So two months ago I rescued a 2 year old cob who was in a very bad way, granted he isn't at my house and I pay for grazing locally, as an experienced horse owner who has been missing one from my life for the last 10 years I couldn't say no
But anyway, we have at our house 4 chickens, 3 dogs, 2 cats, a ewe (rescued), a pygmy goat (rescued) and also this week we are getting a 12 week old pig (also a rescue)
We are busy building the pen which will be 20m x 10m, split into 2 for rotation purposes. Her breed has been checked by the rescue and she will not get any bigger than a medium sized dog and said the space she needs is around 5m x 5m so we are ensuring she has twice that space.
Questions being, what is the most cost effective way to build an ark for her?
Will she feed from the floor or shall I get a purpose built trough?
Do they drink from shallow water buckets or will I need to get a purpose made pig drinker?
I am fully aware on the laws regarding feeding pigs waste from the kitchen, so will definitely be steering away from that, but am I able to purchase fruit and veg from the likes of Tesco to give to her along with her daily feed? Pigs love variety but I don't want to be punished or putting anyone at risk by feeding banned foods!!! pig veg/fruit will be stored in the pets cupboard, along with the sheep feed and goat feed and dog feed.
any advice on pig keeping much appreciated, this is very new to me!
Also, please no negative comments, I am a newbie here and I have recently ditched the H&H forum for people being so nasty! hoping you guys are nicer