FEEDERS

[larryj57]

Does anyone have homemade feeders for their pigs? I made a lot of them for my chickens but the pigs seem to destroy everything I've tried so far, advice please.

 

[greybeard]

Been several years since I had hogs. but the last one I built I bolted to crosstie skids, framed the rest completely out of 2X6s/2x8s, same for the trough, with 1" plywood for the "v" bulk feed container. Heavy enough the 2 Durocs couldn't turn it over and it held 150lbs of feed. If you can, use lag screws instead of nails--they hold better, but big ring shank nails work too if you can find them. I don't think I have a picture and no longer have the feeder (or hogs).

 

[rittert3]

I have a home made feeder that would work great for 1 or 2 hogs but the parts I made it from would be pretty rare to come by. I got some thin powder coated steel "boxes" that used to be vending machiens for calling cards on the local army base, drew up a pattern and used 3/4" self tapping screws, a door hinge, and some plastic washers to put it all togather. I did my cutting with a right angle grinder and my bending with a bench vise and ball peen hammer. It will only hold 40- 50lbs and the trough is only 6"x10" so you couldn't use it to feed many but it looks factory built. I couldn't ever get the price I wanted out of it so I decided to keep it around.

 

[77Herford]

You can get pretty cheap Pig feeders at auctions or check with old pig farmers who probably have a few rusting away.

 

[Cornish Heritage]

LOL! Pigs LOVE to play & troughs are great "toys."

We have given up here for larger pigs - when we feed each day we just pour it on the ground. Sounds awful but we make sure it is not in any poop or anything! For younger pigs we use the black rubber bowls but even then you have to have several else the smaller ones get pushed out so the mud works fine as we can spread it out.

Liz

 

[MaineHighlands]

For our pigs, we found a commercial stainless steel low sided pot at a rummage sale - about 10" high and about 20" in diameter. We paid 50 cents I think - It has two handles, so we tied a rope to one handle, and tied the other end of the rope to the side of the pig pen. It holds about a 5 gallon bucket of grain - We check on them morning and night and feed them as such.
When they get playful with the feed pan, we just use the rope to haul it back to the side so we can pour the feed in.

 

[currycomb]

gut an old hot water heater. cut the tank lengthwise, giving you 2 halves. weld angle iron crossways on the bottom. keeps the hogs from dumping the feeder. in fact, when they walk on the angle iron, just pushes it into the dirt or mud. guess you could put something across the top to keep their feed out of it.

 

[Royd Wood]

Gave up with feed bowls in the woods, same as Cornish - on the deck

 

[jennbuker]

currycomb - this is the same thing my dad said! I guess I can say he's been right at least once in his life!

 

[secuono]

I just dump food on the ground.
But my pens aren't mud or anything like that where ground feeding would be looked down on.

Now, water is another issue....I cuss at my pigs all the time when I have to go out there to move the pool back, fix it, refill it or dump it because they are just screwing with it....really annoys the heck out of me...
I'm thinking of finding something very thick, strong and lasting that I can stake into the ground on three sides so they stop this crud. Haven't found anything yet...