|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,948
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,948 |
Most all of my older family and local acquaintances raised hogs for meat at one time or another and all I ever saw them feed their hogs was whole ear corn and what they called "slop" which was basically a mix of table scraps, leftover skimmed milk from churning butter, and anything that possibly could be edible by hogs... and hogs will eat pretty much anything. I've even watched them chow down on lumps of coal. If any ever fed special commercial hog feed I never saw or heard them say they did.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,555
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,555 |
I had an Asian neighbor with 2, about 250lbs a piece, he walked them like dogs. Animal control was parked in front of my house one day and had his pigs in their truck, my neighbor was crying like a baby. I never saw those pigs again.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 4,239
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 4,239 |
I have been upset ever since my B-I-Law sold all of his hogs. It was always comforting since I had a cute daughter. Now it's the grand daughters. Anyone in NW misery have hogs in an out of the way place? Be Well, RZ.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 5,817
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 5,817 |
A friend had a big hog gobble his chicken off the fence in a single bite. Chicken never knew what hit him.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 17,089 Likes: 15
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 17,089 Likes: 15 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 69,442 Likes: 14
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 69,442 Likes: 14 |
On a non-commercial level, you can't come out ahead by feeding commercial feeds. They're just too expensive. Grocery store meat will cost you less. My wife's home grown eggs are great but they probably cost us $5/doz.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 16,730 Likes: 5
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 16,730 Likes: 5 |
I have been upset ever since my B-I-Law sold all of his hogs. It was always comforting since I had a cute daughter. Now it's the grand daughters. Anyone in NW misery have hogs in an out of the way place? Be Well, RZ. Wut?
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,424
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,424 |
If you love someone set them free
If they come back no one else liked them
Set them free again
|
|
|
|
|
599 members (160user, 1beaver_shooter, 204guy, 1badf350, 1936M71, 66 invisible),
2,783
guests, and
1,315
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,193,192
Posts18,503,481
Members73,993
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
|
|
