My grandfather was a hog farmer, and I used to work with him every summer. A few thing he taught me. First, if a pig can get its nose behind or through something, it will eventually get its head behind it, if they get the head behind it then body is soon to follow. Second, we used to "drive" pigs with a sheet of old corragated roofing tin. He used to use plywood, but it was very heavy. Tin is light and easy to manuever quickly. Two people, each with their own sheet of tin could drive a lot of pigs around the farm. You would be surprised at how easy it is to guide a pig with a sheet of tin. Lastly, if you have a loading ramp and it is covered with grass it can be problematic. If a pig is familiar with an electric fence and lived in a lot surrounded by an electric fence , they can associate a grass line for an electric fence line and they will not want to go near it. This is why when grass starts to grow on the loading ramp, we would get rid of it as quickly as possible. I just thought I would share some hog wisdom from my Grandpa. I miss him every day. BTW I really enjoy your channel!

@stanleypennock2118

Жыл бұрын

Your grandfather taught you well! Pigs are also way smarter than any farm animal that comes to mind! They can be bull headed to. Maybe nearly as bad as a mule! My wife would say that I am their equal! Lol 😂

@TheKiltedHomesteader

Жыл бұрын

@@stanleypennock2118 lol I hear you! My wife would probably say the same about me : D

@HowWereLivingGardeningChannel

11 ай бұрын

The loading ramp too seems like a great one. Something I wouldn’t have thought of!

@XxRoFuSxX151

9 ай бұрын

I think the number one mistake is enclosures number two is feeding .. I raise my Herefords to 420 ibs in 9 months 3 years in a row 😂

I remember a time when about 10 piglets got through the fence and were all lined up walking down our driveway. My mom yelled at them and told them to get behind the fence. They instantly froze and turned around and went back to the fence,

@spoolsandbobbins

2 жыл бұрын

Lol!!!!

@kevinstreeter6943

2 жыл бұрын

@@spoolsandbobbins Hogs are as smart as dogs. They are also very curious. While other livestock would move away, Hogs will get closer to you. I enjoyed raising them. They would make good pets if they were not so tasty.

@andrewpresley908

2 жыл бұрын

I had something similar happen at a farm I work at. Me and the owner pulled up in his truck and about 5 piglets had gotten out. As soon as they heard the doors open on the truck you could see their heads shoot up, they looked left and right really fast and ran right back into their pen the same way they got out, then we put a straw bale in front of the hole they got out of, lol.

@GOAT_GOATERSON

Жыл бұрын

Sure

My Great Grandfather used a fixed pen. One side for a wallow and a shade, the other side was for hay for them to use a place to potty. They were fed grain and kitchen scraps and garden scraps. The pen's hay place was cleaned out weekly and that was used for compost. All of his neighbors knew about the pigs and they donated scraps too. He also raised chickens for eggs and food. Great Grandmother used the feathers for pillows and to add to the feather bed. She used two layers of pillow ticking so the feathers would not stick out. When I lived with my Grandmother it was my job to wash the feathers and put them in a dish towel and dry them on the clothesline when I was 7 years old.

I bought a pig that was close to being ready for the freezer. I built a pen and wanted the temperatures to cool down first. 2 weeks later she had piglets. We didn't know she was pregnant. What a rollercoaster that's been. 8 months later I still have pigs and it's time consuming and expensive. Live and learn I guess 😁

I love how you guys make your meat matter...they are well cared for and loved..so humane..xoxo

@sterlingwomackdfs29

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😭

I love how you share the good, the bad, and the ugly, lol. At least now I don't feel like we are the only ones that have these crazy fiasco's with our animals. Sarah's face after you came back and had caught the pigs made me chuckle!!

@KenHowland

3 ай бұрын

Hi Cindy how are you doing today

Awesome advice. What a fun collaboration, thanks a lot for sharing your guys knowledge on pigs, I've went through every mistake you talked about haha if only this video was out back then, it would have saved me big headaches for sure. Keep up the great work you two.

I know it’s a year and a half old but thank you. I’m in MO as well and my sons and I just started our farm and we’re looking for pigs. Great info. Thank you.

Great collaboration! I've been following all these channels for about a year now and I have learned SO VERY MUCH! This collaboration is right on time for me. As my future homestead is right on the horizon, I'm really digging into livestock information so I can decide what will work for me in raising them as a single person, and that helps me zero in on what to look for as I look at property.

Jason and Mrs. Cog Hill, and Mary Carl plus Sarah and Kevin and the girls are good utube friends already. Learn so much form you all! Thanks for the collaboration on things.

Glad I found your channel! My son and I have just started a small pig operation together. We are learning a lot more than I ever expected to know about pigs. Looking forward to catching up on your videos and seeing new ones as you make them. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience.

you guys are so cool..even as meat...you let animals do what they do..respect

I actually love the suggestion to start with a feeder pig. I think I'm going to use that for all the different types of animals on my new homestead! Thank you for that.

One more , DON'T GET EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED to them,they are cute,smart and fun , my grandpa raised pigs back home for noche buena (Christmas feast) , when it was time to slaughter the pigs,we all cried and heartbroken.

@amandaforeman703

5 жыл бұрын

PRAISE G_D 👏🏻👏🏻

@KLOASH1111

5 жыл бұрын

That’s what I would be afraid of getting to close to them and not being able to process :(

@michaelkossin2765

4 жыл бұрын

You didn't have to slaughter them in the first place. No one needs to eat pigs. We can get everything we need to thrive on a diet of plants, according to nutrition authorities worldwide. Why keep doing something you know is wrong?

@michaelkossin2765

4 жыл бұрын

@-CLM17- All I ask is that you think about this situation. Animals value their lives more than you value any of that. Try to shift perspectives.

@bryanv.8867

4 жыл бұрын

I have a pot bellied pig I've raised since she was 9 days old would never think of eating her shes my everything

i just got pigs for the 2nd time. learned some very hard mistakes the first time around!

BOOM!! Awesome guys!! This was such a great collab!! And so glad we were able to be part of it with everyone!! :) Jason

Now I have more confidence in getting pigs one day. Thank you! 🌸

Maybe the pigs in the woods it will help with the tick problem.

@KenHowland

3 ай бұрын

Hello gonza where are you from?

We have been buying our neighbor's daughter's 4-H pig, and that has worked thus far and still been cost effective. This next year will be her last year in 4-H and we have been bantering around with the idea of getting some feeder pigs and try our hand at it. Like you I don't think we will want pigs year round, but I do think we are going to give the feeders a whirl to try a new adventure. Thank you for sharing this info.

@KenHowland

3 ай бұрын

Hi Patricia how are you doing today

Thanks so much you guys! I just got my 1st 2 pigs and have quickly realized they're not the little house pet my sister promised and a lot more work so the electric fence is an awesome idea

Mine jump right over two stands. Never saw a pig jump until we got this group 🤣. I've had to go through my whole pasture system and add a third line

I’m a little obsessed with the way you are living. My grandma had a huge garden and I remember hiding in it and eating her berries. We have a small garden each year because I love fresh fruits and vegetables

@PepeDeezNutz

Жыл бұрын

Weird

Fantastic folks. Your having way too much fun ! I love the name of your site. Family is everything and you both exemplify exactly that. Annnd, your no knead bread recipe is the best !

It's so great to see how animals are adequately handled!

Good video. My family raised pigs when I was growing up. They are fun to watch and yes they are very smart. I just found your videos about a week ago. I have liven on a small fram most of my life and now due to an illness I am getting back to my roots. Keep up the good job.

Sounds like a good collaboration, like all those channels

Excellent info/video. Found you guys from Cog Hill & Arms Family, cool collab. That was hilarious watching that little pig playing with that paper bag...I think he/she thought they were a dog lol Thank you

I follow the other channels and have found so many videos that have inspired me to keep going with our dream to buy a homestead.

That's a wounderful initiative you've had with other homesteaders to make those videos!

I always rent the medium sized uhaul trailer when it’s time to take pigs to butcher. Makes it to where I don’t have to own/up keep a trailer. Just bring it back home and hose it out after dropping pigs off.

Thanks for posting this! We've had pigs before, but after a break, are diving back in next week. Watched your video as a "refresher" because you know how we forget things when the rose-colored glasses of time take over! Long time viewer but New sub!

tyvm for all your energy & input. you 2 always bring a smile to my face. n

thanks for the introduction to the other sites! The Cog Hill Homestead especially was just great. They were all wonderful of course. I can't convince my husband to homestead but I enjoy living vicariously through you!

Great tips. We are a month out from our first pigs. Thanks a bunch!

WIth all this time on quarantine I figured I would back track to this video. Always love them, prayers to the journey.

Great videos. I can picture you trying to load the other pigs in the trailer. Loved the video where these got loose too. Keep up the good work with the videos. Enjoy them every day with my coffee.

You are amazing the way you treat your animals. You talk to them and pet them. Appreciate the valuable info on raising pigs. Thank you for sharing what to plan (fencing to processing). Enjoy your channel and will check out the others. 👍

Thank You again. Happy too see people share knowledge and expertise

Very well said, Kevin and Sarah

when I was younger we raised pigs. one time the pick got and went down a field road, then cross a bridge and came back on the other side of the road, across from our home. My Dad try to get come across the road to our house they would not cross our bridge. I took the feed bucket he was using and had to take about quarter mile down the road across a broken bridge and get them back to our house and their pen. They had to go back the way they came the first time.

So your telling me I’ve done this right!!! I got 2 agh’s last year in December to try out! They’ve never escaped and I made their appt for October back in January!!! We thought about keeping both girls to breed cuz they are so darn sweet but that wasn’t the goal so next month I will have a freezer full of pork and lard! And a complete breakdown of cost since I’m keeping record of every penny spent! Jason is the one who sold me on these hogs too! Awesome!!!!

Thank you for sharing all of your videos! They are very helpful ! We are excited to start our homestead journey!

Got your link after watxhing Dutch and his channel. He lives close to where i was raised after my dad retired from the Navy and moved back home to Oklahoma. Enjoyed watching your video..lots of good info. We raised pigs many years ago when I was I school at home.. always good eating.

They're very smart as well 😊

Thanks for providing an excellent video on raising pigs. I was raised on a pig farm and have worked in commercial pork production all of my life. You are never really sure what you are going to get when you click a link on the internet about raising pigs as there is a LOT of bad information out there. All of your three points were valid, addressed well and informative. I also agree with your bonus point: pigs ARE a great addition to homesteads. Keep up the good work.

placing small flags also help, if they see the flags its an xtra bonus for them to stay away !!

We had a beat up ford ranger for farm work and I built truck racks on the cheap with scrap lumber. There was a concrete area in there run so I backed my truck to that elevated spot and dropped the tail gate, put in straw and feed. After a few days they were comfortable going in and out. On the day to haul just shut the tail gate, and go. We hauled three 180 lbers. Worked like a charm.

“We didn’t know how to get the pigs in the trailer “. I am laughing because about three weeks ago we went to load our two Mangalitsa feeder pigs in our trailer; my wife , son and myself. Easy enough I thought. Haha. Two plus hours later and after recruiting a neighbor and his buddy, ( did I mention it was cold... and rainy?), they were in! And yes, we wish we had a video of it. At one point one of the pigs decided to go toward me, I tried to stop her, she lifted me off my feet and dumped me in the mud. It was all pretty hilarious. A memory for sure ! But we loved raising our pigs and will be getting two or three new ones in a couple of weeks. You guys make great videos.

@kimberlybardin6949

4 жыл бұрын

Where are you getting mangalista pigs cheap enough to use for feeder pigs? Or do you breed them?

@kimberlybardin6949

4 жыл бұрын

Also, we plan on training ours to load on the trailer as soon as we get them with food bribes. Lol I hope it works! 🤞

@bellas14u

2 жыл бұрын

Our pigs did the same thing recently. Then the boar got out and it was a mess. The mangalista are the more eccentric of our feeder pigs but smaller than the other breeds we have.

Keeping it Dutch sent me over. I’m starting a homestead in Arizona

Good lesson to have available to refer back to later on! Thanks guys!

🐖🐖🐖 good day to you Kevin and Sarah !! thanks for sharing another awesome update on the homestead !! 🐖🐖🐖

Came from the collaboration... love y’all!!!

🤩 when you wake up and all your favorite homesteaders collab it's going to be a good day! Better to get along than fight, like some other homestead youtubers we all know!

First time here on your channel! Husband and I live on a 20 acre farm in outside Carthage Mo and we have started getting animals we have started out with rabbits 2 males 2 females and we have 2 male pot belly pigs. Plus we are growing our own garden its a job all in its self.

Thank you for a video well needed for information. Looking into getting our own feeder pigs AND doing our own processing.

@KenHowland

3 ай бұрын

Hello my friend how are you doing

I’d love to live like this minus the animals! I just couldn’t do it! Kudos to you all!

I just found this video but I've been a subscriber for awhile I just got pigs I wanted to familiarize myself I'm also a subscriber of keeping it Dutch and arms family home all of you and great info channels God bless ty for helping keep us all informed

Awesome collaborations! As always great video!

Too bad we didn't find your channel sooner... Would have jumped into this cool collaboration idea with a Turkey video!

I am going to get a few pigs now I am retired and have the time to dedicate to them... I have an advantage... I was raised on a farm with pigs and cattle, chickens, turkeys and goats...and I was a Bison rancher for 10 years, built all the fences, corrals, set up the waterers and did all the electrical wiring and butchered and processed Bison. My dad was a butcher and I learned how to slaughter beef animals and pigs, poultry and how to process meat, make smoked bacon and ham, and sausages. I have been accumulating processing equipment, a meat grinder, sausage mixer, sausage stuffer, bandsaw and meat slicer. Slaughtering and processing has become so expensive but we have that covered. This fall we will have a few market size hogs to butcher. Really looking forward to it. Working on the existing fences I have on this property now... I have 15 acres I am going to dedicate to pasturing and holding the pigs, fence and cross fence plus the holding pens, shelters, farrowing shelters, and load out pen/chute/ramp facility, water and feed equipment. Going to have it all built and set up before I bring any pigs on the farm. I'm excited! Enjoyed your video and very useful info for folks that have not kept livestock before!

Such great information to wake up to!

Super intelligent! They love s ball to play with!

We raise hogs also. My favorite to butcher and eat are the Hereford breed.

@gordbaker896

4 жыл бұрын

Um, do your pigs Mooo? Herefords are beef cattle.

Just from the clips of your pigs that I have seen since you got those three they are so cute and they have such a fun personality.

@becasandoval7039

5 жыл бұрын

Yes and how can you kill them and eat them? They are smarter than dogs and make such great pets..... they have been known to save kids and people from many adverse situations,,, even so far as saving their lives.... Such a shame to see such beautiful animals killed.. there's enough getting killed for stores. I watch them being trucked to their demise on AZ Hwy 40 in those hot metal truck trailers when it's 125 degrees out in the shade and those poor animals must be suffering so standing and leaning against those super hot metal containers they stuff them in. Such a horrible sight. I wish someone would do something,,, ban the truckers from driving in such horrid heat! It's so disturbing to see and to know they will be killed after suffering terribly on the way to their doom. Please don't make a video of killing those beautiful animals you just were playing with...... I know I don't have to watch it,,,, but I just don't understand why people have to have so much meat..... when you grow so much fruits and veggies to live on..... I could not do what you do.... I love animals too much. I can't even think about eating my chickens... they have a personality,,, which means they have a soul.........Hopefully you give thanks to them for giving up their lives for you to eat.... Namaste'

@professor6006

3 жыл бұрын

@@becasandoval7039 you don’t gotta eat your animals I use chickens for eggs and if my dad got some pigs I’d hope we’d just sell the babies for profit

Hey Sarah and Kevin 😊 What a great video. We never rise pigs . But other animals.. from turkeys to beef .But We know fresh meat taste a whole lot better .. we buy our bacon from a friend.. super yummy 😋.. but we been thinking of rising our own pigs just for meat .. 🤔 Thanks guys for all your videos. Keep up the great work . Have a great bless day. Blessing 👩‍🌾

Good information! One little tip - Pigs LOVE Oreos. I used to call the hogs at my grandparent's farm, feed them pieces of Oreos. Anytime they needed to be moved a trail of Oreo pieces thrown in front of them got them where they needed to be.

Great advise, thanks!

I found you through Arms Family Homestead. Great Video! I'll be watching your other videos too.

@KenHowland

3 ай бұрын

Hi my friend how are you doing today

Thank all of you. I have really learned a lot. I don’t know about pigs. May be too smart for me

Smart video to do. My friend bred their pigs. They've been the barn 24 hrs when the show was having babies. Their pigs are petted and talked to daily. They are so much easier for I handle and the pigs get used to ppl. I notice that you pet your pigs too. You're very nice gentle ppl that love your animals.

The 🐖 are, strong,smart and pretty. They look good and healthy once you get addicted to your 🐖 you will not want them to get slaughter ,if those 🐖 get the scent of you it will be some problems for them to get a way from . Thanks for sharing ,Great Video

Holy cow I just came across this video and saw that h&s bag, I’m also from the ava Mo area! Howdy!

Nice video! I want to try a couple of piggies. I have property that needs cleaning up, grassy areas that are thickly matted, an uneven area that needs flattening out etc. I learned from a neighbor that the best workers are pigs! They will level out rough land perfectly! Stumps, no problem if they arent too big.

Thanks for your video contribution to this collaboration. A pig or two are actually on my list for someday. But as I intend to process by myself, alone, & am an older disabled woman, I will be processing a younger animal than would be the usual practice, at least for my first time. It all still sort of means nothing at this point as I am still searching for a homestead within my budget.

@joybickerstaff194

4 жыл бұрын

Ana's Homestead Hello Ana, I wish u the best on finding ur homestead, I to am looking, hard work and age has given me aches and pains, I’ll be 59 this May, I have gardened, had chickens, I’m looking for affordable property as well, yet big enough for rotating pigs and goats. The livestock I know I’ll have, r pigs, chickens and goats, because they can forage a lot of their own food, And with what I’ve learned from Kevin and Sarah, rabbits r looking to be n my group of livestock. Have a wonderful day

Great videos,you guys are awesome I’m looking to buying land in next year or so and this is really giving me an idea where to start

Nice tips thanks for sharing the info

Congrats on reaching 45,000 Subscribers. Good for you!

You guys are definitely amazing I love your videos

Thanks so much, that was awesome

thank guyz from Philippines

Great video, thanks so much!

It's a really good idea to tame/train any pigs that may need to be separated or moved at some point, it will make your life SO much easier! We had to separate and move one yesterday, but she was never tamed/trained as she was not ours, and it took four of us nearly two hours to wrangle her into a crate and haul her out of the woods - NOT a fun experience for us nor the poor pig! Conversely, I had to separate and move one of ours back in January, and it took me only twenty minutes total, and I did it by myself: all i had to do was lay feed down for the others so they stayed put, then call her and had her follow me out of the pen and down to her new place :)

Loved your video! Thank you

Awesome , love watching it , thumbs up for this lovely couple .,

I have seen your videos before but never realized you were here in Missouri, we have our homestead a little west of the capital. We also do a homestead Facebook site (not naming it here).

Biggest mistake is to fall in love with their complex, smart personalities.

Mistake number 1, did that. My first 2 pigs were a breeding pair. They ended up in the freezer. I've raised 30+ pigs to date and now have a breeding pair again.

Thank you for this video

Thanks..you guys are awesome..hopefully if my health improves..I can get pigs♡♡

Great video Kevin and Sarah. As our first time to raise pigs the info is great. Fortunately, from watching some of your previous videos and Al Lumnah at Lumnah Acres channel, we have those issues covered along with a date with the processor. So any thoughts on how much feed you give your pigs, how much does that vary with their size, how much area do you give them in the woods, and what do you do for health/pest management for them? We are just south of you in Arkansas, so our woodlands is nearly identical to yours. Glad you made it through all the storms.

Good things to think about. We just bought our farm a couple months ago and are just getting started... We just got two feeders 2 days ago, as I already figured out number 1, I didn't want to start out farrowing and all...

Great advice! Thanks!

You're a knowledgable and charming couple. City boy that I am, I love your videos.

@RebelGarage23

3 жыл бұрын

Well ur a shitty boy stuck

Great video! would love to see a processing video as well

Y’all have some beautiful hogs 😍🙌🏽

Great video. Thank you for sharing.

Great point. Thank you. I would have gotten a breeder if I didn't see this video. But I should have some experience before I jump into breeding. Thank you for the wisdom

Great pig info thanks.

It is so funny how the Homestead community is so small. As a prepper I wanted to learn as much as possible as to being prepared. This has pointed me to Gardening, Homesteading, and Canning plus other necessary interests. In pursuit I have come across the same people in the various channels with the same interest as I have. I am already a subscriber to Keeping it Dutch, Arms Family Homestead and Cog Hill Farm. The fact that you know them and they know you really makes me happy because it reinforces my physiology that prepping is interdependent on a basic level of survival. In short, I'm on the right path because you are on the right path and I am learning from you. Keep up the good work. :-)

@SplashyCannonBall

4 жыл бұрын

Jumpoff A it’s small because only rich people live in the country now.

@brantleytinnin6258

4 жыл бұрын

The Gully Farm not close to true

@brantleytinnin6258

4 жыл бұрын

The Gully Farm sorry that came across as rude. In my area that isn’t the case. I live in the country and am buying my house and land. I have several friends who live in town and they are paying much more for rent than I am on buying per month.

@jumpoffa5011

4 жыл бұрын

@@brantleytinnin6258 I think that is the point Brantley Tinnin. The Homesteading community is a group of friends willing to help one another even if they live in a different state or country. So if "only rich people live in the country" is to be true it is because they are rich with good friends. I'd rather be rich in friends than money any day of the week. :-)

Our pigs go to the butcher monday and our cow went last week. :) love having our own meat!