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The Big Pig Project 2010

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All posts relating to our 2010 project to raise three pigs for meat. Covers everything from buying the piglets to receiving the pork back from the butcher.

The Big Pig Project 2010

September 21, 2010 by Darren

In our quest to eat more sustainably, we’ve been experiencing what it’s like to raise our own animals for meat. So far it’s only been chickens, but we just raised the bar another notch with the addition of three pigs to the back yard! Aren’t they adorable? These little guys are super-cute, and you could … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: butchering, chickens, chooks, meat chickens, pigs

The Pigs Escaped!

September 24, 2010 by Darren

The pigs have escaped three times this week! Luckily, they’ve only got out into our yard. Each time, they just hang around in the garden, dig up the grass a bit, and lay in the sun. Putting them back in their pen was pretty easy – they’re just like flighty chickens. They’ll flee if you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: electric fence, fencing, pigs

Electric Fence Keeps Pigs In!

September 26, 2010 by Darren

I finally got to install my electric fence yesterday morning, and we haven’t had any more trouble from the pigs. For the electric fence energiser, I bought a Thunderbird BD-20. This is a neat little 2 km “strip grazer”, powered by 4x D-cell batteries. I don’t have mains power near the pig pen because it’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: electric fence, fencing, pigs

Feeding Swill To Pigs

October 16, 2010 by Darren

There was a little bit of discussion about feeding scraps to pigs on my original entry about our pig project. There are quite strict laws around the feeding of scraps and waste to pigs in Australia (and many other countries), and you really need to make sure you’re doing the right thing. The NSW Department … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food, Waste Tagged: Australia, farmyard animals, pigs, Waste

Pig Information From NSW DPI

October 25, 2010 by Darren

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) has a lot of really good pig keeping information available for free. Here’s my collection of links to their resources.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: Australia, nsw government, pigs

How To Weigh A Pig

November 15, 2010 by Darren

You can get a very good estimate of a pig’s weight by running a few simple measurements through a mathematical formula. Here’s how to do it.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: farmyard animals, pigs

Swill Feeding Pigs In Las Vegas

November 22, 2010 by Darren

A must-see video of BBC’s Ethical Man visiting a pig farm in Las Vegas, where the pigs are raised on restaurant leftovers and then fed back to the restaurant patrons.

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Video Tagged: pigs

Pig Tractors For Clearing Land

February 5, 2011 by Darren

If you want to clear a large area of land with little effort, you can’t beat a pig tractor!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken tractor, chickens, garden beds, Permaculture, pig tractor, pigs, vegetable garden, weeds

Taking The Pigs To The Abattoir

February 9, 2011 by Darren

The pigs have finally reached a good baconer size, and are ready to head off to the abattoir.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: abattoir, butchering, jamberoo, pigs, tahmoor

Home Grown Pork

February 12, 2011 by Darren

The pigs finally came home from the butcher. We received back 74 kilograms of porky goodness per pig – that’s a lot of meat to have sitting in front of you!

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, freezer, meat, pigs, pork
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