Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living by Abigail Gehring

Author:Abigail Gehring
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781510764194
Publisher: Good Books
Published: 2021-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Because pigs will use their snouts to dig and pry their way through barriers, keeping these escape artists fenced in can pose a challenge. “Hog wire,” or woven fence wire, at least 40 inches high is commonly used for perimeter fencing. You can line the top and especially the bottom of your fence with a strand of barbed or electric wire to discourage your pigs from tunneling their way through. If you use electric wiring, you may have a difficult time driving your herd through the gate. Covering the gate with non-electric panels using woven wire, metal, or wood can make coaxing your pigs from the pasture an easier task.

Feeding Your Pigs

Pigs are of the omnivorous variety, and there isn’t much they won’t eat. Swine will consume anything from table and garden scraps to insects and worms, to grass, flowers, and trees. Although your pigs won’t turn their snouts up to garbage, a cost-effective approach to ensuring good health and a steady growth rate for your pigs is to supply farm grains (mixed at home or purchased commercially), such as oats, wheat, barley, soybeans, and corn. Cornmeal and soybean meal are a good source of energy that fits well into a pig’s low-fiber, high-protein diet requirements. Use non-GMO varieties of corn and soybean to raise organic pork. For best results, you should include protein supplements and vitamins in farm grain diets.

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