Coffee anyone ?

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Just... blah.....

I wanted the pigs slaughtered... spouse vetoed and made noise that I thought was a compromise... "I will buy feed 1 last time, and when the feed is gone we will butcher". Stupid me thought 1bag of feed...

5 bags were bought...

Pigs STILL alive... STILL not eaten through their feed.... their blasted feet are getting worse every day (we have few rocks... so they need a trim)... and the duck pen that we put them in has a fence where almost every fence post is rotted through at the base... keep trying to shore it up... but I really need to tear it all down and rebuild.... which I can't do because of the pigs... that keep busting up my fence... trooping through and eating the garden... then busting up the chicken run door to eat the chicken feed...

I have a temporary electric goat fence.... if I put that up... would they destroy that too.... or would it contain them?

Anyone ever try?

Would the pig feed keep until next year if you butchered them without finishing it? Or could you just butcher one or two and the remaining would finish eating the feed?

Did she name the pigs??

 

[Alaskan]

Would the pig feed keep until next year if you butchered them without finishing it? Or could you just butcher one or two and the remaining would finish eating the feed?

Did she name the pigs??

We could always feed the pig feed to the chickens....

I am thinking I need to put my foot down and butcher them as soon as the kids get back from camp.... (not about to butcher 2 pigs by myself)

Electric fence does work however when they are learning they can,bolt through it after they have learned it they wont go near it atleast thats been my experienace.

That is my thought.... and that means they would mess up my nice fence...

I guess I would rather chase after them for a week verses them busting the nice electric fence...

Also... i have no idea how I would give them a house/ shelter if I used the electric fence.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
Sb tournament is finally finished. They won. Coaches gave me a medal also since I helped in the dugout. That was sweet.
Good luck with those pigs @Alaskan.... bacon doesn't last around here.

 

[Mini Horses]

@Alaskan did you let spouse go buy feed???? Bad! Yeah, time for bacon.

Ditto day. Hot, humid, sunny, go to work.

Been pulling bucklings into weaning pen. Lot of screaming. Will have to milk a couple does tonight.....sore bags and untrained yet, gonna be a rodeo of sorts. Only 3 with just bucks. Left doe kids on the moms. Couple more to pull, younger so they are ok till weekend.

Fresh milk! A plus there... Will decide who to keep in milk a while once I get to them a few days and see how training goes. Will go to feed store on way home today. Feed on milk stand is a game changer.

 

[Ridgetop]

I am thinking I need to put my foot down and butcher them as soon as the kids get back from camp.... (not about to butcher 2 pigs by myself)

Sneak out and hide a couple bags of feed. Then tell her it is eaten. After the pigs are in the freezer you can "find" the other bags. If you seal them in metal cans without opening the bags the feed should keep for months.

 

[Bruce]

Pigs STILL alive... STILL not eaten through their feed..

They probably know the result of finishing the feed

Is there a reason spouse doesn't want them butchered?

 

[Ridgetop]

Are they pets? Did spouse make "eye contact"?

20 years ago friend's children raised meat chickens for fair one year. After Fair husband butchered rest of chickens for their freezer, but she said she couldn't eat them. "I made the mistake of making eye contact with them." Been a big joke with our family ever since.

 

[Ridgetop]

As long as they are carrying enough meat, no need to wait too long to butcher.

 

[Alaskan]

They probably know the result of finishing the feed

Is there a reason spouse doesn't want them butchered?

Spouse got some crazy stupid idea that feeding them fermented feed would make them taste better...

And I thought "fine, one more bag, their toes are getting too long, but one more week will be OK" but FIVE bags were bought.

And... the pigs do not like the fermented feed..... which is why they keep busting out of their pen and into the chicken pen to eat the yummy chicken feed.

Spouse has zero understanding of livestock and feed and... well... any of that stuff

Those pigs are clearly uncomfortable walking with their untrimmed toes..... but the discomfort does not reduce their galavanting.

So.... I am grumpy.... I was thinking 1 more week.... and has it now been a month???

Anyway... kids are back monday... so we will butcher that week.... no matter what.

 

[Finnie]

Spouse has zero understanding of livestock and feed and... well... any of that stuff

Maybe no understanding yet, but it sounds like spouse bothered to learn about fermented feed, so paying attention and being interested is a good start. All these years with goats and chickens and ducks. Maybe it is starting to rub off.