tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post4599831185508721768..comments2023-08-16T01:55:32.535-05:00Comments on pile of o'melays: captain jack and ianto say good bye to ginger and pepperOmelayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09084221498316008069noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post-22065623114257141322010-09-21T15:40:00.285-05:002010-09-21T15:40:00.285-05:00Karl,
There's another reason to not put pigs ...Karl,<br /><br />There's another reason to not put pigs in garden space: Worms. Our children have both had episodes with asceris, the long white worm that is so common in pigs. The eggs last for a long time in the soil and then your kids (or you) eat a dirty carrot out of the garden and... next thing you know, you've got a long worm crawling out the butt of your 5 yr old. Or your three year old is coughing one up (they hatch out in the lungs). Don't ask me how I know these things. <br /><br />Everyone says "oh, but we don't have problems with worms" and so on, but we have tested many pigs from many different sources, done rotational grazing,etc, etc, all the right things short of commercial wormer (which we now use) and still... worms. Almost all pigs have 'em, and that's not necessarily bad, just a question of proper management. And to me that means keeping them out of the garden and making sure any pig shit we use for food fertility is well composted to kill the eggs. <br /><br />BTW, it's estimated that about 1/3rd of the global human population has these suckers living in their intestines.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post-85408591153620721662010-09-21T15:23:40.571-05:002010-09-21T15:23:40.571-05:00Ed, We probably won't ring their nose in the f...Ed, We probably won't ring their nose in the future. We'll just learn from this and put them where they can have their way with the area. I'm not sure how I feel about the ring. My knee-jerk reaction is to not cause them any pain that I don't absolutely have to. Mind you this is coming from someone that has burned the horns off their baby calf and Burdizzo crushed the Vas deferens off their steer. <br /><br />Warren, Thanks although we sold one of the hogs to my Father-in-law. We still are pretty set though.<br /><br />Erin, thanks I like them too.<br /><br />Homesteading mommy, There is no big secret to feeding the dogs. In the wild they eat the entire animal so any part of the animal is ok to feed. In the wild dogs binge and fast as sources of food present themselves. Slaughter day is a binge for them. This last slaughter they ate all of the viscera. Be forewarned they will have bad breath after this. <br /><br />Our dogs wait to eat. I say when it is ok to eat. Our animals around here are their charge. They know that they are supposed protect them. They would never never kill any of our animals but I have slit the throat of a bad rooster and gave it to them still warm and said "OK". They promptly ate it. <br /><br />Walter over at sugar mountain has wonderfully trained LGDs. His dogs even cull litters leaving healthy piglets. That is a little too far for my taste. I like to be sure that no one can poison my dogs. They eat what I say they can. <br /><br />We are not experts in this area. We just do what seems natural, influenced by what seems natural to them. I blame commercial dog food for Henry's cancer. Hence, I blame myself. This must be better!Omelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084221498316008069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post-41546114060793128502010-09-21T11:21:08.795-05:002010-09-21T11:21:08.795-05:00Sometime this winter in your "slow time"...Sometime this winter in your "slow time", I'd LOVE for you to do a post about feeding your dogs. We want to do more raw to our dog than we do, but we don't really know what to feed her. Right now I save chicken necks, wing tips, feet, gizzards and immature eggs for her from each slaughter. We add broth to her store bought food when we have it. When eggs are plentiful we give her a raw egg a day. We will be slaughtering lambs and goats at home too. What of the innerds are good for them? How do you prepare it all to freeze? What's a good amount of raw food for a 60lb dog? Its a dream to go 100% raw but I just don't really know where to start and so few people do it that when I ask I just get told how cruel we would be to our dog and it would be training her to kill. :-< Thanks for any help you can give!!!Homesteading Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883188912689929377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post-10838027236329589592010-09-21T09:57:48.550-05:002010-09-21T09:57:48.550-05:00great post, beautiful dogs!great post, beautiful dogs!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post-72295279358573369572010-09-21T08:49:25.274-05:002010-09-21T08:49:25.274-05:00I envy your winter stash! And the big top...price...I envy your winter stash! And the big top...priceless! I like the buck teeth and all!warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927162550870912773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419676.post-5614834501936565362010-09-21T07:53:39.211-05:002010-09-21T07:53:39.211-05:00Not sure what your stances are but you can prevent...Not sure what your stances are but you can prevent pigs from digging huge craters like that by ringing their noses. They still turn the soil but it prevents them from digging.<br /><br />Hope your butchering goes better this year. I'm sure it will from the knowledge you gained last year.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com