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Author Topic: Trees for Pigs  (Read 2986 times)

catriona

  • Joined Oct 2011
Trees for Pigs
« on: February 26, 2015, 09:44:57 am »
We have just created some new pig paddocks in an open field and intend to plant several trees around the edges (obviously well fenced off so the pigs can't uproot them!)
We'd like the trees to grow big enough to give some shade, but also to provide something edible for the pigs, to supplement their diet.
What would you plant? :tree:

SophieLeeds

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Yorkshire
Re: Trees for Pigs
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2015, 09:55:37 am »
Pigs love acorns!  :tree: :pig:
"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops or livestock, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings"

clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Trees for Pigs
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2015, 03:07:10 pm »
Oak, chestnut, hazels, mulberries, crab apples
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

hughesy

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Anglesey
Re: Trees for Pigs
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2015, 09:14:03 pm »
If you want quick growth and plenty of summer shade quickly willows are just the job.

bigchicken

  • Joined Nov 2008
  • Fife Scotland
Re: Trees for Pigs
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2015, 11:35:32 pm »
One of my small fields used to be part of an old orchard and my shetland sheep get a wee bounty every year with the fallen cooking apple's they love them. You could have some for a few pies and some for your pigs.
Shetland sheep, Castlemilk Moorits sheep, Hebridean sheep, Scots Grey Bantams, Scots Dumpy Bantams. Shetland Ducks.

 

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