Training and Farrowing Pen for Hogs - The FHC Show, ep 43
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- Опубліковано 21 гру 2023
- The most challenging aspect of raising hogs on the small farm or homestead is keeping them contained. They have great strength for their size, and there’s not a lot of obstacles they won’t attempt to go through with ease. But in spite of this, their behavior CAN be changed. The high intelligence of swine makes them well suited at learning to avoid the psychological … and literal “shock” of an electric fence. And with the high costs of permanent fence alternatives for hogs, the electric fence is an affordable solution. However, pigs must be taught the respect for such a fence early and thoroughly. That’s why it’s so critical to devise and build the perfect pen for teaching pigs to respect the electrical pulse-a dedicated pen where sows can farrow their litter while the pigs learn the electric fence early on. In this edition of The Farm Hand’s Companion Show, Pa Mac builds a farrowing and training pen that acclimates hogs to being contained by a simple and inexpensive electric fence system.
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Great and GOD bless from old New Orleans 😇
That’s a great system!❤️🤗🐝
Thank you!
Great details
Thanks PaMac !
Thank you for this..merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to yall, Little Jordan Farm!
Perfect description and love your humor , art, and music. Merry Christmas!
Love your videos. I’m wanting to redesign my pig area
Inspiring!
Good morning Pa Mac, great information and video on starting to raise hogs. You sure explained it really good. You all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year around there. Fred.
Merry Christmas to you, Fred.
I really enjoy watching all of your videos, which give so many training instructions. Thank you for this information, and I would like to wish you a very "MERRY CHRISTMAS", and a great New Year for you and yours.
Merry Christmas to you, Charles!
Always enjoy your videos. As a farm hand I aspire to have your knowledge one day. I’m trying to start farming on my grandmothers property, however I’m not sure where to begin.
You'll figure everything out just fine, Little Joe
Truly this is my favorite UA-cam channel. Thank you for keeping it going and all the knowledge you share regarding the old ways and homesteading. We’ve cleared an acre of overgrowth, added 4 new garden areas, planted numerous fruit trees, and added a new chicken house and chicken… next up is either a milk cow or pigs but I’m thinking of the two that a milk cow might be next so I’ll have milk to help feed pigs with if we need it. What are your thoughts between the two of which should come first?
I thank you and enjoy all of your videos! I also appreciate all of the effort and knowledge that you put into each one 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you, Allen!
In addition to the mattock, you need a Large pick with two long sharp ends, like miners use in coal mines. They will dig up anything but are very heavy. You pick the heavy head up with the right hand, then slide the right hand back to meet the left hand and Throw the head using both hands. Even a small woman can use it then. If you dont learn to throw the head, you can ruin your lower back. I use mine to dig up giant clumps of orchard grass. The long ends are Great for pulling up large rocks, no prybar needed!!!! I have two of these monster picks.
Thank you so much pa Mac I've been wanting to started raisin pork in these east tn. Hills. I've done alot of research on it and been a Lil scared. You just laid it out plain and simple . Thank you for the knowledge and takin away my fear. All I gotta do know is find some hard to come by piglets.
Another great one. Thanks for making these.
Merry Christmas❣️🎄
You, too, Lisa. Hope you have a great rest of the holiday
Great job sir , thanks for sharing!
I saw you start diggin holes and knew you'd be talking about those roots soon.
Thought i would recommend "my favorite farm tool". A 6 inch internal diameter post driver. Sharpen the post up and pound it right in. I've driven them 2 feet deep as long as I don't hit a rock.
You can get more expensive ones and heavier ones of around 34lb which im sure work better but I've got an 18lb one and really like it. Wish it was heavier but it works as is. Could also make your own if you've got the steel laying around. It will drive a hand split or a 4x4 post great. I've put in a bunch this past summer with it and it sure beats digging and tamping.
It's just like driving a T post except bigger.
Great
Awesome video as always. Thanks for sharing and helping us learn a good bit. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to you, too, ciphercode
Very, very informative and interesting!
stupendous video!! a great help to me. maybe could you do a detail on your homemade insulators?
Maybe so, Karl!
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I wanted to like the video...but I already did :))
If you can build it hogs can disassemble it I used to like watching them put their nose right below the wire to test if electric their nose hairs will stand up then they root dirt over wire to short out very clever critters
When they start doing that it's time to make bacon and buy a dumber pig 😂
@@EthanPDobbinsmy pigs and turkeys are tool users. They may not have opposable thumbs but they do get up to mischief. The turkeys will walk off with my slip-jawed pliers, slotted screwdriver, or pull the lenses of my face. The pigs on the otherhand will carry a stick around, build their own structures if they have enough of them. They know how to work gates and doors. And the aforementioned dirtworks over the bottom strand.
But they have been gentled, so they will walk up to you fall over and beg for a belly rub.
But good fences keep good neighbors.
@@benjaminbrewer2154 nothing I've ever had has been that smart but we have a dog that used to steal gloves, tools, and shoes.
He would go steal shoes off my uncles porch or go right in the house if the doors open and take them.
If you set a hammer or a pair of gloves down just behind you outside your peripheral while you are working on something they would disappear and you would find them on the porch.
He never chewed on of them but he just liked stealing them for some reason.
Had a pig who would pick up corn or pig feed in his mouth and take it over to a slot in the fence that a chicken can stick their head through and leave bait. When the chicken was eating the feed he grabbed them pulled them through and ate them.
Is it ever convenient to use a tree as a structural component in the fence or other building? Or do the roots rot out too fast?
I'll put it this way, Jeb: If a tree were growin' every where I needed one, I'd never dig another posthole!
Not sure how I missed this video until now but really enjoyed it. Like your new setup. We’re those the gilts from our farm? We’ve got a gilt farrowing 4/28 out of a new boar.
They sure were from yall! Turned out to be great sows. I'm probably gonna need to "re-boar" from yall one day
That's a great set up Pa. How big are your pens? Merry Christmas to you and yours in advance!
Hey Mark, the hog panels are 16 foot, therefore the pens are basically 16 by 16 (except for the middle pen). Merry Christmas to yall, too!
I saw on your design chalkboard the golden ratio (fibonacci spiral). Hah! I don't think you really used it in your 16 square foot pig pen designs. @@farmhandscompanion
@@farmhandscompanion Thank you sir!
I cant afford the hog panels, but i think i can buy a roll of weld wire and cut my own panels. I am planning to buy a fence strainer too.
12:03 Are you mixing copper and aluminum or copper and galvanized steel wire?
would you suggest guinea hogs to someone who is looking to homestead on small acreage or would you suggest sticking to feeder pigs?
What brand of bibs are your favorite
Roundhouse overalls, made in Shawnee, OK
That's using your head