Justin, we went thru the same thing last year. Ruined a lot of good electric pig fence. What worked well in the end is heavy fencing covered by a tarp. They seemed to think it was solid, so they quit charging it. But don't leave any opening wider than an inch or they will squeeze thru.

Doubt you’ll see this comment, but from my experience with pasture/forest pigs, netting doesn’t work. They root right up next to it and knock it down. Elec line keeps them in better. We plan their last paddock to where the barn is their shelter. Night before they go to process we close them in. If you have a stubborn one that won’t go into the trailer, you can slide a hitch knot onto its back leg just above the “ankle”. Lift the leg straight up push it’s butt with your leg and you can now steer the pig. Lift it up and close to the body, not backwards and away. Only time we do this is loading into a trailer. In my mind it’s less stress on the animal than them constantly running and trying to break through fencing.

I think my favorite part of this video is around the 4:00 mark where Winnie is just watching the chaos!

This is good experience to find out what loading situation you need to implement for the next round of pigs.

I thoroughly enjoy your videos ! I feel like you all are just plain family like my own. I was raised on a farm, we had chickens, ducks, Guineas, geese, cows and donkeys. We raised a gigantic garden for canning, freezing and drying. We had apple trees, peaches, pears, cherries, PawPaws, blackberries, raspberries, mulberries, elderberries and strawberries. We had walnut trees and I did not like trying to crack and get the nuts out. We raised a big cornfield for the animals and we had a great big corncrib to hold it all. There were 11 living on our farm, Nanny, Papaw, Uncle Grade, Mom, Dad and us 6 kids, everybody worked. My Nanny always made the butter and I would churn for her, I loved it.

Little Jonah is such s good little worker! You have a beautiful family! Blessings ❤️

Wow! Never a dull moment on your farm! You guys did it! Bravo!!!!🤗🤗❤

Just a Few Acres Farm sets up a trailer for the pigs to feed in a week before they leave. That gives them time to acclimate to getting in.

@thepoint2957

Жыл бұрын

Just what I was thinking. Peat has a good set up for pork!!

I build a 8x10 pen with tposts and hog panels. They get trained to eat there. A week before butcher the trailer gets pulled up and they get fed there. A day before they get locked in that small pen, gives a buffer. Then loaded and locked in. Efficient and works, but that makes for no drama..

Nice work, team! Good luck tomorrow when they load up for processing

I once spent 3 consecutive days getting a bull back in a pen. Turns out the wind kept grounding the electric fence. Each day it was a 4 hr ordeal.

Our pigs were grazing our front lawn when I got home the other day... Good times...

They are like a pony we used to have, we had him in a hot wire fence. Bare hot double wire. He learned that a moment of pain reaped a great reward. Had to put up regular fencing.

Justin we struggled with this last year and found the best way to get them to do anything was to lead them with milk.

Well you know I'm always for the calf getting extra milk. We can always go to the store and buy. It makes me think of the dairy cash that are male and they're put in a dark room like a box, for a few days because they're going to become veal. So they never get it taste of mother's milk. So I'm always for the calf.

@Tiffycha1982

Жыл бұрын

You can go to the store and buy grass fed only, raw milk and dairy?! No vaccines no antibiotics given, naturally raised?! What state do you live in and how much does it cost?

We raised pigs when I was a kid and oh boy they are a pain because they are smart!

Phew that was quite tense!! Gald you got them in the pole barn, more secure and easier to move

Justin, I love your videos…but you take your daughter for granted. She is completely underrated… I would like to see more Lillie time with you. Great family and great resources for homesteaders

Listen carefully at 0:08 to 0:10 in the first part of the video. You can hear Henry say PAPA over an over again ❤️

I guess they went to the market! They took, ‘This little piggy’ rhyme to heart! 🤪

@saraslatter7973

Жыл бұрын

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i am a pig breeder and let me tell you when a pig wants out its getting out 9 times out of 10 they get out for a mud hole

@ChickensAndGardening

Жыл бұрын

They are strong animals!

@noelhenderson8095

Жыл бұрын

If a Pig become stubborn you have no way of moving it wait until they're hungry and use food for bribe them

@PapasHobbyGarage

Жыл бұрын

@@noelhenderson8095 not that easy

@PapasHobbyGarage

Жыл бұрын

@@ChickensAndGardening oh very

Hey Justin been watching your channel for ever. Thanks for being an inspiration in my homesteading journey!!! I’m trying to read your book rooted and I just want you to know that my local library has 1 physical copy of your book and it’s been out and reserved for like the next 3 months also tried the digital library from which they own 3 digital copies… currently 18th in line to get it. This is a small community so your quite popular I think lol anyways have a great day! Love you guys!!!

WOW That was some work out for all of you. Good luck getting them to the butcher. I can't wait to see that.

Been there, trying to get a pig to go where it doesn't want to. The solution was to herd it with other pigs that would go, & it just went along.

I can hear Greg Judy now: “Never turn your fence off. DONT DO THAT!”😂

Thank you for the video

Great job family!

I busted up laughing when you nearly took a spill closing the trailer gate. Been there. --- If you put a bucket over their head, you can usually push them backwards and steer them where you want them to go. It has worked for us pretty well a couple times.

Blessings to all!

Please let Jonah know that straight lines DO excist in nature, indeed when the sun shines through clouds it shines in straight rays of light

lol I was exhausted from just watching yinz!!! good deal, great team work!!

Justin cable ties and not strong enough to hold a pig they will break them no matter how big they are what was that tool that you were using when casterating the cow have you finally decided that the bands are a good idea I find they work very well I have never had a problem with them

Wow! What a challenge!

That was tense!

We had horses with the same issue. Can't get them in the trailer. We were told park the trailer in the field and put their favorite feed in it. No pressuring. They will get in on there own. We had success with this 3-4 times. Maybe this will help someone.

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Based on several homesteading YT channels that I watch, pigs are a pain in the neck if they don't have a wonderful wallow.

I remember you had one pig escape and you chased it a while with the side by side. Eventually the pigs get tired that they will walk where you want them. Maybe you need to chase them for a while then you can walk them where you want.

Looks like Josiah got to boot the boot. Good healing!

The next time you get pigs you should get a pig whip and train it to them so if the pigs every get out agian just train them every morning or night

@kimcwhite6509

Жыл бұрын

You must mean get them used to walking just using the whip like my granddaughter does with her FFA pigs. She works them one on one almost every day, so it would be a lot of work for Justin & the boys. They are challenging to handle! I do horses and cattle, but pigs are another story!😳🥹😬

That was crazy

Pete from a "few acres farm" .....the last 2 weeks before butcher .... he backs up the hog trailer like ypu did and feeds them in it, so they get comfortable then .... boom easy

Watching one of your permaculture videos with the guy in Quebec cant pronounce his last name. He made you a asparagus omelet cause it was raining. Just wanted to let u know the coments are turned off. The thing i liked that i learned is that wasps and yellow jackets eat caterpillars. 💛

That was stressful!!!

piggie rodeo lol lots of fun to watch hugssssss

Who doesn't enjoy a good pig chase

I'm sure you talk to Ken Berry MD quite a bit. Are you trying to stick to ruminant meat mostly? Would be great if you could do more videos on "what I eat in a day" like Ken's wife Neisha.

I think they are afraid of the flat form with lines, next harvest try to cover it with grass or leaves if it work sir :-)

How do u get a pasture pig to relocate? Let them take a walk

Well done!! Rebecca mentioned she cooked diner in lieu of Justin?!!

Kinda rough with that calf, Justin....probably not so nice for the cow to have her calf yanked off her teats with such fury either....just saying .....

CAN THEY NOT BE FEED FOR A DAY OR 2? IS THE SKIM MILK A BIG DRAW?

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Did y'all see Lilly fly after those pigs?!!

All that fresh spring water made the pigs frisky. You should sleep well tonight.

Man I just had to run 4 baby goats down today they don’t give a rats butt about my five Juul charger 😂 it took me hours to get them in a 4 cattle panel set up kinda like that

Zip ties do not hold pigs. Lol. Been there. Done that.

That electric fence should not be a psychological barrier, turn the thing up till it stops the calves.

Do you give the calf some heavy pain meds before removing his family jewels?

@Tiffycha1982

Жыл бұрын

No pain meds for banding. You just use an appropriate bander and band and put it around the scrotum after making sure both testicles are decended into it. The bander slowly cuts off blood supply. The whole scrotum, testicles and all, shrivel up and fall off.

@christineosborne3155

Жыл бұрын

I wondered the same...lol

@linnsoltwedel

Жыл бұрын

@@tymesho how do they know? Have the bulls said so? :P

@christineosborne3155

Жыл бұрын

@@tymesho I saw them cut them a couple of times but they band the sheep.

Perfect idea. You're wore out, go eat supper, continue.

Not one of those people that flip out over something I know nothing about haha. But can someone educate me on animal castration and when it's necessary and If the males experience any pain during the process of castration? Thank you. Love your channel ❤️

It shows that death rings in every body's mind.

Nothing worse than having to chase the pigs! Ours would bust out and go to a neighbors house about 1/4 mile down the road. That neighbor didn’t even have pigs! Our current pig is just a ‘pet’ with a purpose. He’s our composter, garbage disposal, undertaker. He knows his name, and like any 400 lb pig comes running like a puppy dog when you call him!

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Lol

This is like watching a rodeo!🤣😂

What happened to your breeding pigs and piglets?

@tonygrimes13

Жыл бұрын

They still have them.

@jensissons5709

Жыл бұрын

@@tonygrimes13 Where? They are not in the pole barn.

@tonygrimes13

Жыл бұрын

@@jensissons5709 They are. There are 2 sections, sows & piglets in one & the boar in the one they put the feeder pigs.

@jensissons5709

Жыл бұрын

@@tonygrimes13 thanks just seen them

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why don't you get a cattle prod. it can work on pigs and cattle.

LMAO If you break through the fence you get casterated. Note to self DO NOT CROSS FENCE.

@kingscairn

Жыл бұрын

Man - fences give me nightmares

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The pigs know. They know. 😥💜

I thought you just put food in the trailer And they went in in their own?

@cathygainge3033

Жыл бұрын

They have to be trained to go into the trailer to get the food. These ones got out before Justin could start getting them used to the trailer.

Hi just want to give your children a round of applause for how hard they work on the farm despite their age or size😊❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️They go above and beyond what they should have to for their age and I know that’s gonna make you upset Justin to hear that but I’m going to tell you is it this kindly… you’re a grown man and you couldn’t control those big pigs in fact you were knocked down at one point and whatever panel you had. I couldn’t see and I didn’t play it back to see whether or not you had the baby on your back at the time. Your daughter is way too small to be helping with big pigs that size. You’re on the Internet, So I know you’ve seen farm accidents from pigs or cells or bars and they are vicious when you’re mad and you’re trying to get them trapped where they don’t want to be in somebody’s gonna get hurt and you think it’s going to be you or your children??🤣🤣I do not want to upset any parent but it is your job to protect your children and before you ever started moving those pigs and I don’t even want to use that word because they are so big…. I can only guess what they weigh….But there wasn’t a real evident plan for moving those pics from the beginning in those flimsy plastic things that Jonah was carrying clearly who is not anything that was going to intimidate a pig but could get a child hurt. I beg of you in the future to train those pigs when they’re younger to go up into a trailer and eat and leave the door open so they can go in and out without any threat and of course set up your electrical fence around it so that they can come and go and aren’t frightened of the trailer, … And then when it comes time to move get those solid panels with the T post like your wife figured out and make a channel that is wide in the beginning and Narrows until it is attached to the doors of the trailer and they have no choice but to go in. I’m not just talking as somebody who’s watching a video and judging you which I’m trying not to be judge mental but I’m truly upset about those children coming close to being hurt I lived on a farm and we had Hampshire pigs/boars/sows…And I learn very quickly on how mean they can be. Oh! the little piglets are so cute….Look at the videos from when you got those five pigs and they were just as cute as they could be! They fit in 10 laundry basket for your son to fall in love with them… but if you watch that video back, you will not see love on their faces win their being charged by the big pigs and breaking between the barriers they’ve created… It is just too unsafe for those children to be fighting off pigs every build their size with in adequate fencing material. Scariest thing I have seen on your farm and I love your videos and your family but I’m pretty upset about the children how fun to do adult work against dangerous pigs😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Where's the working dog to load the pigs ?

@AB-ol5uz

Жыл бұрын

Great Pyrenees are not herding dogs - that's a border collie type....Winnie was there in the clip when he needed them to cross the road in front of their house.

@donnaharris8097

Жыл бұрын

@@AB-ol5uz , I'm sure I saw them have what looked like a border collie pup at some point , and they mentioned herding - or did I dream that ?

@cathygainge3033

Жыл бұрын

Winnie roams the property now instead of being kept with the sheep. She is now a property guard dog 🙂

@Wolfdogrules

Жыл бұрын

They had a dog a few years ago that was I believe a herding dog but they got rid of it as I believe it ended up biting someone maybe one of the kids

Prisoners has escaped

Just jump on top the bugers

Train that dog to help you move the pigs and cows.

Pig rodeo!

i’d say that was a rodeo hahahahah good job guys

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Жыл бұрын

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Can't u let those poor calves have moms milk for a few weeks before u takevit?

Please build me a cabin on your land so I can get outta the city I'm in a wheel chair can't do a hole lot that I can do to help on the farm but I can help with house and kids if the ground is dry I can help with some stuff outside or the high tunnel I can pay some to stay there also but I can't stand being in the city anymore and watching you guys I love everything about you guys

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Жыл бұрын

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Did you sell all the bargain $3000 a piece pigs?

😁😕😟😔😞😩😭don’t kill does poor animals poor pigs 😥😢😭😭

@phoenixdogtraininguk

Жыл бұрын

They've had a much better life than many pigs.... You're watching a farming video ... What do you think they're going to do with them?

The calf can break his neck, pulling against the rope like that. I wish you would gentle your animals when they are born, then they won’t be fighting you like this.

@Tiffycha1982

Жыл бұрын

Just curious if you raise livestock?

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