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Post by marshallco on Dec 9, 2020 21:16:04 GMT -5
Our family has been involved in 4h now for about 8 years. Mainly pigs and goats. This year I built a pig farrowing house within our existing pole barn. 2 of the 3 pigs are bred, the other is going to the sale barn this weekend. Never done anything like this before, but figured if I could breed 4 kids I could breed a few pigs.
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Post by marshallco on Dec 9, 2020 21:19:39 GMT -5
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Post by marshallco on Dec 9, 2020 21:21:01 GMT -5
One farrowing crate set up, got another up this past weekend.
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Post by bill9068 on Dec 9, 2020 21:43:15 GMT -5
Looks good.
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Post by bartiks on Dec 9, 2020 21:53:29 GMT -5
lot of bacon and pork chops there. Looks nice
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Post by genesis273 on Dec 9, 2020 22:06:53 GMT -5
Looks nice!
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Post by whitetail1 on Dec 10, 2020 7:56:29 GMT -5
Nice looking setup!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2020 7:59:27 GMT -5
Nice work and thanks for sharing.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Dec 10, 2020 12:15:09 GMT -5
Nice!
How are the t-posts set in the concrete though? Did you pour around them or is there some other trick to getting them in?
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Post by marshallco on Dec 10, 2020 13:13:39 GMT -5
Nice! How are the t-posts set in the concrete though? Did you pour around them or is there some other trick to getting them in? We used 2 inch metal pipe, about 10 inches long, to act as a sleeve. We pounded sleeves in the dirt before the concrete pour, and left about 3-4 inches exposed. Then just poured concrete around them. If you look at the bottom photo, you can see one of those sleeves, we left room for additional pens if we need them. Me and a couple friends did the pour, and our slope is NOT working well at all. Lesson learned, should have had a professional do that.
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Post by welder on Dec 10, 2020 20:21:36 GMT -5
You will be very surprised how many people will be wanting to buy butcher hogs from you. On a setup like you have, I would not be surprised if you could raise and sell around 50 a year. All "big time" producers raise hogs that are so lean you don't have enough sausage grease to make gravy. In my opinion, you cannot beat home grown pork without steroids and fed mostly ground corn and swine base. Trust me, you will have a market. Looks great!
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Post by marshallco on Dec 11, 2020 9:07:22 GMT -5
You will be very surprised how many people will be wanting to buy butcher hogs from you. On a setup like you have, I would not be surprised if you could raise and sell around 50 a year. All "big time" producers raise hogs that are so lean you don't have enough sausage grease to make gravy. In my opinion, you cannot beat home grown pork without steroids and fed mostly ground corn and swine base. Trust me, you will have a market. Looks great! I believe you Welder. We have never had any problem getting rid of our 4h pigs after the fair. They are good eating, and I know exactly what they have been fed and how they have been taken care of. However, this operation is really only going to be for show pigs and the next years fair. We only have room for about a dozen pigs at a time (or at least that's all I want to mess with). One of the biggest problems we have ran into this year is that every local processor is booked out until next summer. Any pigs I want to get rid of now go to the sale barn.
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