Do you keep pigs with other livestock?

[Cornish Heritage]

Don't you just love it when you have to eat your words?! LOL!

Just to make it clear we are still running some pigs with our sheep BUT have had to move the two pigs that we had in the Nursery Pasture out. This is where we have been bringing in the sheep overnight. Sunday morning I looked out the window to see one of our pigs eating something. I thought it was a chicken but no! It was a lamb! NOW I still have to give the pigs the benefit of the doubt as I am not sure this lamb was born alive. We are not due to start lambing until this weekend at the earliest, more likely Feb 1st so we were not expecting lambs yet. However neither are we going to take the risk again.

We moved the two Large Blacks & so the sheep are just in there by themselves at night. During the day they are still being let out into the big pasture with the pigs. Once they start lambing in earnest we will keep them in until the lambs are up & running around.

Liz

 

[animalfarm]

Don't you just love it when you have to eat your words?! LOL!

Just to make it clear we are still running some pigs with our sheep BUT have had to move the two pigs that we had in the Nursery Pasture out. This is where we have been bringing in the sheep overnight. Sunday morning I looked out the window to see one of our pigs eating something. I thought it was a chicken but no! It was a lamb! NOW I still have to give the pigs the benefit of the doubt as I am not sure this lamb was born alive. We are not due to start lambing until this weekend at the earliest, more likely Feb 1st so we were not expecting lambs yet. However neither are we going to take the risk again.

We moved the two Large Blacks & so the sheep are just in there by themselves at night. During the day they are still being let out into the big pasture with the pigs. Once they start lambing in earnest we will keep them in until the lambs are up & running around.

Liz

Birthing time is one time I would not risk it. I should also clarify that my pigs get lots of raw milk (animal protiein), so they may not have a strong craving for animal protein like strict vegetarian pigs might. It is wise to remember that they like any other animal will be driven by the need for missing nutrients and pigs are omnivores.

 

[Cornish Heritage]

Birthing time is one time I would not risk it. I should also clarify that my pigs get lots of raw milk (animal protiein), so they may not have a strong craving for animal protein like strict vegetarian pigs might. It is wise to remember that they like any other animal will be driven by the need for missing nutrients and pigs are omnivores.

Right! I am SO longing for the day when we get all our pigs onto a mainly milk & egg diet. We're working on it, just not quite there yet.

If this lamb was dead as I suspect the pig was just cleaning up BUT yes there is still the blood from the actual birth etc. We should have been wiser!

Liz

 

[Royd Wood]

Birthing time is one time I would not risk it. I should also clarify that my pigs get lots of raw milk (animal protiein), so they may not have a strong craving for animal protein like strict vegetarian pigs might. It is wise to remember that they like any other animal will be driven by the need for missing nutrients and pigs are omnivores.

Right! I am SO longing for the day when we get all our pigs onto a mainly milk & egg diet. We're working on it, just not quite there yet.

If this lamb was dead as I suspect the pig was just cleaning up BUT yes there is still the blood from the actual birth etc. We should have been wiser!

Liz

Poop happens down on the farm. First pigs we had here were Pot bellies (rescue) and they enjoyed fresh chicken. They would wait till nightfall and pull any down that perched around their pen. My LBs dont bother and the chickens pirch on them for heat this time of year

 

[RamblingCowgirl]

Well at the very least I've picked up lots of useful tid bits. Thanks

The more I think about it, it seems I'd be more likely to keep them with their own kind. At least for the most part.

 

[carolinagirl]

years ago I discovered my hog had broken out of his pen during the night and had killed and eaten all of my goat kids. I lost over a dozen kids that night. I caught him killing the last one. I'd never trust one with goats or sheep, although I know of people who do it and have no trouble.