[Mel]

Hi Everyone 

I thought I would ask if anyone has a livestock trailer within reasonable distance-Northants/Peterborough/Huntingdon that I could hire from them for a few days? Saturday to Mon/Tue? one weekend or by the end of the month? it is just to take my four boars to the abattoir.

I am asking here only,I know some of us could do with the extra pennies and would sooner pay some other smallholder than a Big hire centre.

[chickenfeed]

i will ask about for you ours are all in full use this time of year with weekly trips to slaughterhouses so we cant  offer ours.

[Mel]

Thank you very much,I may not need one as long but have been advised to get the pigs used to it for a couple of days,I was rather hoping they would go in with minimal of fuss!

[chickenfeed]

i have asked a couple of farmers the trouble is most of them i know do the slaughterhouse run and all the slaughterhouses kill on a monday so the trailers are in use.

i still have a couple to ask when i catch up with them this weekend.

[Hazelwood Flock]

With time and patience you can tempt your pigs into a trailer using food, then you won't need to acclimatise them to it. It's amazing how a pig's stomach will lead it! It works a treat with the bosses Tamworths and only takes 10 minutes to load pigs who have never seen a trailer before.  Someone may be more likely to loan a trailer for a short time. Good luck.

[SallyintNorth]

I got a friend's porker into our trailer using pig nuts as a bribe, took a couple of goes, maybe 10-15 minutes in all.  He had seen me about a few times but didn't really know me.  (The porker, not the friend.)

We kept him (again, porker not friend) in the trailer overnight, in sound and smelling distance of our pigs.  He seemed comfortable and happy.  Straight off to the abattoir in the morning, no stress whatsoever.

[Mel]

I have been trying this today and they follow me when I have food on me,so I believe this shall work fine! My only worry is how to get the boys in and keep the girls out!I am sure it shall be fun

[Mel]

Bump.I need to take them next Monday,I still have not managed to sort out a suitable trailer I know I left it late but bought one off of ebay and I fell through the floor-it is knackered! Anyone able to help please?

[manian]

itmay be easier to fix the floor!!!!!!

[Mel]

Unfortunately not as easy as it could be,it also needs the chassis welding as is rotten through,not worth just trying to replace the floor until the welding has been done

[chickenfeed]

 :wave:i have exhausted all avenues but all the people i have asked are in the same position as us we have slaughterhouse runs every monday for the next 6 weeks its a very busy time.

just a idea barnwell trailer used to hire out trailers not sure if they still do but its worth a try.

[LouiseG]

Hi,
I've PM'd you (I think) coz i'm too shy to write it all on here.
Louise