Devonviolet
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Cool! I'm going to have to get me some of them whole oats! 
Feeder Pigs
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- #33
Baymule
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Cool! I'm going to have to get me some of them whole oats!
We've put out 200 pounds of whole oats and 200 pounds of rye grass seed. It's starting to green up around here!
Ferguson K
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I might have to try oats in our potbelly pen. That's a good idea! Little boogers grow quick.
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- #35
Baymule
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Today I raked up some acorns and gave to the pigs. They LOVED them! My husband and I sat under some trees and watched the pigs enjoy themselves.
The pigs enjoyed the acorns so much that I raked up a 5 gallon bucket of acorns for them. I thought I'd give them a daily acorn treat.
I gave Trip, our 1 year old GP/Maremma some pig lessons. He wanted to chase them. I put a choke collar on him and a leash and in the pen we went. They ran and he tried to drag me, but the choke collar said "Momma ain't gonna let you chase the pigs".
I told him NO that's MY pigs. Trip was suddenly deaf. 
We spent about 30 minutes with the pigs. All day whenever we were by the pig pen, Trip was intensely interested in them. I called him off over and over. If they ran, he tried to run too. I rolled him on his back a few times, sternly fussing at him. Then when he sat like a good boy, I praised him. At the end of the day, when it was time to put him up, he laid in front of the gate to the pig pen and wouldn't come. I think he was already on guard. Good dog.
The pigs enjoyed the acorns so much that I raked up a 5 gallon bucket of acorns for them. I thought I'd give them a daily acorn treat.
I gave Trip, our 1 year old GP/Maremma some pig lessons. He wanted to chase them. I put a choke collar on him and a leash and in the pen we went. They ran and he tried to drag me, but the choke collar said "Momma ain't gonna let you chase the pigs".
I told him NO that's MY pigs. Trip was suddenly deaf. We spent about 30 minutes with the pigs. All day whenever we were by the pig pen, Trip was intensely interested in them. I called him off over and over. If they ran, he tried to run too. I rolled him on his back a few times, sternly fussing at him. Then when he sat like a good boy, I praised him. At the end of the day, when it was time to put him up, he laid in front of the gate to the pig pen and wouldn't come. I think he was already on guard. Good dog.
There are for sure gonna be a lot of ticked off deer and squirrels when they find out you stole all their acorns! I'm sure those pigs were in "hog heaven" 
Judging by the last pic, either those hogs gave already grown a bunch, or Trip is smaller than I think he really is. He's got a handsome snout (Trip... not the hogs... well, OK the pig snout is handsome as well).
Judging by the last pic, either those hogs gave already grown a bunch, or Trip is smaller than I think he really is. He's got a handsome snout (Trip... not the hogs... well, OK the pig snout is handsome as well).- Thread starter
- #37
Baymule
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Ya'll can pity my poor husband.... Yesterday we stopped at the city park to check on the pecan trees. Most of them were native pecans. One tree had dropped so many that the ground was covered. They were so small that nobody had picked them up. They were some very good tasting pecans, but so small that shelling them is a PITA. We gathered up a couple of double handfuls.
When we got home, we gave the pecans to the pigs. Oh boy! We sat in lawn chairs to watch them. CRACK!
CRUNCH! SMACK! GRUNT! Piggies had a yummy snack. Piggies really LIKED the pecans, they ate them shell, too!
So today, after my husband finished physical therapy, we went back to the park. I came prepared with rakes and a couple of empty feed sacks. My husband grumbled about everybody in town driving by, like he was going to get arrested or something, for raking up pecans. I could just imagine his embarrassment as I stuffed the pecans in the feed sacks. Ya'll probably wouldn't believe this, but I can be embarrassing in public. We got one sack completely full, the other about 3/4's full. Hey, (shrug) it's FREE PIG TREATS!
Yesterday we stopped at the city park to check on the pecan trees. Most of them were native pecans. One tree had dropped so many that the ground was covered. They were so small that nobody had picked them up. They were some very good tasting pecans, but so small that shelling them is a PITA. We gathered up a couple of double handfuls.When we got home, we gave the pecans to the pigs. Oh boy! We sat in lawn chairs to watch them. CRACK!
CRUNCH! SMACK! GRUNT! Piggies had a yummy snack. Piggies really LIKED the pecans, they ate them shell, too!So today, after my husband finished physical therapy, we went back to the park. I came prepared with rakes and a couple of empty feed sacks. My husband grumbled about everybody in town driving by, like he was going to get arrested or something, for raking up pecans.
I could just imagine his embarrassment as I stuffed the pecans in the feed sacks. Ya'll probably wouldn't believe this, but I can be embarrassing in public. We got one sack completely full, the other about 3/4's full. Hey, (shrug) it's FREE PIG TREATS!- Thread starter
- #38
Baymule
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@Latestarter the acorns I picked up were here by the house. Last year, deer came right up to the house to eat these acorns. But now it is fenced and the deer are staying in the woods. There are plenty of acorns to go around!
OneFineAcre
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Those are nice looking pigs
Mini Horses
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I'm checking the woods tomorrow to see if our deer have left any. If so I sure won't feel badly with sharing them as there were 4 in one of my pastures as walked to the lower fields to feed this evening. THEY want to share!!!!
Generally they may hop a fence and run from one patch of woods to another but, rarely stop. Tonight, they sure did. A lot of farm land around with mostly crops they find tasty -- corn, soybean, milo, winter wheat, peanuts -- we have well fed deer! I've seen two pinto deer this year. Pretty.
Generally they may hop a fence and run from one patch of woods to another but, rarely stop. Tonight, they sure did. A lot of farm land around with mostly crops they find tasty -- corn, soybean, milo, winter wheat, peanuts -- we have well fed deer! I've seen two pinto deer this year. Pretty.
