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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1161053" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>We keep one sow and breed her every nine months or so. I let her out every so often but for the most part she's penned on concrete. After pecan harvest I let her out for a few hours a day and she feeds herself for the most part but if I leave her out to long the destruction starts so a few hours is tops. Once they're mature you can feed them pretty cheap up until they farrow and then you're going to have to pay attention and FEED them. They milk like a cow can only dream about.</p><p>For getting pigs up to slaughter weight, don't try to feed cheap. You will taste every mistake you make if you do. In the past we've fed hogs leftover milk, eggs, garden scraps, etc and did get them up to butcher size but I had to get pretty dam hungry before I'd ask my wife for a pork chop. :yuck: Now I just pump the grain to them and drool every time I see them. It's not cost effective but it IS worth it.</p><p>Also, it pays to spend a bunch of time with them when they're young. My current sow was a show pig and if she doesn't come when I call her I can have a kid go walk her back even if she has piglets with her. A few years ago we tried running a few commercial sows on pasture with piglets and I literally had to go out with the dogs and a shovel to protect myself to get them penned up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1161053, member: 14661"] We keep one sow and breed her every nine months or so. I let her out every so often but for the most part she's penned on concrete. After pecan harvest I let her out for a few hours a day and she feeds herself for the most part but if I leave her out to long the destruction starts so a few hours is tops. Once they're mature you can feed them pretty cheap up until they farrow and then you're going to have to pay attention and FEED them. They milk like a cow can only dream about. For getting pigs up to slaughter weight, don't try to feed cheap. You will taste every mistake you make if you do. In the past we've fed hogs leftover milk, eggs, garden scraps, etc and did get them up to butcher size but I had to get pretty dam hungry before I'd ask my wife for a pork chop. :yuck: Now I just pump the grain to them and drool every time I see them. It's not cost effective but it IS worth it. Also, it pays to spend a bunch of time with them when they're young. My current sow was a show pig and if she doesn't come when I call her I can have a kid go walk her back even if she has piglets with her. A few years ago we tried running a few commercial sows on pasture with piglets and I literally had to go out with the dogs and a shovel to protect myself to get them penned up. [/QUOTE]
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