Cornish Heritage
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The nose of a pig is the most sensitive area on them & what you did was right. Pigs have very powerful jaws & it is very important to let them know who is boss from Day 1. Some breeders even teach their pigs to back on command & I am not talking about pets but farm animals. Pigs are smart & once they have developed a habit it is hard to break them.
As for keeping pigs with chickens, some pigs like chickens more than others. The most important thing is that the chickens have somewhere to run out of the pigs way. If the area you have them all in is too small you will lose chickens & once the habit is started it will be impossible to break unless you have somewhere else to put the pig. If we have a pig that starts that habit we move it to where there are no chickens. As I said some pig breeds are more inclined towards chickens than others - when we had Hampshires, they were awful & nothing broke them of the habit except being butchered/sold.
Same goes with aggression towards goats/sheep etc. Breed does make a difference.
Liz
