This makes me so happy for you. The idea you are going to be creating pasture with old growth trees is amazing. The trees will provide valuable shade and the pigs will help clear out brush and underlying growth that will help you raise more pork in future years.
Allison came up with some good solid names for the piggies. Really was funny how once you opened the gate, hesitation due to fence training worked well. I'm sure they will enjoy the wide open spaces, ( run free little piggies). Thanks Morgan for the update!🐷🐷🐷🐷❤️👍
That is because pigs will eat everything they can. Then you only have to clear out what they couldn't eat, like trees, rocks, logs, stumps, old tires, the abandoned fridge, stuff like that. Did I mention I used to raise pigs. If you have anything organic you want to get rid of and it is of eatable size, pigs can take care of it for you. Criminals have been known to use pigs to get rid of bodies for them. Also known to take care of bodies after a battle. So it is not advisable to nap in a pig pen.
@TMK-22 - Pigs are very efficient in eliminating most invasive vegetation. They can even "take care of" kudzu because pigs dig up and eat the kudzu roots.
Another RU-vid farmer said they only have one bad day in their life. If you can make it as fun and pleasant throughout their entire life, than one bad day makes it worth it.
Famous last words. In the words of Jussiac Park - Nature finds a way. Same thoughts were being said about the invasive carps and snakehead species. You do not know if the pigs would live through the winter. Just because you have experienced it doesnt mean it cant happen. As the animal steward, you are responsbile for their care and that of the natuaral enivorment when you big in an animal thats not native to that region. Just be pro active and put in another fence further away to keep them somecwhat contained. You really need to speak to more experienced farmers. Not the pretend ones on You Tube. The ones whos families have raised animals for generations. Orginally pigs were not even a native species to the Americas.. They were brought over on ships and escaped. I really fired up about this because i have to trap and actively hunt these creatures down to save my farm and pastures from being destoryed. Take precaution.
I would love to see a constant live stream on the pigs for a week or more, so we could see them play and change their new environment. Could that be a possibility??
Morgan, you are just an amazing person!! The way you care for your animals is extraordinary and heart warming!! I wish there were more people like you in this crazy world. Thanks for another amazing video!!!❤❤❤❤
It would be interesting to see some before after shots of the areas the pigs trample around, just to see what kind of change they make to the enviroment they live in :3
In a fenced in area they will eat all the vegetation they can in the time they are there. Actually, since they are omnivores, they will eat EVERYTHING they can. Want to get rid of some kind of carcass. They can do that too. Live in an area with poisonous snakes ? Put pig fences around your property and add pigs and soon you will have no more snakes.
The pigs would not cross over where the wire use to be. They are both smart and stupid. They believe in that moment that the wire and its power is still there. I always use a heavy wooden or metal gate to connect them to their new pasture area. Over their time in their current area, they rub the gate and get to know its safe to touch and go near. Once u open the gate, they will cross without much hesitation. When u pull the wire they simply dont trust thst its gone so them crossing can be a pain.
Believe you meant 9,000 volts, not 9,000 kilovolts. That'd be kill-o-pig. Loved how they're enjoying the grass, and no I never knew pigs are grazing animals.
The feral hogs of southeastern Canada were imported for hunting from Germany. Very big animals and great sport for the machos risking their lives hunting them. Definitely NOT a regular pig.
yaaaaah I loved the pig content last year and still loving it this year. Sigh I really would like to have pigs but in a 3th story apartment I don't think it's gonna happen.
My rabbit buck is named Percy... it's short for Persimmon...his Mom's name is Pineapple, so I went with a fruit themed name and my viewers voted on it. 😊
Fun to watch the young pigs! I think Ben of The Hollar Homestead has an easy time moving his pigs because he breeds pigs. This means the sows teach their piglets about the wires and lead the way for the piglets into new fenced pastures. Piglets also learn, from their mothers, that 5-gallon feeding buckets are to be followed.
there should be a gate that they can be familiar with which doesn't have any electricity going through it eg. a wooden crate used as a gate. they would be able to walk right through. The fact that they know the electric lines were there will have them cautious of moving forward
Unfortunately, your information on wild hogs is not correct. Most states now have then including the the canadian prairie provinces. If they can survive in that vast area, having them in Vermont is a very distinct possibility. If they are not already there.
The coyotes aren't a problem because they're after easier/smaller prey, and he doesn't really have a bear problem (there's maybe 1 that travels through his land) and it's more interested in berries and such. I think he talked about this in the video when he got this year's pigs.
Amazing to see the pigs roam in a new area. Possibly move their shelter in a week or so, as the area around their home & food trough gets trampled down the most. A month for that size area is perfect. I can't wait to see what it looks like in 2 or 3 weeks. Please make sure we see the new chicks in every video; they grow so fast at this age!
To get them out of the pen faster, you may want to clear the first 10 to 15 ft of ground away from the gate because they are hitting up that fresh grass for food. Just a thought if you continue this practice throughout the years to come.
Are you going to build a bigger house or will the piggies sleep in the woods? Thank you for your compassion for the time they are alive & growing! ❤️🤗🐖🐖🐷🐷🐽❤
You speak as you have had pigs for years... but this is only the second time around... So... you "always" do things like this... both last year and this year.... I find that funny listening to you talk like this!
Wow, awesome, you’re daring. I would be too paranoid that the fence would fail. I would put hog panelling with the wire. Glad I am not a farmer. I’d probably die of a heart attack because I’d be so worried all the time.
Your shelter for your pigs seems a bit inadequate for the four of them and they seem to be sleeping on the ground and all in a pile in that small shelter. Can you not make a shelter that has a wooden floor and some bedding? I would love to see you make something else for them. They deserve something better as their lives are so short on your farm. Please make something nice.
You should be scattering last year's pig area every year with a mix of different plants just too see what grows fast and that they like. Maybe an early season bean. Then it would get a crop for an animal, another turnover, and would make it ready for planting something straight after a two week run like you sorta do for cows
Please take the boar issue seriously, they're a problem even in the northern states. Your group is fairly small but there do have a risk of establishing themselves if they escape. Pigs are a very smart and adaptable species.
Pigs are an ecological disaster if enough manage to escape & breed & survive predators. They're smart & adaptable. And will attract more hunters onto yr land. Cross bows. 🙄.
The pigs looked so chill in the new grazing area. Good one Morgan. I like Alison’s names for the pigs that gave a me a chuckle. I have forgotten about ‘Morning’ from Pyre Gynt’. Thanks to you I got some good memories that came back instead of my CPTSD. Thank you. May you all please take care and stay safe. Louisa. 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️🤩🤩🤩
Hey Morgan I’m on a farm down south and I’m happy to get started in my farming career nothing like the farm life, a bit hotter here but I’m learning to get used to it.
HI JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CAN USE garlic IN THE COWS mineral Stone for the Flies I've heard other people using it check in on it it might help love the pigs my favorite of the dogs
Oh. It’s already over. My attention span had some more minutes left. Maybe 18 min instead of 12min? (In German we say:”Man kann über alles reden, aber nicht über 15 Minuten.” (One can talk over anything, but not over 15 min.) I’d stretch that to 20-25 min.)
Given I live in Alberta, I was thinking ‘do our wild hogs hibernate in winter?’ Cause it gets pretty cold in the winter on ’the bald prairie’ we hit -55°C in February, 2024 Apparently these wild hogs don’t hibernate, they build pigloos
Do pigs need to be given anti-tick, etc treatment? Also, with increasing expansion of avian flu outbreaks (in wild bird populations, dairy cows, etc) across the U.S., what are risks and mitigants of avian flu crossing over, say from wild or domesticated bird populations, cows, etc to pigs, and humans? It seems like this is an increasing concern for public health officials. How can it be mitigated?
Hahahaha oh Morgan, those pigs would go feral! Pigs are amazing adaptive animals. You are fooling yourself if you think otherwise. Now, as long as you feed them and keep them familiar with people, you should be ok.
If you noticed they went right 4 the clover. Perhaps you should purchase clover seed and as you move them futher afield scatter clover seeds in the paddocks as they move along. This will give you better pasture fodder next year. - just a thought.❤❤❤
that breed of pig DOES do well in winter, they originate from the UK, and guess what we have winter here and these guys are a northern breed and the north of the uk FREEZES quite regularly.! they hunt out underground food like roots and things like wild truffles and they don't mind eating other living things either. once the pigs work out that freedom is just one small shock away, they will make the brake, just get more gates you can fit together or fence off the area better. you take so many short cuts that's going to kick you in the crown jewels one day that I fear then only after cows have escaped and been hit by a car, or pigs get loose and go wild, or a bear just goes oh wow only 2 foot fence I'll just grab that hoglet. it's one thing to maintain an eco system Morgan, it's another to take short cuts that are not short cuts they are corner cutting accidents just waiting to happen, and it's sad.
I’d like to see more of your pigs adventures. Kind of like your weird chicken zen only longer. I loved one of your videos where we were watching the cows grazing. It was very relaxing. I really liked this video.👍
Famous last words. In the words of Jussiac Park - Nature finds a way. Same thoughts were being said about the invasive carps and snakehead species. You do not know if the pigs would live through the winter. Just because you have experienced it doesnt mean it cant happen. As the animal steward, you are responsbile for their care and that of the natuaral enivorment when you big in an animal thats not native to that region. Just be pro active and put in another fence further away to keep them somecwhat contained. You really need to speak to more experienced farmers. Not the pretend ones on You Tube. The ones whos families have raised animals for generations. Orginally pigs were not even a native species to the Americas.. They were brought over on ships and escaped. I really fired up about this because i have to trap and actively hunt these creatures down to save my farm and pastures from being destoryed. Take precaution.
At 9:12 by the creek, is the bottom line of fence too high? I'd assume they'd be super drawn to go into the creek, it might be better to add a 3rd line in there. I love your farm and your mentality on running things, not meaning to nitpick, I'm just hoping no one gets out, you do you though!! Great work giving them time to feel it out instead of making it a stressful release using boards to force the move.
Think you have touched on a touchy issue! I live were there are Ferrell hogs and they are dangerously wild. I think keeping your pigs locked up is a much better idea.
