New Pig Pen! *PICS!*

[Annamarierw]

I'm Loving this idea
thinking I may have hubby help me start another project this weekend.
keep us posted on how yours turned out

 

[dwbonfire]

What a great looking pig pen! I am hoping to get a pig this spring and was thinking about doing something like this. How did you attach the pallets together? They look so neat. I also am wondering if you have it staked in somehow or if it is free-standing. If it is free-standing, will it tip over if they press against it? Although, I guess that's what the electric wire is for, huh.

Please give us an update. How is it working so far? What kind of feeders and waterers did you end up getting/making?

Thanks! we had a little glitch in plans so we still havent got our pigs. we are expecting them any time now, as soon as the guy cuts them we will have them. he is taking his sweet time thats for sure. ah well. in march im getting the pigs that i plan to continue raising anyhow..

my neighbor made a feeder for us, which i think will be short lived im going to humor him by using it until they destroy it and then i will do it my way. (i dont mean to sound mean but hes the "glitch" im talking about lol) he cut one of those 55 gallon plastic barrels in half the long way and attached them to 2x8 pieces on the side. he thinks that will stop them from turning it over. i know they will surely still turn it over, plus toss it all around the pen and against the wire which will ground it out. what i planned to do, as suggested to me in one of my threads on here was to take a big rubbermaid feed pan and connect it to a chain, stake it outside the pen and that way i can pull the pan over to the wall and drop the feed over without having to go inside the pen.

as for a waterer we got one of those hog waterers you can order from a catolog or online. again we havent got the pigs so we havent put all this thrugh the test yet but the waterer should work fine. i think the only thing is the size of the pen, im wishing we could have gone bigger. thats all we had for pallets at the time but i think i will expand at some point. we dont have the sides staked down, its free standing which i didnt think would be sturdy enough but if we try to shake the sides theres not much movement at all. like you said hopefully the electric will keep them from pushing on it. we used 3" screws to connect the pallets.

once we get the pigs i will keep this updated

 

[Ms. Research]

Pig pen really looks good. Look forward to hearing when the pigs come how it all goes.

Wishing you all the luck.

K

 

[enggass]

What did you do to create the fence? ie. How are the pallets connected and what did you do to keep them standing secure?

 

[andrew6d9]

very creative and economical

 

[Happy Farming Momma]

Hey, sence you already have a feeder made you can stake it down buy the fence so they can't toss it around. I have something like yours home made but mine is smaller and made out of corigated black plastic construction storm drain pipe! My pigs are half way grown out to weight and they can't move mine and trust me they try alot! I just poor the food over the fence.

I would show a pic but for some reason I can't figure out how to load one! It is probably right infront of my face.

 

[Dascountry]

Nice pen...looks large enough for 4 pigs to me.

 

[mylilchix]

I'd like to know how you built the pallet fence, too. I'm planning on getting a pig and trying to decide on fencing. We have a bunch of pallets here, so I'd like to be able to use them.

 

[dwbonfire]

hello everyone, sorry for those who asked questions and i havent gotten back to yall.

to connect the pallets i stood them up so the 'edges' or the 2x4 pieces were vertical. i wanted to do it the other way but there was no way to connect the pallets.. i used 3 inch screws going in one side, and some going in the other side to really give it good support. suprisingly the pallets ended up standing and being sturdy enough to not need a brace or to have to dig into the ground at all. the only place we did pound in 2x4s was the "door frame".. and the only brace we needed was in that one corner where you see the 2x4 because the pen was on a bit of a hill so the front wall wanted to lean in, and i didnt want to to pull on the door frame and warp it. i used paint program to label the pic to show what i mean, i hope it helps answer questions, if not feel free to ask and ill try my best to explain

dont forget we havent put this pen to the real test yet, we JUST got our pigs sunday! yay!!! right now they are in a stall in the barn until they get a little bigger. i am affraid to put them out in the pen yet because it is so far off from the house and i worry i wont hear if anything bothers them... i will update with how it holds up once they are in there! we decided this will be the "catch pen" and we're going to come off the back into the woods with just a few strands of hot wire so they have more room and shade. i had no idea pigs would stay behind just a few strands of hot wire but i see it all the time now.

 

[mylilchix]

So simple and creative! I love it! I've got pallets and screws already so it's worth a try. How soon do you get your pigs?