Pig pictures...

[jhood001]

Oh, yeah. And sewed up prolapsed assholes, shot sick pigs, hauled out dead pigs, washed pig shit out of hog buildings with high pressure washers

Yep! I'm scarred for life!

[Bailey Guns]

Oh, yeah. And sewed up prolapsed assholes, shot sick pigs, hauled out dead pigs, washed pig shit out of hog buildings with high pressure washers, got older and drove a 4 wheel drive Case IH hooked on a honey wagon to pump out pig shit. By older I mean 13. By the time I was 15 I hated that life so bad I quit school and apprenticed on to an electrician in town. Never looked back. I don't have much patience with people that baby their kids. Maybe this is why. And I grew up in a farm community where this was the norm.

So there is a glamorous side to pig farming?

[ColoFarmer]

Do you take visitors? My son would love to see something like that. I also thought about buying a pig to slaughter...... Thanks for sharing!

Sure thing, let me know know when you want to come look, part of what we are doing is helping people who want to actually know that their food doesn't "come from the store"... If you wait a month or two, we'll have some babies on the ground, but whenever, just let me know. Let me know too if you want a half or whole, we'll have some in April...

Did you clip teeth, cut tails, and castrate? I worked an antibiotic and steroid free confinement all through high school. It paid twice as much as bagging groceries or fast food, but processing new pigs was really rough on the gut after a kegger induced hang-over!

Yep, not the fun side of having baby animals. Our pigs are all steroid free, and so far the little ones are antibiotic free. These pigs get medicine if they need it, but we don't do background meds and don't overmedicate. We tell people we treat them like humans, people expect to get medicine if they are sick...

So there is a glamorous side to pig farming?

Yeah, eating the bacon and providing bacon for others to eat!!! I love it when someone who thinks supermarket pork is good tries real pork!


Our kids are very much involved and own some of the pigs, our 11 year old normally holds the pigs when castrating, both the kids help with clean out, and both feed. They also own chickens and sell eggs, their chicken money jar probably has $50-60 in it, they are saving to double their chicken flock this spring... Our 11 year old wants a new pellet gun, so he's been scrounging jobs from anybody he can to get a few dollars here and there, should have enough for what he wants before school is out for the summer. I hate what most parents do to their kids now... We provide all the kids need, but if they want to buy something, the only thing stopping them is their motivation. Despite what you hear on the news, there are jobs out there, most people just don't want to do them...

[Larry Ashcraft]

Thanks, that brought back some memories. My grandparents raised pigs close to Akron. Granddad managed the Denver Elevator in Akron, but most of his "real money" came from his 150 head hog operation. His were the dark red kind. I don't know the breed.

The pens surrounded the house. Farrowing on the north side, growing pigs on the west, and final fattening on the south side. He raised feed on his 140 acre farm. You get used to the smell in a day or two (as a kid anyway).

I also remember the ham supper on Sundays, and bacon every day for breakfast.

[Gman]

Our kids are very much involved and own some of the pigs, our 11 year old normally holds the pigs when castrating, both the kids help with clean out, and both feed. They also own chickens and sell eggs, their chicken money jar probably has $50-60 in it, they are saving to double their chicken flock this spring... Our 11 year old wants a new pellet gun, so he's been scrounging jobs from anybody he can to get a few dollars here and there, should have enough for what he wants before school is out for the summer. I hate what most parents do to their kids now... We provide all the kids need, but if they want to buy something, the only thing stopping them is their motivation. Despite what you hear on the news, there are jobs out there, most people just don't want to do them...

Good on ya! That's how I was raised. Chores were expected and none of this allowance crap for doing nothing. When we wanted something, we worked for it (mowing lawns, etc.). That teaches the value of money better than anything taught in school.

I love bacon, but I also loves me some baby back ribs.
...and pork chops.
...and pork rinds.
...and...

[ColoFarmer]

Thanks, that brought back some memories. My grandparents raised pigs close to Akron. Granddad managed the Denver Elevator in Akron, but most of his "real money" came from his 150 head hog operation. His were the dark red kind. I don't know the breed.

The pens surrounded the house. Farrowing on the north side, growing pigs on the west, and final fattening on the south side. He raised feed on his 140 acre farm. You get used to the smell in a day or two (as a kid anyway).

I also remember the ham supper on Sundays, and bacon every day for breakfast.

Who were your grandparents? I grew up on the farm homesteaded by my great great uncles northeast of Akron, graduated from Akron in 95...

[PSS]

Probably Duroc.

[waxthis]

At what age do you recommend feeding them maple?...

[Ghosty]

Cute piglets! Can't wait for GilpinGuy's next stock of bacon! Meanwhile somewhere in Asia, they train their pet monkeys to ride them around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sfnQDr1-o

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

wheres gilpin guy