The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: langdon on January 21, 2010, 06:08:25 pm
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hi all pig lover's as said above what a day!!!!!!
the pig farmer that we got our 3 saddleback's from asked me would i mind help him to rearange his pig's
today he must have 120+.
we had to move sow's back into field's with boar's, separate boys from girl's in a concrete yard, prob
30+ was in there boy's were getting ready for outdoors, just moved to diff area for now.
the sow's that went to the boar's, their piglet's that have now been weaned were moved to another pen till
spring.More were moved ready for the abbitor. All empty pen's cleaned out( what a smell!!!)
but i loved every moment of it! then had to come home and tend to our goat's,pigs and chuck's
what a day!!!!!!! ;D :pig: :goat: :chook:
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WHAT A DAY INDEED
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sounds like fun to me
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Coincidentally I have a form to fill in for our holding. On it they want to know how I move my pigs. I dont think with a bucket and a smile will conform to their expectations. I dont suppose you could tell me how you and the farmer moved his?
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never hear'ed of that form before, do you mean you have to explain to someone how you are moving your pig's?
how far are you moving your pig's? we only moved his with in his farm, we didn't move them of his farm, interesting as why they want
to know how you are moving them.
anyway it was not without it probs!!! lots of food for getting them to move in the first place!!!
hurdle's to make run's to make it easier to direct them ( hope i'm going in the right direction with this!!!)
we had to mark the young boar's to help to identify them when it came to separating them from the young sows.
the sow's that were going back out into the field's with the boar's we used huge board's to control them.
the pregnant sow that came inside for farrowing she was the first pig to move, she was put into a trailer with straw
and some food, she was also the last pig we seen to(easier for my friend to manage it like that)
the weaner's were just moved couple of feet across to a bigger pen when as said above when their mother's went back out.
I should also say there was another pear of hand's on deck as it was a huge task. we started at about 9.15 am
I came home about 1.30ish. as said i hope i have answered your ques properly :pig:
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Thats wonderful, just what I needed. I have to fill in forms for the French Gov. 10 pages of them. I have before now demonstrated how I move my pigs, it apparently isnt the right way for the forms. So your help has been invaluable. Many thanks.
Only another 9.1/2 pages to go.