Category: Pigs
Kunekunes Pasture Pigs for sale.
Kunekunes are an AMAZING breed of pigs that we have had on our homestead for over 5 years now. We use them often when people request us to come and share our animals as part of a “petting zoo program.” Mama Pumpkin is one of our most requested animals to…
Welcome Baby Kunekunes
Spring is here and so is the arrival of new baby kunekunes. They will be available for their new homes at the end of July 2019.
Learning to homestead with a small property
20 years of researching has led me to the conclusion that you can homestead on truly any size property. You just have to have GREAT organizational skills on smaller properties to streamline what you want to accomplish. Here is a link to homesteading.com and 15 homesteading ideas for your property….
Meet me on the homestead – Kunekune pigs
Our baby “War Pigs” have grown up and that includes Haka, the littlest runt from the litter of December 2017. If you were at the Heights Church for the Christmas Eve services in 2017, you were able to see a litter of 3 day old baby kunekunes. (I added a…
2017 Kunekunes – favorite pigs
Have you gotten a chance to see our baby “War Pigs”? If you were at the Heights church for the Christmas Eve services, you got a chance to see these little cuties. Shelby and I (Kris) decided to bring these little guys to share although because they were only 3…
Look at all of the BABIES on our homestead! March 2017
Even with all of the heartache this month, We have had a TON of babies born this month…. And most are available for sale. Shoot us over an email Yorkshire cross piglets – $150 for one or $250 for 2 – We are requiring a $50 non-refundable deposit per…
Piglets born on our homestead
Today we were blessed with 6 piglets on our homestead. Although we were hoping for more, these 6 are healthy and all 6 are eating well. All of these are already sold and we have a waiting list beginning for our next set of piglets. If you are interested, please…
Creating a fodder system
[sdm_download id=”4332″ fancy=”0″] Building a FODDER SYSTEM to feed livestock Finding simple ways, to make your products go further is something very important to our family. We have hundreds of animals on our homestead and needed to find a better way of feeding them. With fodder, we can quadruple our…
Weighing a pig with no scale
We have been using the following technique to weigh our meat pigs. Measure around their heart girth… Easiest way to measure pig is during feeding time. Remember that number. For our smaller 4-1/2 month old pigs they measured about 39 inches around the heart girth (They are all about the same…
Piglets and Pig Raising
Purchase Piglet $150.00 and take it home with you. OR Purchase a piglet and have us raise it for you. We grow, feed and care for them for 8 months. Pay in full: $720 ($90/month) (additional processing fee payable to the butcher house) or monthly: $100/month for 8 months due…
