Kunekune Pigs - Everything You Need To Know
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2020
- Do I eat my pigs? What are they for? What are Kunekune pigs like as a breed? Do I regret getting them? If you're contemplating getting Kunekune pigs yourself, then I try to answer all the basic questions you may have about housing, diet, and welfare.
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"The big fat ginger one in the background...."
Moss: "Who??? Me???!!!"
What a charming story teller😇
Best content in youtube, seriously.
100% true.
Love from Évora, Portugal 👍🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Thank you for treating them with the love, respect and dignity they deserve.
Thank you for adding the bonus footage at the end. It was cute seeing the pig enjoy the belly rub ☺
I have always had an affinity for pigs. I spent a lot of my growing-up years on farms, pigs (not those tiny things) were always around. LOL I raised a boar for a summer project for one year. I probably weighed about 50 pounds soaking wet. My porcine buddy weighed in at 500 pounds at the end of the summer. He followed me everywhere like a puppy. My uncle found it entertaining. Especially when it was time to feed pigs on his place. He generally had around 100 and yes he used them to clear fields. I could call out Suey... and every pig in the area would suddenly appear where previously there wasn't more than 2 to be seen. They are very inquisitive creatures. I adored my boar, he loved to play with a huge ball that I bought him. He would chase it all over the farm. I've never met a Kunekune, they appear to be adorable too. LOL I laugh because as most pigs are very nosey. Ah, there goes your camera! Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.
The girls have done a fabulous job with tilling the ground. I think it's great that animals earn their keep in return for a good life on the land.
Your narratives flow smoothly and in full sentences and paragraphs. (Very pleasant to hear English spoken without "you know"s and "like"s and "I mean"s.) You must work from an outline, prepared carefully. Admirable. It is a pleasure to listen to you speak, besides everything else! Either a gift of practice or natural ability.
I was happy to learn all about your pigs. Fascinating. Thank you.
Absolutely agree!
They are sweet little pigs, I had a saddleback sow and she was a lovely girl, very clever and learnt to bark along with the dogs... and she absolutely adored strawberries...
I was taught by a farmer to test the electric fence with a blade of grass, you feel the bump and know it's on!
Good tip
My favourite of your videos... I spent 20+ years living in NZ, and often thought about keeping them. You've convinced me I to get a couple!
I’m so happy they’re not going to be eaten! They’re gorgeous characters, I can understand why you’ve fallen in love with them. Awesome video and it’s always good to see your updates.
@Heil Wotan ! yes once someone else has done your dirty work
KuneKune make good eating.
Kind of a waste of space if you ain’t gonna eat them
@@williamwatkins2538 guess you feel the same way bout dogs then?
@@brandobin dogs arnt livestock
Awesome! I'm from NZ and have loved kunekunes ever since a zoo keeper let me lean over a fence and pet them at the zoo
This video shows the difference between those that know what they have to say and those that want to talk... and talk.. and rarely stay on track. Well done. Story line, information, conversational tone, and easy to listen to and stay attentive.
What lovely little characters. You can tell that they are happy within their environment.
The Irish food is filling you out and the hair is looking silky smooth. Great to see you more often. TFS
Sue Warman I often see these comments and just as I work constantly on my gardens to feed myself I’m pretty sure that Daniel’s fairly busy around this time of the year too! Remember it’s much easier to watch videos than make them haha
I would love to have my own small farm with some kunekune pigs for tilling the ground and for companionship. I think this is great that pigs can be utilized for other purposes besides food.
Owner of 2 sisters ~8 months. Received them 1 week ago and have finally let me scratch them and come lay next to me when I’m out in the garden. You can tell they’re loving life by how comfortable they are around you. Following you and thank you for the great info
They’re rather gorgeous.....❤️Breaks my heart to think of how commercially produced pigs are kept, especially when you commented about their nest making skills. Hopefully, some baby piglets maybe later on?! X
True that, Julia. I have looked at how some of my community members (in permaculture) are keeping their pigs (for food). The pigs are raised with respect and in good space, fed free-range (no weird crap) and then butchered properly. I am not skilled enough to keep them for the purpose of food, but the right way is a no-brainer. Definitely on my roster.
Thank You for putting the welfare of your Animals first, all farm animals should be free to roam for their very short life.
I was brought up on a Small Holding , we lived 'off the grid' in the 1960's when I was an infant . I had all the animals around me, I loved them all , as every animal has a unique individual personality, that can never be replaced ; as you say all the animals have a function on a Small Holding , in one big happy family .
I loved the pigs , and piglets , I am certain all the other animal mothers' looked after me as I went from one animal residential area to another , I loved that life .
My parents did produce their own meat, that lasted for six months in the freezer , feeding a huge family , I can not deny this was the right thing to do , but , I could not deal with the betrayal, and we all grieved every-time .
We milked the cows , I learned to do this before I could walk / we used dairy products alongside veg and fruit, from the small idyllic farm in the Yorkshire Dales, in the 25 years we were there in my lifetime , not much had changed in the community since the time of James Heriot ( Drama . Books ) .
Consuming meat , I eventually rejected in my teens, even though I respected my parents methods of compassion first for the animals , they were not there for profits , just a cultural way of life to feed their large family away from the rat race and cruelty and exploitations of modern farming ….and I love that I had this experience , mother was also a hand-spinner , we learnt at her feet to make yarn and use natural dyes to make garments , as a way of life I loved it , and trying to get back to it now , but land is too expensive . And now? if I had the chance now to live out in a farm house and on own land , I would keep animals to aid growing veg, not for meat , just like yourself .
The fact of life was then , that everything had a purpose , I remember no suffering , no cruelty and a lot of freedom involved for the animals who lived alongside us . Even though we had a few animals slaughtered ( most lived out their natural lives out as working pets if we kids protested enough , or had a lot of involvement bringing them up , however, some were sent to the butcher , to market or killed for the table ; poultry sheep and pigs , goats , cattle even, were taken 2 miles away to the local village slaughter house , which have all been closed now; for much worse huge slaughter units, killing poor animals from intensive farms , farm animals' that have to travel hundreds / thousands of miles away to these places to be slaughtered is something alien to anyone with a farming background . These meat production units have no compassion at all , just there to make money; in the UK , and animals are sent to Europe or further away travelling on huge ships that sink all the time , because of Trade Deals; to be killed in these horrendous conditions is a crime .
As Boris is about to sign Trade Deals with the USA when we officially leave the EU , I fear for the welfare of farm animals ….
Pam Ackroyd You’re right about the trade deals and the attendant cruelty on transported animals. Boris and Donald, two narcissists who don’t give a flip about anything other than their political positions, will, hopefully, be voted out of office soon. I hope this pandemic and subpar performances from both will awaken their respective voters. Hope springs eternal.
Thank you for sharing that Heriot-like experience of growing up on a small holding, Pam. I can almost feel it.
@@grovermartin6874 You are most kind , thank you.
But Pam after a childhood like that, I'm interested to know what your lifestyle is like now? Do you still live the country life or did you have to leave it all behind?
@@Colibri1000THOUGHT OF THE DAY ..Half-term used to be the time when all hands were on deck , all ages were involved in the Potato Harvest. School holidays coincided with the agricultural calendar and we used to have 2 weeks off and children as young as 10 were behind tractors and trailers filling baskets full of potatoes they picked themselves which they lifted and tipped onto the trailer. I know because I was one of them.
On dank humid , foggy rainy days we were in the mud. I remember by the end of two weeks I was exhausted and going back to school for a rest. The first time I got £24 for the 2 weeks work and this was real grown up money in 1977. And now , people no longer work the land sustainably. We have lost connection with agriculture and our own history and have no idea how to feed ourselves.
A generation later, ready meals in plastic bags is the way we live. Because of Corporate domination of global agriculture and food production. Us peasants have been forced to abandon thousands of years of traditional agricultural methods involving the whole community because Thatcher threw us out of our homes and now the rural communities are dead, full of massacring sadists blasting pheasants instead. My village is now a playground for the rich. The rural communities no longer feed the surrounding towns as we once did. So local shops are closing the high street is dying as Supermarkets take over.
ALL Bleak !!
And now half-term is for play and children are heading for helplessness, with no access to land themselves , forced to buy into substandard , low welfare foods which is now causing the worst cruelty for farm animals, no regulations for arable crops which is too aggressive for the soil and insects. We are witnessing the destruction of mother nature as ecosystems are collapsing , as Tropical Rain Forests are being burnt down ( ancient Tropical Rain Forests) such as the Amazon is being destroyed to grow crops for animal agriculture and to feed us instead of our own village communities producing food. Now half the planet is on fire and the whole world's climate is altering as the Arctic Icecaps are rapidly melting the earth temperatures are rising every day breaking global records because of the release of too much methane ... because of the way we live to give a few who run the world huge profits..
I love to watch your ducks wandering behind. Their way of walking is so cute.
Everything you always wanted to know about pigs, enjoyed every minute, thanks for sharing.
Your videos slow down my heart rate immediately. The pigs are so cute. I need to move to the country one day.
Man, it is great to see you back again. Wonderful discussion about Kunekunes. Very informative, as always. Keep well,and safe. Cheers
The way you talk about your animals is so sweet and respectful 😊 thank you for your lovely videos
🌺Lovely learning so much about your adorable piggy pair! So sweet seeing them enjoying affections at the end of the vid. Wishing you and Mossy a blessed and beautiful day🌺
Your hair looks great. Keep letting it get longer! Btw, love your videos and energy. Very refreshing in these crazy times.
I love your videos,all very interesting and informative, the pigs are so cute and I loved the ducks first swim , you are very organised, what a beautiful life you live .
Love your outtakes! Your pigs are lucky pigs to have you as overlord.
I'm glad you separate them during feeding, otherwise poor Titch! The mention of treats, scratches, and piggy tuck ins at night made me smile. You always present such thorough content that I am transfixed, although, I must admit, I was distracted by your impressive triceps ten minutes in. Don't worry, I won't propose marriage like some of the other ladies, but dang, working the land is a good work out!
Hello,
What a treat, your new Vlog! So happy to hear you don't intend to eat the cute pigs! Such a pleasure to see you Report on your slice oh Heaven in western Ireland. Those of us living in a polluted concrete jungle are quite jealous of your pastoral healthy mode of living! God bless you, and please continue your lovely Vlogs!😊✌️
I am so sorry for those who can't live out in the country, and especially with the way things are going. I hope you can try to remedy that in the future. :)
Many who live in "concrete jungles" are not comfortable in the country, and would consider life in the country a punishment. "Bugs! Dirt! Wild animals! Unnerving quiet!" they say. Their senses have been bent to city life.
New subscriber, have enjoyed a few of your videos already. I’m so happy to see well treated pigs AND to know that they won’t be eaten. I love pigs, their intelligence, the cute oink 🐷 noises, their snouts...Adorable. I turned vegetarian again during the pandemic. This time it’ll stick!
Oh those last couple of minutes had me 😂
Loved this video! I could just watch them all day
What sweet animals! In my opinion there is nothing more beautiful than seeing a living thing thrive and be happy, especially little animals such as these.
You are so good at explaining things. Bravo! Also, the bloopers at the end are always the best!
For the electric fence: farmers here (Switzerland) use solar powered ones. Tiny little solar panel placed next to the device. I KNOW there’s not much sun in Ireland but I wonder if they’d be strong enough to power just with the daylight?!
Please please can you keep showing us all your animals and progress. PS that Irish air is suiting you. ✅✅✅✅✅✅
You answered a lot of questions that I had about this breed. Valuable information from an experienced owner. Thank you!
So nice to hear you speaking so positive about the two Kunekunes. Thank you, that you don't eat them. They are dear. Thank you aswell for your nice way of making your videos, so pleasant to hear from you and see, what is going on in your place of the world. Greetings, stay healthy.
One of your loveliest videos Daniel. Adorable piggies, so cared for 🤗
I'd be giggling all day.
Mossy was 🎥 co-starring
They obviously love you. Very happy pigs!
Another enjoyable visit.
Good man Mossy, the pigs are brilliant!
"The thing that these two love most in life is without question food ". Wise pigs :)
Always wanted to know more about these pigs for my permaculture garden. Amazing video and completely informative. Love your channel !
Love the pigs. They are so intelligent . Really informative video, succinctly delivered - your humourous anecdotes are great too😁👍
Thank you for this post! I love pigs, but am a vegetarian and therefore thought I couldn't justify pet pigs. You've inspired me.
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Love hearing those little contented piggy grunts
They're so happy.
You're completely right on the non-rooting "fact." I find that Kunekunes don't root in a pasture situation. When you confine them, they will absolutely root up the area in search of food. I prefer grazing, but I will use the pigs for the new garden area once I get it set up! Bucket/grain training them is a great in case they ever get out, but mine have been respectful of crappy field fence for the last 4.5 years now. Nice video, thank you!
Me when I was 15: who would want to know how to breed pigs
Me at 31: OH THIS IS FASCINATING I WANT TO BREED PIGS
That's such a great and educational video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience! The piggies are too cute ^-^
Thank you for this video. I love imagining your life and am so glad you don’t eat these pigs, but that they do have a job.
Great video again. I'd point out two things. Soil, contrary to popular belief doesn't need to be turned or disturbed in anyway to grow on. I could go writing a big essay but its much easier if you watched some of Charles Dowdings videos on his channel, he refers to it as "no dig". It can be prepared to grow high quality produce without lifting a sod. It would save the costs of having pigs your not going to eventually eat but I'm sure the companionship is highly rewarding all the same.
Secondly and again contrary to belief Nettles are not weeds, they are highly nutritious plants whose young shoots were always used in times gone by as a food source here in Ireland. Especially for tea, gruel, porridge, colcannon etc. And you can make a really really nice pesto type sauce with the leaves. But a generations old trick was to cut down the large plants and leave them steeping in water for a few months, you will end up with a highly concentrated and nutritious plant feed that can be sprayed around the base of your veggies. The nettle is a highly valuable plant for anyone homesteading or trying to be self sufficient. Don't get rid of all of them. Try picking some young shoots of maybe 3 or 4 leaves and add them to your bowl of porridge. Finally a useful book you should look up is "Wild and Free, Cooking from Nature" from Cyril and Kit Ó Céirín
I checked out and I dig it :) ............ American aborigines did that maybe. I was told that they cut the big grass, covered the ground with it and next year they just put corn in it.
There is some interesting stuff coming out about soil health and not disturbing the soil, but there is also information about how beneficial animals are to soil in ways that are very unexpected if they are moved on and the soil has long rest periods from being disturbed. I think that they will work quite well for clearing ground, but may ultimately need more than an acre to be rotated around without becoming destructive.
A lot of the old linnen fabric from northern europe was actually nettles rather than flax. So it is not just usefull as food.
@@hillockfarm8404 this is why I read the comments!;)
Great video! Some people have found that pigs move too much soil if put on a plot ahead of a crop, but you have the answer: smaller pigs. Another option, move average size pigs more frequently.
I have two Basset Hounds that live outside on the farm. They're incredibly good at deterring would-be human trespassers (Not actually good guard dogs against humans btw), keep predators away and are gentle with the hens, horses, cows and geese. Really playful dogs and very good with children. Although the old boy is more of a plodder these days.
Your home and the home you create for your creature babies are amazing!!!! So much love!!! Cannot stop watching. Bravo!!!
Murf here, your piggies are adorable, and as a vegesaur, I'm chuffed to hear you're not going to eat them (afraid for the bunnies, though.). Your piggies make me want to live in the country, just so I can have a couple. lol
I love your videos! Thank you for ‘keeping me company’ throughout this lockdown. All the very best from Tuscany, Italy.
I’ve never considered getting pigs until seeing this. This video may have changed my mind 😏
This was fabulous ! Informative and thoroughly enjoyable . Had no idea pigs make such amazing "organic ploughs". Can't help but think Mossy Bottom would make a wonderful television series and you an equally terrific presenter. I'm sure the mere thought would make you wince but would certainly help fund your endeavours. Thank you so much for this .. I really Love your channel. Best wishes from a brit in Toronto.🐖🐇🐤🐑🐄🌱🌼🐷🐰🌿🌸
I’m in NZ and we’ve just got our own wee Kunekune pigs. Great video, really informative and concise. We’ve pretty much got the opposite to you. Our ginger one is teeny and our black and white is the boss and much bigger even though they’re from the same litter
See my comment of growing duck weed in a tiny pond as high value food addition for poultry and pigs (Takota Coen style).
Thank you , what a lovely vlog today.
loved this Ttch has beautiful eyes and seems like a gentle soul, Thanks
Another excellent video Daniel.
Poor moss hanging around in the background.
Fantastic videos, i do enjoy them very much... thank you.
I´m from North Portugal and i use nettle to make insecticide (leachate), to make great compost, and to eat (tea, soup, biscuit, etc).
Jesus fair play on those ridges look great and having done plenty of that work as a kid I know how much work went in. Ridges are pretty unique to our part of Ireland I think ie The West. I know in The East and UK they always go for drills. Dont know why. Great job the locals couldn't have done any better!. You've gone native!!
Fascinating. It is of no use to me as I am now living in a retirement community. I love watching your development in your self sufficiency. You are looking well and more relaxed
My grand parents had two border collies that lived to 17, they was kept outside under shelter of course and seemed to prefer being outside, and yes as you say they’re great for keeping away unwanted intruders away at night😀
Oh my...I wish I could rent Your pigs to take care of weeds in my garden. :D Such lovely animals and very informative video. Thanks!
They're beautiful😊Thank you for sharing! Love this video🌻
This channel and Foresty Forest are my favourite on YT.
Beautiful project! You are a brilliant speaker! Congratulations on will work done.
This is the best channel. You are an excellent videographer and those pigs are so cute. I love how well you treat your animals. I worked on a farm in Quebec as a teenager and I helped deliver 14 baby pigs.
Like a kid eating brussel sprouts for the first time - can totally relate to that! So funny! Happiest pigs I've ever seen. :)
What a nice video. I want pigs now. You are really settling in there and it’s very nice to see and heart warming. Congratulations. 🙂👍
That is a great, informative video about animal welfare Daniel. I did wonder about the purpose of keeping the pigs so it is great to have that information.
Very informative video. Never knew about Kunekune pigs. Keep up the great content!
Your videos are fantastic , I so enjoy your way of life and everything to do with nature! Glad that you’re not eating your pigs .
Looking forward to your next video?🐓🐖👍
I just found your channel and I'm hooked. I'm not vegetarian, but I really respect your ethos on animal welfare and you pragmatic approach for the closed-loop systems of permaculture. You also have a very sweet and innocent way of speaking which is refreshing in this day and age. Keep it up dude!
Well done with the spud gardenthey seem to do a great job. Glad to see a vid . Your lookin well glad to see it tough times for alot of people . Anyway glad your in good spirits stay safe lad
I've always been scared stiff of farm animals but these are so sweet I wish I'd had a couple as pets when I was able bodied enough to look after them! What a clever idea to have them to help with your ground clearing. So when I say my house 🏡 is like a pig sty family and friends may think it's actually very clean....until they see it. Thank you for a very enjoyable video subscribing to your channel was the best days work I've ever done. Next you could get a couple of goats for your own milk and cheese they are also intelligent and social animals but natural escape artists. Love 💕 from up north
Thank you for the information! I had never heard of the KuneKune. They seem to be hearty little animals.
Takota Coen uses pigs in the garden. But also chickens. He likes to mulch (which is not an issue in Ireland - obviously) and the chickens used to come when he cut of the string of the straw bales to mulch the garlic beds. Until he realized - not only did the chickens prepare the beds for him and eat pests and scratch up rests of former plants - they LIKE to spread the straw. So now he places the straw(or hay) bales, cuts them, the chickens hear that and come runing. They will also pick out seeds from the mulch. Especially hay can contain a lot of (weed) seeds and they do a good job of getting them.
Saves him a few hours of work. The chickens enjoy it and get food out of it, and reduce the future weed work to very little effort.
That is good design.
Takota has machines and a tractor but also uses chickens for superficial "ploughing" jobs - he is more of a no dig guy.
Had a couple of large whites and they were very amusing and as challenging as teenagers to raise. One would annoy the horses by nibbling on their hocks. She got bitten and came screaming over to me for protection trying to hide behind me. Hilarious, she was 120 kg and nearly 1.5 m long. I was told horses hated pigs but our lot would all lie down together in the sun for an afternoon nap. This is in NZ and I admire what you are doing :)
Love how you say PUSHED like a country irishman. Good man.
Highly intelligent, highly informative, highly appreciated. Thank you very much. Regards Gareth Wiltshire UK. Gratitude.
Great guide, very useful, thanks very much!
Piggy heaven indeed!!
Very nice video. I learned and amused myself. And very easy to understand every word!
Thanks 🙏 very interesting, you mentioned you have rabbits also..? I’d love to see a similar video of them 👍
Great video! I’m planning to get Kune kunes this fall and this video was an incredible introduction. Thanks!
Love your channel! You are a gifted story teller! Don’t feel guilty telling the truth about Fatso! 😂 I name mine the same. Hey, if the shoe fits....😂😂😂
Another great video it’s a fantastic lifestyle you are living,well done to you always look forward to the next chapter in your journey,great viewing!
Longer hair perfectly suits him by the way !
Fantastic video as always. Thank you for making these
Oh, my god, they're so cute. I could watch the rut around for hours.
Another great informative video of which taking all of your vodeos to date is inspiring me to move a bit further North in Co.Mayo and acquire an old cottage needing a little TLC with a few acres to use for my benefit and all the satisfaction after each day working it.
Thankyou so much for your input. We are in the process of rescuing 3 from slaughter and you have been an enormous help in setting up what needs to be done to save them. I only have one, slightly flippant question - Do they get on on with Border Collies?
PS we are vegan animal rescuers so the prospect of of using them for meat is, .........
Gem of a channel. Should be on tv.