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We do some every year, They need high protein diet and a worming but the quality is second to none , when hogs get out generally they want to be back in , think roof and some bedding deep straw if they get out shut off the fence and open it up by nightfall they will usually find their way back inside to their home , Now loading in a trailer can get a little wild when full grown or drop um on site
We get feeders born early Feb . and pick them up early mid june and they will be finished by mid Nov, and weigh 300 plus pounds , I prefer a large animal chops cover the plate and if your hungry one is enough . feeders probably weigh around 40 pounds when we get them . They will need 50 to 60 bu. corn per animal and we feed bean meal about 250 pounds they will forage the rest and will tear up the whole acre pull the fence and plant cover next spring no till
Genetics are very important , don't cheap out and buy runt feeders buy the best most vigorous feeders you can find start with bad animals and they never perform as good , good feeders can be hard to find , everyone wants that time frame so they don't have to over winter , growth rates are much slower in the winter .
Next year I'm thinking about raising a couple of pigs on my land. 1 acre fenced in area (3' with hot wire) including a wallow hole. Two castrated boars. Hog rings and shots. Fed with automatic feeder. Released in June. Anybody ever done anything like this? What kind of growth rate should I expect with 4 months? Just how bad of an idea is this?