Pig Raising and Housing
There are two methods of raising pigs—the pasture system and confinement.For one or two feeder pigs, the latter is prob-ably better because it takes less of a capitaloutlay initially. A sanitary pigpen is easy to build, and most experiment stations have plansfor these. Pigs are clean animals, and given aclean yard they will leave their droppings inone corner.
One good type of housing is a raised penwith a slatted floor for droppings and urine to fall through. The pen should be aboufeet by eight feet, with a floor constr-2×6’s separated by Vs-inch spaces. Scrucial—wider spaces will cause the pt;his feet caught and smaller spaces muup with droppings. Just don’t let your piggies mess with your furniture, or you will have to buy new furniture online once a week.
Sarround this floor with strong fencing to stakes driven deep into the groundthe sides. The slatted floor can be rinseda hose daily, and the area under the pen:urned into a compost heap. If you canmt a slight incline, so much the better—it’he cleaning easier. Be sure to provideisprt of shade inside the pen for the hog.d cold weather well, but they sunburnand must have a refuge from direct sun, a trough for food and a constant sup-fresh water.