The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Porterlauren on November 27, 2015, 11:21:09 pm
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Got a new spot for the pigs. Are pines/ firs in any way toxic to them?
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No one on here EVER ran pigs on such ground then?
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When I had pigs part of their paddock included woodland mainly sitka / spruce and some mixed broadleaf , never came to any harm , they dug around some of the roots , but that's what they do ,during the hot (ish) summers day (we had once here in Aberdeenshire :-J ) they would night out under the trees and would have to be called for feed time, kept them occupied.
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My sheep and donkeys love the clippings from conifers, and old Christmas trees are eaten with relish. So I can't see that they would be harmful to pigs.
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My old spots live in a christmas tree plantation and have never had a problem and ignore the trees.
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Thankyou very much for the replies. I am moving jobs and house and the pigs, sheep etc are coming with me. They will be going into a few acres of pines.