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you are the energizer bunny, way to go!!

thanks, I am ready for them to have the larger pasture, but we still have a ways to go before that is ready.

This is our first year with pigs as well. we picked them up a few weeks ago. They are in a smaller pen made of hog panels and T posts, then when we finished their pasture area (about 2.5 acres in all) which is made of stretched horse fencing with barbed wire up top with T posts with concreted...

:clap:clap:clapCongrats, I am so happy you found your place to land. It looks like a beautiful place. I hope you have not unpacked too much... looks like you are on the move again.....

Hi there, we have raised meat rabbits for 5 years now. We have discussed the same thing, we dry Comfrey and keep a large stash on hand incase we find ourselves without any feed. If you had access to timothy Hay (and could store it through winter) you could feed that as the main food source, but...

I am glad you are taking it a bit easy, you need to let your body heal, it has gone through a lot and your heart too - praying for complete recovery of health and strength. Soak up the healing rays of the sun today.

@Baymule how are you feeling?

Yes, that is exactly what we are going to do, once we get the large pasture area fenced in - it is some woods and some cleared areas, we want them to help us till the area so we can then come behind them and seed it for a good pasture. it will take some time, but that is the plan.

https://timberframehq.com/green-vs-dried-timbers/ this link above has some good info on using green lumber. But our beams are 7"x9", so not much larger than yours but it also depends on the kind of wood you are using. The mortise being too large sounds like that was the issue with the twisting...

good to know!!!! we will do that

I hope you are feeling better and a better choice of entertainment today! Did you get that hail last night? We had dime size hail for about 10 min, but it did not do much damage thankfully. hoping all your babies did okay in the storm.

Great tips as well. And I told my DH the same thing on the temporary size pen, some commercial pigs don't get but tiny concrete areas, at least they have some area to root around. None the less, I am anxious to get them on pasture in hopes it will reduce our feed cost. I wondered about using...

We use a lot, we are on a heavily wooded land, and have used it to make several things on our property. It is not a mobile one, but it is extra-long, my husband added to its original size so we can mill 29 feet long trees, which makes great beams for large building/projects. It has been a very...

I agree, your insight on this is very helpful. I will wait till next year or until after we take these two to the butcher.

I also wanted to add that @Baymule's set up for her pigs was one we used as a guide, we left a 4ft wall in the open-air covered area where I can feed them and water them out of the weather and without having to go into the pen. they will eventually have a nipple watering system set up connected...

Here are some pictures, note they are only in a small temporary set up right now, I found two red wattle/Brookshire mix cut males for $80 each, had to jump at them even though our area was not quite finished. They are three months old, which while I would love little ones for cuteness these two...

And I pray you are feeling better - this cold snap will hopefully be our last for the year, I know you are as ready for warm weather as we are, tending to animals in the cold and wet is not any fun!! Stay dry and warm and get-well friend. By the Way... We got our pigs yesterday - we have been...

I am so very sorry about all your loss. How very sad for you, and those poor momma's, poor dears. Life is hard sometimes, man, if ever a person needed a good break, it would be you. I will pray you can find a good farm soon, to finally get your little ones all settled.

That is not cheating, that is using your brain, I am super impressed!! I can't back up anything for my life, way to go!!!!:bow:bow

That was a ton to do all that, :th I was thinking we should have stayed and helped finish that. We just had dogs at home any my daughter dropping by for dinner. But that looks great, I know they are happy to have the space to roam now. It looks like the burnt area is even looking better - or is...