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Lander, WY | Since people have been posting and liking hog pictures, here's a few I took today. We are still building/growing, trying to keep it all cash flowed, not borrowing a bunch of money so things are kind of "in process" and rough looking. We are GAP certified Step 3. Mostly Berkshire pigs for Whole Foods, some cross sows for local sales as freezer pigs. Right now running 14 sows, would like to be at 20-25 next year, but need to keep building to make that happen. Prior owner (second owner of the land) raised pigs, so the barn and concrete slab was here when we bought about 2 1/2 years ago, but all fencing and waterers were gone.
The "farrowing room". Used for gilts and sows having problems. This was a farrowing room, had 4 crates in it until Butch stopped raising pigs, then it became his woodworking room.
Another view. We weigh feed for the sows, the white board has all the feed requirements, where pigs are, farrowing due dates etc.
Gestating sows and gilts. Yes, I took the picture before I scraped the pens. Scrape every day to three days. Guess I didn't get a picture of the trough where I'm standing, pits underground that get pumped every couple months. Doors go outside to pens.
Standing in door going out to alley, with boar shed. (yes, that's a pile of crap where a pen will be, haven't gotten it moved out yet to make room for the second boar pen)
Alley for the feeder pens and a loading chute to back the trailer up to.
Farrowing huts
Panorama view, from left: gestating barn, boar shed, pile of junk, weaner pen, finisher pen, feeder pen, farrowing huts. Grain bins to the far right aren't used right now.
Farrowing huts. 8x16 run on each one.
Another panarama view
And my isolation pen. Picked up a new boar a couple weeks ago, a King Tut grandson from Troy Seybold.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frankes-Farm-Raised-Pork/409152315787...
The pigs' facebook page.
Any questions, just ask.
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Different Hog Operation
