tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post3885740289922873103..comments2024-02-22T22:16:29.435-05:00Comments on Bethune Catholic: Pigs are coming!Jim Curleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225590468579353857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-29853335354975653062016-04-22T06:35:42.990-05:002016-04-22T06:35:42.990-05:00Jim,
I have heard people let sows farrow on pastu...Jim,<br /><br />I have heard people let sows farrow on pasture without a problem. As you know, with my limited land, I have pens. I like to have a shelter for the sow to farrow in case of rain, etc. MOST use the shelter, which I put hay or straw as bedding. I do put a beam about 6 inches off the ground around the inside of the shelter to help piglets get out of the way of a clumsy mom.<br /><br />Cold isn't usually a problem. (We had a sow successfully farrow in teen weather outside a few years ago.)<br /><br />Let me know how it turns out. Good luck.<br /><br />God bless the Dorchaks!<br /><br />JimJim Curleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04924066199164967530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-62574728470637157142016-04-21T17:13:48.926-05:002016-04-21T17:13:48.926-05:00I have 3 new sows or Gilts in bacon right now. I e...I have 3 new sows or Gilts in bacon right now. I expect my first litter from Pearl in May followed by Minnie and Winnie in June. This will be my first foray into dropping litters and I was curious if you let them drop in pasture or always kept them up in a pen? I am tempted to let drop out in the pasture. It is early winter here and it does not get that cold here so I am thinking they may be alright. Any ideas here? I do have two pens and I am sure they should each be separated so I will need to build another pen. I put concrete in my pens except the roofed section because the soil here is so soft that they just dig under what ever I have and make deep pits that become pools of mud and after a while the whole pen is a mud pool with the pig standing belly deep in the pool. So I had to bite the bullet and put in concrete. JimJim Dorchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430848125368240962noreply@blogger.com