Pig farrowing house

Inside a Farrowing Greenhouse at Becker Lane Organic Farms. Do you ever find yourself answering your own questions? On Wednesday I wrote about how (with expansion in mind) I thought it was time to add a hoop building to the farm for winter farrowing and winter housing for the grower pigs, but the thing that had always been holding me back was the thought of keeping the building empty for the spring, summer, and fall as the pigs are out on the pasture. Then I randomly found a three-ring…

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Building a Farrowing Hut

Building a Farrowing Hut

Offering our customers amazing flavorful Galloway grassfed beef.

Knowing that the four pigs had lost some kin due to their mama rolling on them, EEP developed an evil plot: "I will make farrowing huts so that more baby pigs will survive. Here you can see "Dane The Serf" hard at work (you don't expect His Royal Highness to do physical labor do you?).

All the animals on the farm must do more than fill our freezer and grace our table. Beyond eggs,meat and broth,the chickens turn table scraps and pulled weeds in the compost pile, tend the next generation of poultry, and scratch and fertilize sparse pastures. The ewes and

Guidelines for choosing the best bedding material for your pigs. How much bedding is needed for piglets, weanlings, or farrowing sows. What pig bedding is the most comfortable, the most absorbent, or the most sturdy. How to dispose of used bedding.