Author Topic: Do pigs climb slope?! (Read 4148 times)

mugball · « **on:** February 27, 2013, 11:34:22 am »

I know pigs can't fly but how how are they climbing banks?

One side of the area I want to fence them in on is the boundary of my neighbours land and mine, currently a natural boundary of about a 4ft high bank, the gradient is shallowest about 55 degrees in places.

In terms of costs, if I could get away with not fencing this boundary I'd be able to provide the pigs with a much larger area, but it is the most important boundary!

To the laymans eye it looks like inquisitive piglets might be able to scamper up, but unlikely for a larger pig, but thought I'd check with experienced owners.

Do pigs have a propensity to climb banks?!

Bionic · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2013, 11:39:09 am »

YES,
Well mine did at any rate. Actually it wasn't even a slope, it was vertical. Over the space of a few months where they kept trying to climb it they had brought mud and stone down which acted as a ledge they could climb on to get them higher.

Definitely keep a close eye on them

Hassle · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2013, 12:06:51 pm »

Mine keep trying to climb the sheep hurdles when I feed them

Berkshire Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2013, 12:17:09 pm »

Mugball I'm afraid you are going to have to fence it pigs adult and piglets will climb a very steep bank at a suprising pace.

P6te · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2013, 12:33:37 pm »

I'm afraid so .....

oaklandspigs · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2013, 12:50:00 pm »

yep, they'll go over it quite easily !

Polished Arrow · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2013, 01:21:11 pm »

Yes! We have a hillside that, in places is almost a 1:2, but is more like a 1:3 in much of it and a 1:4 in others. But the pigs had no problem in climbing banks that were somewhere between the 1:2 and 1:3