In this video I give a tour of the inside of the farrowing house before we move sows in. Show updates from previous video. New pen set ups. Clean and disinfected!
Good that the sows are in open pens, but I would love to see the hogs having access to pasture. That is what I do, then in the winter I feed 3rd cutting alfalfa to everyone, especially those that i am feeding out, but I do feed it all year to my boar and sows when they are not outside. You can just see the health benefits of feeding it.
My friend, you made a huge mistake by filling in your pits.... We're is the piss go ? Now your air quality goes bad in winter real fast , because bedding is wet. I do like the loose house set up. And believe in this way of hog production. Greetings from Alberta Canada
Greetings! Thank you for the comment. However, filling the pits was the best thing I did. Each of the six pits had drains in them. I ran a PVC up out of the drains and concreted the pits shut but kept the drains open. Now, all the urine runs into the drains and out of the shed. Works great.
I would love to see it with the sows in and again when they farrow
Going to do a video tonight. Farrowing now.
Good that the sows are in open pens, but I would love to see the hogs having access to pasture. That is what I do, then in the winter I feed 3rd cutting alfalfa to everyone, especially those that i am feeding out, but I do feed it all year to my boar and sows when they are not outside. You can just see the health benefits of feeding it.
While the sows are gestating they have lots of outdoor access. Not on pasture, but outside nonetheless.
Old school, I like it.
Thanks! Just started posting videos again. Hopefully you take a look.
Good to see some videos. Keep them coming
Going to do a video tonight. Farrowing now.
Thank you for sharing
You bet. Just got some new videos uploaded.
Looks awesome. Hope you share some video when you get the sows in the barn with piglets
Going to do a video tonight. Farrowing now.
My friend, you made a huge mistake by filling in your pits....
We're is the piss go ?
Now your air quality goes bad in winter real fast , because bedding is wet.
I do like the loose house set up. And believe in this way of hog production.
Greetings from Alberta Canada
Greetings! Thank you for the comment. However, filling the pits was the best thing I did. Each of the six pits had drains in them. I ran a PVC up out of the drains and concreted the pits shut but kept the drains open. Now, all the urine runs into the drains and out of the shed. Works great.
you should upload more often!
Just started uploading again! lol
Can you show us the new hog shed?
Yes, I will try to do a new hog shed video here directly.
I looking for farrowing setup for 2 sows. Please and Thank you
This set up would work well for two sows. Very simple and easy to use.
@@millerpremiumpork Thank you. Did you have the metal welded up or something you purchased
@@virginiawatkins2821 They were custom gates at one point, but I just reused them.
Reused the custom gates that is good idea. So you must know how to weld.
How many sows do you have ?
Approximately 50