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Well we have had our piglets for about two weeks now and no sickness yet!!!! :lol:

Thanks Liz! I came across that yesterday too! I'm glad to know that you run your chickens and pigs together, as do most hog farmers I have spoken with(about 20 so far lol). It seems that my chickens would already need to have TB to infect and even then it's very rare. I feel better now. :)

Yes, as in Tuberculosis. They will not be close enough to our hens to be able to eat them, but their pens are close enough that run off from the chickens might get into the pig pen. I've heard from unverified sources that just the run off can make them sick, but every single person I have...

Awesome! Thank you for the reply! In regards to one of your hogs using the roo as a football- I have a few curious goats that do that! They seem to like each other very much, but the chickens always end up sucked into an unwilling game of soccer! :lau

Hey all. I have heard some conflicting information about housing pigs near chickens. We have four piglets coming soon and while we are obviously not housing them together, their pens are fairly close to one another. These pigs are for freezer camp later in the year, and I have been told(and...

Thank you!:)

Ooooh! Great idea!!!!

Don't let the babies hear you say that!! LOL. :) I hope my husband doesn't see your post, he would take your goats in a heartbeat.:/

Thanks! I will be waiting a while then, no rush, I'd rather take things slow than mess things up.

Whew! Thanks. Nice to know I'm not behind on something for once!!!:lol:

You got it!!!!:lau

Great! So, I will prob start introducing some around a week old with the hay. What kind of minerals should I give them?

Thanks for the advice, I will wait a few more weeks then.

Thanks for the tip! It's a start! I want to get lots of info before we dive into this!

Hi all! We are thinking about getting a pig in the spring and raising it for slaughter. Is there a sticky thread anywhere that I'm missing that covers alot of this? I have tons of questions!!! Thanks! :)

My husband and daughter are really ROOTING for a milk cow! LOL. I told them give the goats a few years first! ;)

I'm new here, and just read this whole thread. Wanted to let you know that my heart breaks for you. I still cry when we lose a chicken to a fox. So sorry. :(

Butting in here, but when do you start giving young kids minerals? And, what kind? Mine are 5 days old. Thanks!

I got the disbudding part down!!! We have a very friendly someone coming to do it for us and show us how on Sat. Thank you so much for the offer of help, I'm sure I will be referring to you! It's such a small world. Our babies are LaMancha's, so it would be great to hook up with someone else...

Hi all! Our babies are 5 days old now and I was wondering what the best time is to get a halter or collar for them and start leading them around. I'm assuming they are somewhat like dogs and I should never leave a collar on them, so they don't choke or get into trouble. Also, what is the...