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Anyone have any tips ? Fencing types for rotation grazing?
Welcome to the forum Michael! I just sent you your coupon code please let me know if you don't receive it.
I do not have any experience with pasture pigs, but I look forward to hearing what others have to say about it. I have always wanted to try it because I love bacon!
Do any of our new members have experience with pasture pigs?
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I personally do not but I have a friend that does. He uses the premier 1 hog net fencing which seems to work good but he has found you have to have a pretty hot charger on the fence. When they root they will shove debris up against the fence and it will reduce the voltage from grounding out. I can’t recall what size charger he is using. I run 246 feet of the premier 1 goat fence on a 15 mile charger. It goes through a good amount of brush and forage and the 15 mile charger seems to keep up enough voltage to have a good bite. Hope that helps.
One long term consideration that is cheap is apples trees from seed in a Savannah configuration. Dont matter if the apples are not as good as named grafted varieties the pigs will get supplemental energy from fallen apples as the graze the grass.
Thanks for the tips we are going to go with the hog net. We have older apple trees on the farm that still produce. Thanks for the tips.
get the biggest charger premier 1 has to offer. That hog net will work but you need enough to stop them and make them remember it. Chasing pigs around in the dark and in deep mud is not fun
Or get kune kune pigs! They are natural grazers and the most docile breed there is. They seldom challenge fences and just want to be loved on. We can keep ours contained with just a few wires that are really not that hot. I can't say enough wonderful things about this breed! The most difficult thing is that it can be very difficult to eat them because they quickly become pets. Let's just say I failed at pork production but am killing the pet market.
Lois' kune kune pigs! They love their bellies rubbed!
Anyone have any tips ? Fencing types for rotation grazing?
We raise large Blacks and use one strand of poly wire at about 12 inches high! I use step in post to attach the wire and a premier 1 charger. We do use a pen with woven wire to train them to the electric. After a week or two they learn to stay away from the wire! We move them once a week.
Well that looks fun. We got the primer 1 60 charger on 100 feet of fence. It's quite the zap. They have been trained in the pen we hope to get them out this weekend. Wish us luck.
Good luck @locustridgehoney! Let us know how it goes!
Welcome to the forum @scheney!
Thank you so much for sharing! I never dreamed it would be possible to contain hogs with 1 wire! That's amazing!
@scheney is there a reason why you went with Large Blacks? I know nothing about hogs and I have never heard of them.
@grassfedit We knew we wanted a heritage breed that produced high quality meat and lard. After researching we settled on the Large Blacks because we felt like they met our needs/wants better than some of the other breeds! They have a red meat that has a lot of beef quality’s and produce more bacon than commercial breeds! There temperament is been laid back and there easy to work with! We have purchased a registered boar (aka Stanley) and two registered gilts (Pam & Angela) to start our own breeding program due to the fact that it has been difficult to find them local!
We raised two old spots from 1 month old. They spent their early days in a pen with a hot wire nose height off the ground on the inside perimeter. They both got hit a few times but soon learned what it meant. I took that to the pasture and with a couple of exceptions, kept them in with a single wire up until their slaughter date. They ended up working on my stream bed under a canopy of oaks and had all the acorns they could eat. Talk about rototillers! Wherever you put them, expect a lot of disturbance.
We're going to do this again. The meat was amazing!!
