher.
Wilma was our first pig and Filled up our large upright freezer! Don't forget to ask the butcher for the pig fat to render into Lard.
Frankie filled up our Large upright freezer And the freezer part of our refrigerator !! Oops long post. Sorry. I enjoyed raising the pigs !! Best wishes.
I really enjoyed that information.
Lot if great info there. Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences 👍🏻
Homestead In The Woods,
Thanks for sharing your experience! It is obvious that you definitely enjoy raising pigs. Great info.
Land Sakes! Get the pigs! We had two castrated males with their tusks cut. We built our workshop first in 1979 on our 20 acres. Lived in that while we built the house. We brought along our favorite farm animals. We constructed a decent pig run out of sturdy pallets and built a solid pig shelter. Use the shelter for something else down the line. Think 1970s... What fun we had! Our adventure was only documented by faded photos, but yours will be an awesome video journey!
I think you made the right call! Sometimes we can over plan and miss out on amazing opportunities due to fear! Good luck to you and the three little pigs! BTW they are adorable!
our livestock dog had 8 pups 3 weeks ago....we are in east tn. you guys come get it, no charge! 4 boys 4 girls. mama is border collie mix, papa full on husky. mom and g-mom great stock dogs!
I think it's great to jump right in! There will always be reasons to wait. If an opportunity presents itself you got to go for it.
When we moved to our homestead 4 yrs ago our housewarming presents from the neighbors was 2 brooding hens and 16 fertile eggs. We had no fence no coop no nothing but seeing now we had hens and eggs we had no choice but to put up fence and build a coop out of pallets and rough cut lumber from our trees. Then their nanny goat had twins they named them after us..yep..Debbie n Steve and then gave us Steve the baby goat. No fence no barn no nothing again so we had to make all of that happen and we did. Neither of us had building experience at all but took on the challenge. When they got cattle..we prepared for the outcome of having cattle. Looking back it was great that we stepped outside of our plans to take on these challenges because now we have 2 acre's in pasture 2 barns and we raise beef cattle. Its all done and we no longer have to do all of those things. It was a blessing in disguise. In my opinion if an opportunity knocks on your door..answer it :-)
Jump in with both feet! No time like the present. You'll get shelters etc., soon enough. Those piggies are so cute! 🐷🐖🐽
Getting the pigs was irresistible. They will fit in nicely with your plans and spring is (slowly) on its way when you can tackle some fencing and housing issues for them. Another page in the adventure!
You should look into a donkey. We went to this sheep farm for homeschool and instead of a LGD they had a donkey they said because they are cheaper, they are much more likely to defend against cougars than dogs and you didn’t have to train a donkey to do their protection as you would for a dog.
It was Nemnich Sheep farm in Arlington/Derrington WA, you can message them in fb if you want better details. I know nothing about it but thought it was very interesting.
Ha!!! This video made my day! So very glad you decided to get the piggies and looking forward to piggy videos! One thing I'm working on this year, is not to let perfection get in the way of progress. If we wait until everything is "perfect," it won't happen. This was a great example! Rock on!! 🤘
Yay kunekune babies🐽 an awesome video and really funny too. Well done Jeremy, I think he's liking them more than he thought he would. They look super cute and the enclosure and pen looks cool. The chickens will have new friends. I think the chickens want a pen too😂. Yes Jamie I would have definitely got them. No time link the present. Lovely video 🐔🐖
Very nice pigs Jamie. They look healthy. I say there is nothing better in life than a good opportunity. So yeah, I would have done exactly what you did. And as you mentioned at the end of your video, these pigs are going to make short work of tilling and fertilizing that area for a very fertile future garden. And the chickens can follow there, cleaning up the insects and such, after you process the pigs. I'd say there's some divine timing in all this. :-) Nice job on the pig shelter Jeremy.
Congrats on your piggies - opportunity knocked you have to open that door !!
You guys crack me up. I laughed so hard when Jamie got stuck in the cage! And then Jeremy was working on the oinker crib! And then playing with the tail! He likes them!
Yes, definitely go with the pigs! When opportunity knocks...
I would have jumped at the opportunity. Our pig fun started with a breeding pair and 7 piglets of American Guinea Hogs. Three to try out is a wise move.
New subscriber ❤️ I’ve been binge watching your channel all day! We just bought 10 acres with a super cute 1950s farmhouse in N.C. we’re so excited to start homesteading and I love all of your videos. I think chickens will be first and I learned a lot from your beginner video! I’m happy to see even though you had a lot of hard obstacles you’re still working hard at homesteading. You’re an inspirational couple and I appreciate all the videos they’re great!!! Good luck with the piggies can’t wait for more updates on them and watching them grow. 🐷
Welcome!
We did start a homestead from scratch. For animals, chickens came first, pigs second, meat birds third. We started everything with a half acre garden while we completely rebuilt the house. You just learn that nothing sustainable will happen unless you multi-task a bit. You’ll feel pulled in a zillion different directions but nothing about this is linear.
Isn’t that the truth
We would definitely go with the piggies... they are a "ton" of fun... LOL!!! They are incredibly smart... they NEVER potty in their house and are very easy to train. The hard part is in the harvesting... they tend to become a part of the family... especially when you name them!!! We always name ours.... Bacon, Ham, Roast, Chop, etc.... LOL!!!! Thanks for sharing!
Pigs are great rutters. They'll have that ground mellow in no time. We used to castrate and clip our pigs teeth and tails ourselves when they were born, or not too soon after. They can be very stubborn animals, but I have a feeling you'll be fine. Yes, I would have gotten them if I'd have had your opportunity.
Glad you chose the pigs. It shows you are not rigid and can adjust with what comes your way. You will need that ability as you progress. Good on you!
"Got some stuff so we can play homesteading " lol
Ready, Fire, Aim! If it feels right, go for it. You two (four) know what you're doing. All the best!
LOL "Do you all remember that 30 facts about us video? Specifically this part...." XD oh my goodness you guys crack me up!
I think it's great. It's as if a door opened for you to get some pigs at a time when you were able to prepare a pen
and shelter for them. It's as if you were suppose to have pigs now rather than later as you originally planned. I
think its fun when experiences happen this way.
I would do exactly what you did. Sometimes, "you gotta strike while the iron is hot " Great job on the impromptu shelter Jeremy. I don't eat pork, but they do look tasty...lol.
My husband and I say "we would get the pigs!" LOL We also would castrate them but, that is just us what we would do. We both have worked on hog farms so that is why we would castrate. I'm looking forward to your adventure with these cuties and your harvest. Thank you so much for this fantastic update! Two thumbs up! :)
YAS!! PIGS!!!! BOOM...or lil boom..btw I love KuneKunes...awesome breed!
They are super cool 😎
LMAO!! @ 3:55 Jeremy says "got some stuff so we can PLAY AT HOMESTEADING" That's a hilarious little jab. Love your videos and resolve to follow your dreams.
Things don't always go to plan...sometimes they go better 🐷🐷🐷
Waited till the morning so I could watch this on the TV! Lol I was so excited when I saw the title. This episode really made me laugh, you guys rock. Love the teamwork. I can only imagine building something like that with my husband, he would have about 10 meltdowns then it would go unfinished for 3 weeks lol. Thanks for sharing! Love your channel
I've always thought if you wait until you're totally ready for something.. you end up waiting too long because there are always things you can do to make it better, so you end up putting things off even more. Now that you have pigs it will force your hand to actually DO, instead of plan plan plan. Not sure if that makes sense, but I think you made the correct decision.
When I see most videos that are over seven minutes I skip by.
When I see your videos, especially longer then ten minutes I click and watch.
You guys are just always interesting and never boring.
Keep the great videos coming. :)
Thanks Chuck 😊
I cringe when they start to get over 10 minutes but I just can’t help it hahahaha.
Your new homestead is much like ours. A building was already on the property, which we made our home for now. We moved into our livestock pretty quick. Just chickens and goats for now. But yea, if we were offered pigs we would, even though it's not in the immediate plans.
You know my thoughts on this - I love me some pigs and because it was a good opportunity, why not?
The set up with the electrified fence on the outside is perfect. Once you have your livestock guardian dog (You totally need one, you know:), you'll be able to train the pigs to hot wire and move them around to help you work your land.
I've also heard that KuneKune pigs develop a little later than your regular heritage breed and boar taint isn't an issue until sexual maturity anyway, so you're probably fine either way. Such cute little faces on those piggies!
Thanks for the mention!
Thanks for the tip! Looking forward to seeing what you guys do over your way 😊
Best to start right away with pigs for the exact reason you stated. That will all be a garden next year. The soil will be hot. Rhubarb is a good 1st crop, it keeps down weeds with it's broad leaves and can tolerate hot soil until it's composted better.
I think you did the right thing. Getting animals are like having kids...if you wait until you can afford them or are ready for them you’ll never have them.
Umm yeah, im going to need a daily pig routine video by Tuesday k thanks❤❤❤❤❤
The chickens are like, "Oh, you're building us a shelter! Neat! What do you mean, get out of here?"
It will be well worthwhile to grow a lot of greens like chard, cabbage, comfrey or corn and underground crops, potatoes, turnips sugarbeet to feed the pigs.
Kumekune pigs come from New Zealand, where I live, they tend to have a lot of fat when butchered, I'm talking 6 to 8 inches of fat, there are ways of cutting that fat down, but otherwise get the buter to cut that fat off, and send it back to you, then you can render it down and use the lard for cooking... its good.
One other use for lard is to make a healing salve for anything cuts your animals might get. Cook it in a can outside over a fire and add stir in kerosene. once it cools down but the salve into sealed tins,.
Honest it will heal any skin injury, the kerosene heals the skin, but also stops the flies from getting the the wound, and laying maggot eggs.
No question. I'd get the pigs. Sounds like a great impromptu plan; I love that pig crib.
Hugs, and keep on playing.
08.40 " as long as you can get them a place to keep varm&dry and pass out"...said in that dry, matter of fact like way, so Jeremy, and So true
KuneKune's!!! I want them so bad! Don't blame you for grabbing that opportunity!
Your hubbie always seems so chill.
I love it when the unplanned becomes the plan. You did what I would have done... 3 little pigs! Love It! My fav is the little spotty one. This is such a wonderful video. I learned something about hog panels that I'm ashamed to tell you LOL. But watching the guys put to panels on the truck was an oh my gosh minute. I can't believe I didn't think of that myself. Now I'm on a mission. I'm also interested in seeing how big these guys get too! If they don't get too big they might be the right ones for us. Love the hoghouse for the little piggies too!
They get about 120-150 in 12 months. Bigger if you let then go longer but overall a small pig
Plan, schlan. They are going to make you smile every day! With all of the hard work ahead, you will need that. :) Very excited to watch them grow!
Opportunity knocks. I'd take the pigs. 👍
Yep, I'd do the same ....one thing Ive learned after 71 yrs on this planet is NOT TO STOP AT EVRY YELLOW LIGHT , or you'll miss out on so much. just go for it guys....love your videos, watch em two three times over,....Rob
lumah acres raises pigs and has a great set up
Start with the pigs and animals. You have somewhere to live, like you said they can prep the land for your garden. You need to eat. Love your little piggies and their squeaks and grunts. There will be to talk about in your videos. Love what you guys are doing
Not sure how well versed you are in raising pigs but you may want to dig down your hog panels about a foot to 18 inches. A pigs favorite pastime is to root, and will root escape holes everywhere possible. As they get older, bigger, and heaver you may want to rethink your posts. We butchered off our pigs last fall and are relocating the pig pen this year taking with us all the hard lessons learned for our new stock. We will be using 48" x 16' hog panels doubling them by burying one two feet in the ground and using the other at ground level around the entire pen. Gates will be raising style instead of swinging gates. Posts will all be 4" x 4" x 8' treated sank into the ground 30". Just sharing a few lessons learned....
What breed were you raising?
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living Hamshire and Yorkshire. Our largest male butchered out at just under 700 pounds. He was 3 years old.
Kunes won't be a problem keeping them in with your set up. They do not root like a commercial hog. I have American Guinea Hogs in a similar arrangement.
Yeah these are a small domestic heritage breed. They’ll probably max out at 180. They don’t root like bigger breeds which is a main reason we chose them. Also the meat is amazing.
The chickens think the Niebuhr hood just went down hill. Love the video if you wait you will be waiting a long time. Go for it
Fairly new to your channel, still catching up on them Lol. Opportunities always come through when you think your not ready. We don't ever know what tomorrow will bring, and should always grab those opportunities when they come. In the end you see you were ready and made it happen!!
Congratulations with getting the pigs. I know that's what I would have done! I started watching because you taught me how to have chickens and now I don't miss a thing. Thanks for all you 've taught
I was wondering if you guys could do a video about how you feel emotionally at slaughter time? I am very interested in raising my own meat( both poultry and potentially pigs and goats) but I feel like I would have a hard time eating the animal after having raised it(I think it’s the quintessential American “pet mindset”) I am interested in perspective from people who are actually experiencing this. I am also interested in how slaughter goes. I know you mention that they will be sent off to be processed (which probably helps emotionally) but will you ever consider slaughtering/butchering yourselves to make it more cost effective. I love your videos and I appreciate that you share so much with us! I find them encouraging and very helpful!
We raised our own beef and I wondered if we would feel bad when bringing to slaughter. They are loads of work and can be a bit scary. I found it very rewarding. I keep in mind that my animals live their lives on pasture and are humanely processed by a very small processor. Most of the meat people eat came from animals treated like crap in cramped cages and were processed by multinational corporations that have no loyalty to America.
When opportunities come, you gotta snatch them up. We got sheep about a month ago and we weren't fully set up for them. We already had strands of electric wire for our pigs so I added a couple more a little farther up. Made a quick shelter and brought them home. This week I've been getting a welded wire fence up for the boys and rearranging the electric wire for the girls. So I know pretty much how you guys feel. Excitement about the new livestock but added work that you weren't expecting.
wait a minute? sticks and straw? I hope you don't have any wolves close bye or Jeremy will have to rebuild that shelter with some bricks, lol
lol!!!
3 little pigs joke lol
I always just jump right in and get everything settled after. It has served me well. You was presented with an opportunity and you took it.
There's one big problem with making plans 🤔 ...... Life . Roll with it and do your best .
There’s a saying. “Life is what happens while you’re making other plans”. 😏
They make such a cute noise. So cute. You made the right choice and you made a beautiful home for them.
When opportunity rears its head....strike. (I would have taken the pigs, too.) :)
Good move, definitely the pigs :) great video- we were exactly the same, not planning pigs until our 2nd year of homesteading as we had infrastructure priorities, but within the 2nd month of moving onto the land we had 2 Kune Kune pigs (cupcake and muffin). they are such lovely animals, very friendly and great at clearing the ground - you wont regret getting them.
Mother Therasa said it......Dont stop at every orange light in life just because you're scared of failure
Yay! I was right! Pigs are so fun! This will be our 4th year raising pigs and it really is a joy to see our happy hogs run up to the fence when we do chores. Im hoping in the next few years we can get a breeding pair.
What on earth did people do before pallets? I didn't know you could do so many things with pallets until I started watching UA-cam. Hope you all are doing well
I like the approach you have taken because the skills you learn over the next few months will help you with your future barn layout, if you keep growing them you will have real life experience on their life habits and how to adapt them to your future plans and if you decide not to keep them you will know what you don't need in the future - Good move on your part!!
Your buddy Jason from cog hill will have you covered with info
My first thought was Jamie doubting she could ever love a pig! Lol.. We'll see. Having a gleam in her eye just mentioning "bacon".. I'm guessing she'll be down with it! Great work guys.
Go for it - jump on in
Do everything when the opportunity arises. Build as you go. Plant as you go. Well done and good luck!
I would have gotten the pigs too..... if we always waited for the perfect time, most things would never happen.
Get the pigs. Your friends own them so you have a reliable source for help/advice. You are both intelligent and practical people. No problem. Thanks from Australia 🐨🐨
Jump on it when the opportunity presents itself.
You did the right thing. There is an old country saying, "opportunity knocks, answer the challenge!"
😂😂😂 Jeremy's dig at PLFL "play homesteading" comment.
Micah Watson Jeremy is the man. He can play homesteading before he builds timber framed house. :)
People get over yourselves the term used to be hobby farmers. Words mean nothing compared to what you accomplish
Oh course you chose the pigs! You are a Homesteader!! You will figure this out, one must eat in order to sustain yourself to build a house! 😃
Put the pigs where you want a garden they will till it and fertilize it
Very smart using your electric fencing for predator control! We are so enjoying watching.
Oh my goodness, they are so stink'in cute......
You handled this issue really well. They are so cute and very noisy. Nice building with the pallets. Good luck with the three piggies. Oh......try going to Lumnah Acres.....he raises pigs and knows all about butchering. He lives in New Hampshire. Great carpenter and raises chickens plus a few pigs.
Go for the pigs cause we're never really ready now are we????
The pigs are adorable, I don't think I could have resisted them either. I'm sure you'll manage just fine!
Piggies!! Totally would have gotten the pigs 🐷 🐽
I got 2 piglets about that size in the winter. I was so worried that they would get too cold but I just filled their shelter with hay and they burrowed right in, covering themselves completely and were just fine.
Definitly the pigs
Those pulled nails have a way of turning back up at the most inconvenient times so I toss each one as I pull it into an old paint can.
LOL "PLAY AT HOMESTEADING"! Too funny!
I'd go for the pigs... If you wait until the time is right, for anything, you'll never get anything done!
Way to go guys... and love your channel!
I love bacon too..
My husband and I had lived in the city our whole lives until we moved with our 7 kids to an acre in the country. We were there just a week when someone offered us 3 free bum lambs. We didn't have a clue but we took them. That sure was fun and such a great memory! Lambs in a box in our basement, hardly bigger than our cats.
play homesteading! LOL
i guess everybody has heard about that?
We make plans and then life happens. If an opportunity arises you have to go with it. It happened for a reason I believe. Good Luck, I life vicariously through you, I live in a small townhome and have a concrete18 X 18 backyard that gets hardly any sun and I am in my 60's so things aren't likely to change at this point, but you never know. Carry on as you are I so enjoy your videos.