That solo cup in these videos makes my day.

Hi Chris! You have some really fine looking pigs. I never get tired of watching your pig videos. I hope you and Miss Darlene have a great new year!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year Mark !

Thanks That was a great recap. I can sure see the difference in those full blood duroc like little tanks. Some nice looking pigs Chris.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you , I do like those red pigs

That is some good looking hogs Brother.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Very nice looking piglets

They sure are Top Notch hogs!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

Most information about beginning hog production

I loved how you talked about the old boys with pigs. Them ole boys are getting out of it, and some others been getting in. Ive raised pigs for butcher for almost 10 years, for friends, fam, etc.. When feeders at the auction went for $175 from $50, i knew it was time for my own setup. We kept 4 for breeding, had to cull one for a bad leg, and bred our 3 remaining gilts via A.I. in early December. (Gilts are non-bred, up until first time breeding for the non-pig folk...then they become sows.) It seems they all took. Now the waiting game begins. It does seem like our market is more thirsty than yours but i could be wrong. Butcher dates are a key factor, feeder pig selling is better I'm thinking.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

We make a little off feeders but processed tops make the most . Our prices aren't that high

Chris, Truly love your videos. Some great looking pigs 🐖! I always learn from them. Pigs are our favorite animals to raise and we trying to get our system lined out like yours. Keep putting these videos out! Happy New Year to you and Darlene! Thanks!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year !

They are pretty

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith

Thanks for the video. Your always very informative, I appreciate how you say it straight!!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Just trying to help folks

Them 7 weeks old pigs looks great brother!

Thanks for your videos.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help , thanks for watching

Thanks for sharing Chris! Happy to check our new pigs out! See you next week!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to it , happy new year !

Love your videos. I wish I was close enough to get some pigs from you.

Always enjoy your videos my wife gets on to me for watching them too much lol you guys are a big reason that I started raising pigs. Hope y’all are doing well

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully I'll have some new stuff up this week !

Good looking piglets, I sure wish you were closer. Happy New Year !!!!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Happy new year !

@jamesmoon7312

6 ай бұрын

​@@HomesteadingtheHardWaywhere are you located

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

6 ай бұрын

@@jamesmoon7312 eastern NC

You got some beautiful pigs

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Those babies are too cute!! I hope that boar's mine :) Excited to get my pork :)

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Won't be long they're hanging now processing Monday

Good Stuff! 11:20 My main feeder customer wants NO PINK PIGS! LOL By the way - here on the West Coast, those Dewrocs are called Drrrocs 😄

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

9 ай бұрын

White pigs always sell slow at best

Thank you for the video brother!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching !

How much you charge for a duroc uncut boar? I’m in south Mississippi and wouldn’t mind making the drive for one those good looking pigs you got.

@FreeAmerican

2 жыл бұрын

If you drive through North Alabama, I would pay you to transport one to me if you go to get one. Chris - do you have two uncut duroc boars?

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Send me an email

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

@@FreeAmerican yes I do , send me an email

Very nice pigs

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Speaking of Carolina Gold...Got me some Carolina Gold Rice from Tidewater Grain down in Oriental the other day. I bet it would go good with a Carolina Gold picnic roast. The stock is looking good Chris.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

That Carolina gold pigs that you call them they really look good brother!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you , I should make a breed out of them . Have a lot of people pushing me too

Hey Chris, your hog videos are the most informative I've found! I really enjoy watching them. I have a question on the design of my hog facilities. So I'm planning on building a 24 x16 foot pen with an 8x6 shelter. Is that large enough to feed out 5 or 6 hogs? And on loading ramps, I was going to build it 8 foot long so it's very gradual, would that be overkill? It's going to be made out of 2 3/8 well and about 50 inches tall so it should be plenty stout!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

That sounds good , you only have to build a little ramp at the end . I think mine are two foot long

Great job chris

@jtjolly3455

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new years Chris and family

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks JT happy new year

Thanks for sharing

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !

Love your videos

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

They look good 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷 just wondering what do you feed them?

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

I make all our feed corn , rye ,wheat mineral/vitamin mix and we feed some produce as a filler

@RippleAffect

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay thanks for the information 👍🏻

My husband would be in hog heaven. He has a red boar right now that raised from a baby that he loves to pieces. He had 7. They were all supposed to be raised for food but he got attached to RedMan. My husband said He acts like a puppy dog!!!

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

Lol occasionally I have one I get attached to

Good video.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hey Chris what’s your take on tamworths pig I just bought boar and two gilts that I’m raising and going to try and breed them just curious what you thought thanks

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

I like Tamworth pigs they grow just a little slower than some of the newer breeds but they're hardy as you can get

My dad used to be able to look at a hog and guess weight within 10 pounds . U have nice hogs

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

I have a friend that can but I have to run them across the scale

I am halfway a pig farmer because of watching your vidoes :) I got my first 3 berkshire 4 month olds. 2 female and one male. Thank you for what you do and I am getting older now in my 50's not sure how much I have left but I am going to enjoy it raising pigs god willing. Just one question what would you mix berkshire with for selling meat? And would you have the male or females berkshire for mixing the breeds?

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

I never have any luck with Berkshire sows tbh . Berk and Duroc or Hamp both make a good meat pig

Any advice you want to share on what you put in your pig feed and what each ingredient does would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing your info

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

I have an old video showing the recipe I use the most , let me know what you're feeding and what you have available grain wise and I'll give you a recipe to match

@jeffhuntley2921

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay I was able to find it. Thanks for sharing all the info! Greatly appreciated!

Hay Chris ! what do you think about raising feeder pigs to sell. .We dont live in a large farming area but have one sale barn that sell feeder pigs ..Feed is .very high here in east texas . but i like what you do. thanks for all the information you share. God Bless.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

If you could get set up to make your own feed or find someone to sell you some in bulk and sell pork instead of pigs you could probably do ok . I make most of my money selling weaned pigs but a couple of pens full of tops is a good boost to the bottom line . I just don't have the market built up enough yet 20 is about all I can sell A year but I get 5.00 a lb processed and that's ten at the time 250/300 lb hogs walking dress out 190/230 ish

About how much feed daily do you feed your pigs. Gestating sow's, lactating sow's, adult sow's that aren't bred and your boar. I have Duroc and trying to get the feed ratio right. Thank you for your time and advice

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Open sows 5lbs, bred sows 7 lbs and nursing sows start at 10 lbs and goes up by litter size about a pound per pig is the base . A grown boar usually gets about 2.5 lbs a day but that varies a little . Overfeeding can cause a lot of problems these Durocs do better if you keep them fit looking

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

And I'm sorry piglets get free choice on a feeder mostly, breeding stock I'm growing gets up too 10lbs a day until I get them to weight ( 350 ) then I cut them back to 5lbs

She has done a great job have a good retirement girl

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

I sent her to a petting zoo last week

@keithbennett5991

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay I'm going to cry

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithbennett5991 I'm getting soft in my old age I reckon . She'll be a good fit I already made her a pet

@keithbennett5991

2 жыл бұрын

They do that to us

I've read that the IPP's are the best grazers, especially if you don't want rooting

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

I hear that a lot but it falls short in practice. A hog ring will stop them all from rooting

I think my pig is pregnant I artificial brighter I think she took first time ever raising babies Tomorrow makes a month

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

She should start showing soon , if she hasn't come back in heat you're probably good

Pretty bacon

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith

13:41 looks like one of them managed to escape getting his balls cut off.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

We saved him for a boar , tri color spotted pigs are in high demand

How much boar an couple does pigs

How do I get a hold of you to purchase a pig or work on my super 8 Farmall

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

Just send me an email homesteadingthehardway@gmail.com

@bighonkee5407

Жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay Hey Chris I am currently building me a hog pen and pig pen out of panels. I want to raise about 5 pigs and maybe get me a boar and sal to start raising a few myself. I probably just need to raise myself about 2 or 3 a year but I think I know enough people that would get some pigs from me. I like your setup better than anybody else's I've seen. And I like your pigs better than anybody else I've seen. Never have raised pigs but my papaw did. I'm a hillbilly out in western NC. Was wanting to get durocs or Duroc Cross. Do you have a price list on your stuff. Would like to get some of your stock to try to start my own little thang. Thanks.

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

@@bighonkee5407 I emailed you back just now

Why do you have electric line on top of pig pen

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Ай бұрын

To keep pigs in and dogs out . Even a piglet can make over a hog panel a big hog can bunny hop one

Do you sell any "Carolina Gold" pigs?

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

We do there's also a couple of other farms growing them

What's the story with the barking dog brother. It's kinda irritating to be honest with you. I love your show. I get good information from you and I've been raising hogs for 38 years

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

9 ай бұрын

Microphone picks up noise in a weird way that dogs two hundred yards away . Same thing happens with passing jets ( twenty miles away ) we can hardly hear them but they're overpowering in the video .

You don't cut their tails?

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

No it's not necessary unless they're in heavy confinement . We castrate, clip milk teeth and ear notch if necessary but they keep their tails

@Joesdiaperxxx99

Жыл бұрын

So if I'm just growing them out to harvest.. do I need to castrate or cut teeth

@HomesteadingtheHardWay

Жыл бұрын

@@Joesdiaperxxx99 you'll have to castrate if you're going to eat them unless you process them young . Cutting teeth is done at birth to stop them from chewing up the sows nipples or she'll stop nursing them and they starve . You may not have to clip them but you need to check every pig because once she's sore you can't fix it .

Very nice looking piglets