Pig Enclosures

[astrix 12]

Well thanks for the advice lads,

 

I dug down n buried some mesh then posted n stick meshed with 2 lots of barbed wire then run two strands of electric fencing all round

 

Hopefully done enough

[PeskyWabbits 464]

I raise the height as they get bigger. Going to be extending the run from a quarter to half an acre soon. I have the luxury of the whole field it I need it. The grass around the run was cut for silage a few weeks ago.

This is what most of the run looks like now. The board is a sun shade and there is the bottom of an IBC used as a mud bath in its shadow.

[Sirius 1,391]

Stock fence and then put barb wire 3-4 inches off the round around the bottom.

Make sure your gates are either hung so they can't be lifted.

[Sirius 1,391]

Electric is ok at best it's just temporary. Build a strong fence line and barb the bottom. But be aware pigs will reduce the ground level a lot so get the fence as low as you can.

[Mark r 208]

Iv got round post sunk in all way around with electric fence 3 strands high first strand about 6 inch off the ground and highest strand is just above knee height. It held them up to now. But your right the pig have rooted it all up and in places the bottom strand is nearly touching the new ground level were they moved the earth around

[astrix 12]

Hi pesky, that pic looks a lot like a couple of mine, what crossing have you got? Looks like a bit of Berkshire in there

 

 

I raise the height as they get bigger. Going to be extending the run from a quarter to half an acre soon. I have the luxury of the whole field it I need it. The grass around the run was cut for silage a few weeks ago.

This is what most of the run looks like now. The board is a sun shade and there is the bottom of an IBC used as a mud bath in its shadow.

[PeskyWabbits 464]

Hi pesky, that pic looks a lot like a couple of mine, what crossing have you got? Looks like a bit of Berkshire in there

 

 

 

This year's are Tamworth/Berkshire cross. Some of the girls are ginger with black spots, the others are black with white and one is white with black.

They have a good temperament.

 

The boys will be going at the end of September. I was concerned about boar taint as they go through puberty but my local animal health officer assures me that it is only pigs under duress or trauma that suffer boar taint. So possibly they could go with the girls at October's end.