LITTLE PIG - GO HOME!
These piglets sure are smart!
If you saw my recent post on weaning day, then you know that our first nine piglets from the hog that @smailer got us have been weaned already... well, mostly anyway.
You see, they still like to try to sneak in with mama when we aren't looking!
Just look at them peeking to see if I am watching! Yes, they know what my thoughts are, so they usually go along with me while I am present. When I am not looking, though, it's a different story.
In this video, you can see how they know when they are up to no good. On the bright side, usually I just have to tell them, "Little Pig, go home!" and they will run back to their pen. @Mama-pepper gets a real kick out of it. It is a bit fun, and interesting to see them obey. We will have to train them a bit better.
LITTLE PIG - GO HOME!
Yup, just another adventure on the homestead, and a new chapter in our lives. It's interesting to see what peculiar things we will encounter as we continue down this path. As always, thanks for coming along for the ride! Steem on.
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Why not raise goats too, @papa-pepper? I learned it is healthier than pork or beef. People in the Bible raise goats for meat more than pigs.
Still have to get some, but we will! Thanks @darthnava!
I love goats. I used to take mine for walks in the woods. They'll follow you around like a dog.
The best way to clear new ground for a garden is to fence it off, get a couple of kids (billy kids are cheap and there's a good market for them in the Muslim community) and let the goats forage everything they can. Goats are browsers and not grazers, which means they eat leaves and twigs mostly and not grass so much. Whatever the goat eats that doesn't turn into goat turns into fertilizer. After the goats are done, put pigs in there. Pigs are diggers. They'll dig up the roots, bring rocks to the surface till the soil for you and add their own bit of fertility.
Note: when you plant your first garden, you'll have an abundance of weeds, some of which will be pigweed and lambs quarters, both of which are deliciously edible and filled with nutrition. Its a win, win, win all around.
My goats only follow me when i want to feed them.
I didn't need to feed my goats much because I lived where it was very green with lots of brush. They always followed me whenever I let them out of their enclosure. If you raise your goats on concrete and you have to feed them, maybe that changes their behavior. Also, I only ever had two goats at at time (unless they had kids) so a herd of goats might be a different situation altogether and act differently. My goats were of African ancestry: Nubians. Interesting.
Thats cool. I have up to twenty goats at present and i live in a place where it is green too but because of theft. I have to put them in a n enclosure.
Nice, just be wary that goats are fast plant-eaters.
He can rear both. I rear both on my farm.
If pigs aren't smarter than dogs, they're at least equals!
Wonderful critters!
They sure are interesting!
And can sometimes be emotional. Just yesterday i took some piglets off their mum to give to another mum because i wanna sell her. Since then she refused to eat
Oh, They are so cute ,If i can bring one of them . It is really amazing to see them @papa-pepper .It looks you have many friend in your farm @papa-pepper.
We do have many friends around here!
Yeah pigs are stubborn friends
Oh what fun, to be on a homestead like yours!
But seriously I did not particularly like pigs until I started reading your posts. Nice sweet pigs you got there . :-).
Glad to hear that you enjoy them (at least a bit) now!
Pigs are lovely
I have to admit I love pigs. They are really smart and can have a mind of their own.
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Hey, @papa-pepper! Cute little pigs. Intelligent too. Pigs can be trained to do many things. I just takes time to work with them. Perhaps a job for little peppers?
Not a bad idea. We already have one temporarily named "Puppy." LOL!
"Here Puppy, Puppy" "Here puppy, Puppy" LOL
Oh my! These little sure knows when to sneak in. They are as intelligent as dogs! Haha that is too cute. This made my day! Thanks for sharing @papa-pepper! Loving your blogs as always :)
I cant stop to laught @papa-pepper