So excited! Yesterday marked the first time we have had pigs at Powell Acres! Our new adventure! We bought two pigs locally. Red and Freckles. They are Duroc/Yorkshire cross.
Don’t know what we would have done without all of the helpful hints we got from our friends at Homesteads and Sustainability Facebook group here. Because of their advice, we shored up our pig area with more electric fencing, contained our pigs to train them to electric and help them assimilate to a new environment, and learned a number of other tips and techniques. We also watched a number of Youtube videos where we learned how to put peanut butter on the pig nipples for the pig waterer to attract the pigs and “train” them where to find water. We also learned from Youtube research what kind of feeder to get by weeding out what went wrong with others and learned to anchor it to a post by watching some videos by Lumnah Acres. We really like these videos as they do an excellent job of showing how Homesteading is really trial and error, and there is no end as to how you can tweak things to make them right for you.
Pigs!!!! Such fun and so tasty.
You can keep the belly slab and make your own homemade bacon if your processor doesn't do it nitrate free. It's so easy!!! Let me know if you want the recipe.
Suzie L.
Thanks! I definitely want the recipe!