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I am so glad I found this thread. I am having quite a battle with our herd sire. He is a 3 yr old pure bred Boer. He has really hit his buck groove this summer. I've never had a problem with him until a few weeks ago. We picket him because he is a terrible fence pusher. He was wrapped around his...

I've never heard of that product. We butchered an 800 lb boar last winter and processed all the meat into sausage. My husband and sons love it. I will eat it, but I don't 'love' it. It is very good for meatballs or Italian dishes. My husband and a friend seasoned the meat themselves using our...

I have an approximately year old lamancha wether. When will he reach his full size? He has never been sickly, just small. He I about the same size as my 4 month old Nubian buckling. Maybe he's a mini? I need to sell him. What would be a decent asking price?

We are big fans of the SSS plan, but it does have a down side. In our neighborhood, what comes around goes around, we've eliminated enough pesky dogs that a neighbor got mad and returned the favor. Not so happy about that, but our dog was on his place, probably being too friendly. I did notice...

They are doing very well. In fact, I sold them today to a couple who just finished raising a litter of orphaned piglets. They raised theirs on lamb replacer and had zero fatalities. They were not put off at all by the prospect of still needing to baby them for a few more weeks. I am happy to...

I wouldn't run them together. Never know what or who a pig might find tasty. We've had pigs that don't bother our free range chickens, and then we've had pigs that think the free range chickens are mighty fine eating. I would be worried about a pig finding the inclination to snack on the goat...

The sick one died, no big surprise. The other two, both gilts, are holding their own. They are feeding from a pan and are pretty fiesty. They have had some diarrhea trouble as well, but we are treating them with spectoguard and they seem to be responding. If they live another week or so, I'm...

We tried to reunite the piglets with Penelope, and let them have full access to her all day today. Well, she stepped on one of the biggest ones and killed it. We have 2 1/2 piglets left. I say 1/2 because one of the survivors is small, weak, and has diarrhea. Don't know what that is about, but...

I agree that the 2 we lost today were likely too far gone to save. It still sucks though. I have wondered about her supply as well. We let the piglets spend the afternoon and evening out of their kennel crate She didn't kill them, so that's encouraging. They also got to spend more time suckling...

our Mama pig does pretty well, as long as we get her in the farrowing crate very soon after she gives birth. She has been raised on our place though. We got her when she was 6 weeks old and while, she has had losses, she also raises some really nice piglets. we will be keeping her. Penelope...

I don't know what to think about this mama pig (Penelope). I wonder if going from a structured hog farm to our little hobby farm has been too much change for her maternal instincts. It makes me very nervous for Clementine, who is next up. She came from the same place. My 16 year old son is...

This is the first litter she has had on our place. She is an older experienced sow that came from a falls brand hog farm.

I know, right ? This whole thing has been a nightmare

Well, we've lost 2 more. I mixed up the recipe yesterday because they were all looking skinny. All of them took to the pan feeding ravenously. This morning, the smallest was dead, and now the next smallest is too. The mom won't cooperate and lay so they can nurse very often.. we have 4 out of 15...

I understand the reason for heavier losses in August. Right now it is as hot as most August weather that we have. The heat lamp, which worked great in October and even a month ago is useless. We have been crating the babies in a dog kennel and letting them out every couple of hours to nurse...

Thanks! We got this sow from a hog farm, the reason the breeder gave for selling her is that she was out of their breeding cycle. Maybe he just didn't want to mess with her anymore. We won't be breeding her again, she is going to become sausage.

Before the great die off

Yesterday, our second sow, Penelope, farrowed. She had 15 piglets in just a couple of hours. 3 were DOA, 2 of them looking like they had possibly had a twin to twin transfusion problem (if such a thing exists in pigs) 1 was really small, like the size of a cube and a half of butter, and the...

Wow, I didn't realize what trouble this post would cause. The piglet in question was warmed up before being fed, and it got maybe an ounce, probably less of the villanous goat's milk. It was then returned to its mother and was happily suckling on a teat the last time human eyes witnessed it...

Welcome! I am in South Central Idaho. It's great to see another Idahoan here