Keep this content coming. Thanks for your educational efforts! Tim @ Cliffside Acres

You’re the real deal. KZread is full of fake gurus who have never done it for real. You have. That matters.

I used to raise Hereford 's and Duroc/Landrace crosses. Great pigs.

Love your videos! Keep up the great work!

Selecting your own replacement boars is interesting. How do you keep diversity? Can you breed the boars with their daughters? Granddaughters? Or is it boar 1 to mother, boar 2 to daughter, boar 1 to daughter of boar 2...? What is the minimum size herd to keep diversity up?

@HuntsT

4 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in this as well.

Great information and your pigs look good and happy

A.I. is the only way to go. We only used 3-4 teaser boars for an entire 3800 head commercial sow farm. Including every task from gilt development, heat check, and actual A.I. exposure.

Please make a similar video about gilts. Thanks.

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

Will do.

Love watching this.

I like your video and you doing good, keep up the good work

Awesome info

nice information thanks

Very helpful

Duroc hampshire cross makes such good lookin pigs that’s exactly what I’m lookin to raise soon.

BEAUTIFUL OPERATION THAT YINZ HAVE THERE. BEING ABLE TO (PICK & CHOOZE) YOUR OWN BOARS 🐗 ..... GREAT TUTORIAL AZ WELL 👏🏼..... ( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) FarmBuilder......

So with 2 boars in each area how many sows do you have in with them , do they not need rest? and with 7 groups do you follow with another set of boars in case some didn’t get pregnant so 4 of groups are feeding piglets?

Good farming! Im looking to run a farm business in the Philippines. How many pounds should the pig be for harvest?

What, also, is the ration of breeding bores to breeding sows?

Any links to the studies mentioned on running boars in pairs to increase litter size?

As a farrow to finish operation, how to manage your boars when they aren't breeding? Do you have a separate area for them? Or are they always on a breeding schedule?

Good video..ilike it👍

I wish I could lay down and roll over in the hey it looks fun

What do you get for weanling gilts and where r u located.

Nice one

Underline is also important. If there are less nipples than pigs born in an average litter, it can create problems.

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, true. Good additional point.

How many litters do your sows have every year with you cycling them this way? And how do you schedule your cycles around the winter weather?

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

Two litters per year.

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

And no, we farrow straight through the winter although I dont reccomend it if you can avoid it.

@sandramurdock2073

5 жыл бұрын

@@FarmBuilder And you rotate 7 groups of sows you said, right? This number gives you enough time between groups to do your moving and chores and weaning? And bad winter weather might only affect one of those groups, and it is what it is, we can't predict those really cold mornings. I assume you just give them their farrowing sheds turned away from the wind and give them a bit of extra straw. It is refreshing to see someone who knows what the heck they are doing and is doing it economically. Also, I really like your calm voice and that you don't ramble on. Good stage presence and good flow of information thank you. I just found your channel, I am a new fan! Hi from northern Idaho :-)

Do you castrate under the recommendation of the vets? Thanks. From other free-range pastured farmers, they said there are couple of different ways to castrate different animals. Thanks

@FarmBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

It is different across species and practices.

When the boar’s are done and your ready to replace them, do you castrate them and butcher? Or is there no worry of Boar taint? I’m new to raising pigs. Ive been studying pretty hard. Thanks!

@FarmBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

Our processor won't do boars under inspection so they are turned into doggy food.

@tillmanfamilyfarm7759

3 жыл бұрын

Gotcha! Thanks!

Finding red hamp boars in Kentucky is near impossible at the moment It be great if I could find one to breed my gilt I’m aiming to keep, how much do y’all sell your young boars for?

@FarmBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

you can email us at farmbuilders@gmail.com for a current pricelist.

in a previous video you mentioned castrating at 2-4 weeks, weaning @7-8 weeks. Is this still your philosophy?

@FarmBuilder

4 жыл бұрын

More or less. I shift around castration time but dont have a 100% happy place.

Can you give me the specification of solar enegizer

@FarmBuilder

4 жыл бұрын

Intellishock 60 from premier 1 fence.

Is the breed Hereford? Pronounced Herry-ford in UK. Guess it changed on the way over 😊Nice vid, nice pigs

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Everyone here I know says "her-ferd" or "here-ford" . Do you know the origin of the name?

How profitable is the operation??

@elonmusktesla8339

3 жыл бұрын

Around 700 dollars every half year of farming!

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How do u control taenia solium to ur hogs in that free range

@FarmBuilder

4 жыл бұрын

Periodic worming.

@bennooctavian5814

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats for the farmbuilder. Im interested with pig

Hi. Would it ever be safe to mix a wild caught boar into the bunch?

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

I probably would not.

@rodolfoplasencia4953

4 жыл бұрын

Wild as it sounds and we have no idea are abusers in comparison to this domestic peaceful boars. Wild are beasts and super aggressive. They surely have a high testosterone level. I even heard those who catch them say it. One even have one jumping a 6' iron straight up fence and escape it. He said "wild hogs can jump!" Some of you have to see it to believe the energy those have!

Jordan, where is your farm Iocated

@FarmBuilder

4 жыл бұрын

Edinburg, Virginia

@thelordschurchfarmandranch6694

4 жыл бұрын

@@FarmBuilder I don't remember why I asked now

You don't dock the tails?

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

Completely unnecessary in a pasture system.

@ethansimmons9887

5 жыл бұрын

But neccessary in a penned environment? How about clipping teeth, why do some say that os neccessary?

@FarmBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

I dont dock tails or clip teeth. Tail chewing is a sign of stress typically seen in confinement settings. Teeth clipping is for when sows are in farrowing crates and can't get away from piglets biting their teets. Our sows dont have that issue.

The bottle "not the bottle"...

Why they castrate male pigs?

@bugloverspiderlover8490

4 жыл бұрын

To eliminate boar taint,plus makes handling easier.

Don't you have children of sows as possible breeding boars of those same sows?

I'd just eat all the boars at weening...😆👍

Straight legs is actually a trait you do not want. They need to show some flexibility especially on the front end. On pasture this young boar may do all right, but I suspect he would break down in a confinement situation. Just my opinion.

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