With no more open range for livestock in the United States, hogs must be raised in confinement, and confinement for swine can be messy. Many people who start out raising hogs are disillusioned to find this out after prolonged rain turns their pigpen into a mudhole. And then homesteaders who breed and rear hogs for a self-sufficient supply of pork soon have more pigs than they can sell or butcher. So, without the old open range that eliminated these problems, how can an old traditional livestock like the hog be kept well on the new modern homestead? Pa Mac explains how he’s worked these problems out on his small farm in this edition of The Farm Hand’s Companion Show. Also shown is Pa Mac's system for rotational intensive grazing of hogs through the use of electric fencing and homemade insulators.
Subscribe to the Farm Hand's Companion channel to keep up with the progress as Pa Mac takes an undeveloped piece of property and turns it into a small subsistence farm. Watch for new episodes as often as Pa Mac can crank 'em out and still run a small farm. (As long as he's alive and kicking, he's most assuredly farming and filming!)
Also be sure to watch other shows for the small farm or homestead on this channel: My Favorite Farm Tool, The FHC Q & A Show with Pa Mac, FHC Farm Bulletins, and FHC Extras.
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3 окт 2024
