Kingbird Farm - Pastured Pigs (3 of 4) - Piglet Ear Notching

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This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY raises pigs from farrowing to finishing. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.

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@pandabearminecraft 11 лет назад

The most clean work I have seen on pigs.

@Jefferdaughter 11 лет назад

A biologist ,who raised pigs, told me years ago that it is not the iodine that can sting, but the alcohol it is disolved in. (Now real iodine is not easy to find, it's usually 'Betadine' which does not sting.) He disolved idodine in water for use on his livestock (and family). He said it was more difficult to do, but worth it, in his estimation. W/livestock on pasture, iodine helps dry the navel, eliminating a 'pathogen highway' . This may not be as much of an issue on straw.

@shelloz09 10 лет назад

all your videos are great! you are very knowledgeable

@Miss65boo 11 лет назад

I want a farm like Kingbird farm! Only I would go with Gloucester Old Spots and poultry (turkeys, ducks, geese). Someday...

@juliebruzas1406 10 лет назад

Absolutely wonderful conditions! Your set up fantastic! I may try this breed as I need a hardy animal who can take the cold of N. Wisconsin.

@YalkOne 12 лет назад

karma is an incredible person. her work breeding sows is very important to the finger lake region, upstate ny.

@Jefferdaughter 11 лет назад

In one of the videos, they have ducks & turkeys, as well as chickens. Are Glouster Old Spots as good at foraging on pasture as Tamworths? Definately, geese are an 'underappreciated' livestock. They are grazers, and get almost all their food from pasture during the grazing season. Great parents, the eggs are delicious, and the meat a wonderful traditional food. Hope you can start farming, on however small a scale, soon!

@PeterAGW 3 года назад

This looks horrible to me. If I had chunks cut out of my ears as a baby I can only imagine it would have been extremely painful. Can't they be given some local anaesthetic or another pain reliever?