Hog pens and shelters can be cheap; even if you have to buy all your materials. Gary shows his favorite cheap hog pen and shelter. #growyourownfood #pigs #PathwaysHomestead
great video thanks for the advice , 2 pigs wandered onto my farm and i convinced my dad that we could house them easily with a bit of determination this video helped ! also is there a giant cat wandering round in the back !!??
Hello 👋 sir. Great fast video right to the point. Have a question I’m wanting to help my kids get some pigs 🐖 to raise to butcher for winter meat. Question what would you recommend th buying weight to be around ?? An then how long does it approximately take to get them to butchering weight. An what weight do you recommend that weight to be. Sure we will have a couple more questions lol 😂 but thanks 🙏🏻 very very much god blessed 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I have 5 acres Upstate New York. Mostly woods. But i want to start pigs next spring. I was just searching for shelter ideas and found your video and ended up subscribing. As someone else asked about the cold. Here it gets waaay colder than by you and winter lasts like 6 or 7 months. I’m kind of worried but it’s totally doable. My neighbor down the road does a large scale pig operation and that’s how she makes her living . I have soo much research to do and so many questions. I want to do it for meat for the family and to sell. I have no idea where to start. But it’ll be alright.
When we lived in NE Wyoming, we hung a scrap piece of carpet over the front and packed it full of hay or straw. The hogs would lift the carpet with their snouts. You might start with 2 feeder pigs in the spring and feed them through to fall. That will build your experience and help ease your over wintering concerns. When you get comfortable, you can add breeding stock, if that's your goal. Welcome to our UA-cam Family.
Some pigs root more than others. We like to add grass clippings, weeds pulled from the garden, old hay, and food scraps to keep them busy. Keeping them plenty of stuff to root in as well as making sure they have plenty to eat helps. If we have a hog that fights the fence too hard, we put a single strand of electric fence about 6 inches in from the fence and 4 to 6 inches high. In this video we had a batch of piglets that were escaping and getting out onto the county road. ua-cam.com/video/sRlfFnT0qBY/v-deo.htmlsi=pWT4iK4qnXdcBUyw
Thanks! We are in zone 6a. We do get below zero a few days in the winter and see triple didgets in the summer (Fahrenheit). We plan on moving this pen as well as training them to electric fence so we can pasture them. Right now we feed them grass clippings, weeds from the garden, and hog feed.
We face ours south to block the north wind. But our hogs move it to more southeastern direction. We had a really bad wind storm (76 mph winds) and lost both of our hog houses. So now we have to rebuild. New video soon.
You don't need electric for hogs. Our current pens do not use electric. We have panels, posts, and their shelters. We use straw or hay for bedding. They waller into the hay and use it like a blanket. The most important thing with hogs is water. In the winter They need a good drink at least once a day. More in the summer. In the summer they need a waller (mud hole) and drinking water available at all times.
@@PathwaysHomestead thank you for replying. Our plan is to move the pigs from paddock to paddock on the out skirts of the other animals. I read that the smell of them keeps the fox and coyotes away. But was afraid that without electric they would be getting out.
It can be done without electricity. You will need to fence each paddock with good hog wire and rotate them often, depending on the amount of forage in each paddock. Which will vary depending on the time of year/growth cycle of your forage. We use solar fence chargers we found at a garage sale, when we pasture them. I need to work on training Spotty and get her moved over to the Big Garden. I should have already done it and be getting ready to move her out. But I'm running behind. Animals need to be trained to hot wire by putting up hot wire in their existing pen. That way they can't push through it. We place a hot wire just a few inches inside their pen. We really need to do a video on this. Several folks have asked questions along this subject. Thanks for the encouragement. I'm excited for you homestead journey! Blessings!-Cyndi
Well don’t you think you should close the front up a little bit That would give them a dry place to lay If you don’t think you don’t need to do that you are a farmer A good farmer does everything he needs to do To make a dry place for them to sleep
😂We are in a hot dry climate. So shade and ventilation are important. We receive most of our moisture from the north and west. Houses are positioned accordingly. We do close it in with used carpet and add straw for bedding in the winter. Thanks for watching! Blessings
Great video ! I am just starting my homesteading journey and always look for content like this that makes me learn. Thank you.
Awesome! May your Homestead be Blessed!
thank you for your video, i have 3 pigs and am not good at building things, your video was a huge help to me, thank you, God Bless
We are just beginning our homesteading journey; thanks for sharing your knowledge and encouragement!
Fantastic! Blessings on your journey! Feel free to ask questions!
@@PathwaysHomestead Hello, how are you, can I talk to you about farming, raising cows?
Sure
@@PathwaysHomestead America needs volunteers in agriculture
This REALLY makes me want to get some pigs! I just replaced my hot water heater, I might have to make a feeder out of it!
Yes! Hot water heaters make great feeders and waterers!
Great video, original, love it, simple, and getting ready myself for some pigs 🐖 thanks 👍
Thanks!
So glad I found your channel. I can’t wait to share with my husband!
Thanks Deanna! Welcome to our Family!
Great info brother, thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
We are getting ready to get some pigs again. Great hog pen and shelter. Blessings my friends
Thanks! Blessings
Awesome job, y'all!!!! The piggies are so cute!!! They sure have gotten big since we were there last!!!
Thanks! They are growing by leaps and bounds!
@@PathwaysHomestead Yes, do you know someone who has a farm looking for volunteers?
Yes @Natural Gramma needs volunteers badly.
@@PathwaysHomestead Thank you so much
Very Interesting, bro....inspiring
Thanks!
great video thanks for the advice , 2 pigs wandered onto my farm and i convinced my dad that we could house them easily with a bit of determination this video helped ! also is there a giant cat wandering round in the back !!??
Thanks! Glad we can help! That is a large tom cat hunting in the background. His name is Marshall Dillon.
Hello 👋 sir. Great fast video right to the point. Have a question I’m wanting to help my kids get some pigs 🐖 to raise to butcher for winter meat. Question what would you recommend th buying weight to be around ?? An then how long does it approximately take to get them to butchering weight. An what weight do you recommend that weight to be. Sure we will have a couple more questions lol 😂 but thanks 🙏🏻 very very much god blessed 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I have 5 acres Upstate New York. Mostly woods. But i want to start pigs next spring. I was just searching for shelter ideas and found your video and ended up subscribing. As someone else asked about the cold. Here it gets waaay colder than by you and winter lasts like 6 or 7 months. I’m kind of worried but it’s totally doable. My neighbor down the road does a large scale pig operation and that’s how she makes her living . I have soo much research to do and so many questions. I want to do it for meat for the family and to sell. I have no idea where to start. But it’ll be alright.
When we lived in NE Wyoming, we hung a scrap piece of carpet over the front and packed it full of hay or straw. The hogs would lift the carpet with their snouts.
You might start with 2 feeder pigs in the spring and feed them through to fall. That will build your experience and help ease your over wintering concerns.
When you get comfortable, you can add breeding stock, if that's your goal.
Welcome to our UA-cam Family.
@@PathwaysHomestead Thank you very much for your encouragement and confidence. 😊
Subscribed today will catch up on videos tale care
Welcome!
How to do you keep them from rooting underneath the fence?
Some pigs root more than others. We like to add grass clippings, weeds pulled from the garden, old hay, and food scraps to keep them busy. Keeping them plenty of stuff to root in as well as making sure they have plenty to eat helps. If we have a hog that fights the fence too hard, we put a single strand of electric fence about 6 inches in from the fence and 4 to 6 inches high. In this video we had a batch of piglets that were escaping and getting out onto the county road.
ua-cam.com/video/sRlfFnT0qBY/v-deo.htmlsi=pWT4iK4qnXdcBUyw
Great video! Thanks a lot
Good pig enclosure brother
Thanks!
It is a nice pen and shelter.
Thanks!
Great video thanks
Thanks Paul!
Good job 👍
How cold does it get where you are ? & do you move their pen or pasture them ?
Thanks! We are in zone 6a. We do get below zero a few days in the winter and see triple didgets in the summer (Fahrenheit). We plan on moving this pen as well as training them to electric fence so we can pasture them. Right now we feed them grass clippings, weeds from the garden, and hog feed.
Which direction should opening for shelter be facing? North or south?
We face ours south to block the north wind. But our hogs move it to more southeastern direction. We had a really bad wind storm (76 mph winds) and lost both of our hog houses. So now we have to rebuild. New video soon.
@@PathwaysHomestead thank you
You're welcome!
Nice idea bro
Thanks!
@@PathwaysHomestead i also love raising pig's in the province of the Philippines bro
Cool!
@@PathwaysHomestead thanks bro keep safe bro take care
Thank you so much! God bless you!
Oh my god the one with the spots!
She was my (Cyndi) favorite too!
Keep it up.
Thanks
What did you use for a door?
No doors on hog pen. If you need a gate, you just untie a panel at a corner.
I wish hog panels were still less then 20 bucks
Nope. The price of everything has gone up drastically since we shot this video.
I just got some hog panels. Up here in Canada the panels are $52 each .
😮 that's twice the price as here in Kansas! Love Canada but don't think I could afford to live there!
Pathways Homestead I keep thinking how much I would love to move south. I visit a lot and hate to leave.
Totally understand!
$32 in Idaho. 3-12-2022
The price has risen here. They're around $30 now compared to $23 this time last year. Thanks for watching Jade!
No electric? I want to get some pigs, but don't want to use electric.
You don't need electric for hogs. Our current pens do not use electric. We have panels, posts, and their shelters. We use straw or hay for bedding. They waller into the hay and use it like a blanket.
The most important thing with hogs is water. In the winter They need a good drink at least once a day. More in the summer. In the summer they need a waller (mud hole) and drinking water available at all times.
@@PathwaysHomestead thank you for replying. Our plan is to move the pigs from paddock to paddock on the out skirts of the other animals. I read that the smell of them keeps the fox and coyotes away. But was afraid that without electric they would be getting out.
It can be done without electricity. You will need to fence each paddock with good hog wire and rotate them often, depending on the amount of forage in each paddock. Which will vary depending on the time of year/growth cycle of your forage.
We use solar fence chargers we found at a garage sale, when we pasture them. I need to work on training Spotty and get her moved over to the Big Garden. I should have already done it and be getting ready to move her out. But I'm running behind. Animals need to be trained to hot wire by putting up hot wire in their existing pen. That way they can't push through it. We place a hot wire just a few inches inside their pen.
We really need to do a video on this.
Several folks have asked questions along this subject.
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm excited for you homestead journey!
Blessings!-Cyndi
Well don’t you think you should close the front up a little bit
That would give them a dry place to lay
If you don’t think you don’t need to do that you are a farmer
A good farmer does everything he needs to do
To make a dry place for them to sleep
😂We are in a hot dry climate. So shade and ventilation are important. We receive most of our moisture from the north and west. Houses are positioned accordingly. We do close it in with used carpet and add straw for bedding in the winter.
Thanks for watching! Blessings
Hard to hear your valuable info
Nice pen, bet if you don't move it regularly it will stink.
We use lots of hay, wheat straw, and grass to help with the stink