Category Archives: Hogs

American Guinea Hogs – the ideal pig for homesteading!

This little Piggy

This little piggy went to market.

This little piggy stayed home.

This little piggy had roast beef.

This little piggy had none.

And this little piggy…well, you know what she did.

American Guinea Hogs are great for the small homestead. Full grown they weigh less than 200 lbs. Hogs love muddle puddles to keep cool, hay to keep warm, and filtered shade. We feed ours rice and food scraps and supplement with pig pellets for trace elements and minerals.

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Herbal Goat & Hog Dewormer

GOAT DEWORMER (Hogs, too)

(all ingredients are ground to a powder)
4 oz. Mullein
3 oz. Ginger
2 oz. Thyme
1.5 oz. Fennel
0.3 oz. Garlic
0.3 oz. Cloves
0.3 oz Cayenne
0.2 oz. Hyssop
0.2 oz. Wormwood

Mix together and store in an airtight glass container (We use Mason Jars) Add 1 tsp to grain each day, or add to bulk feed container.

And here is a recipe that works well to ward off intestinal problems:

INTESTINE  SOOTHER

4 oz. Cinnamon
3 oz. Ginger
2 oz. Cloves
1 oz. Slippery Elm
1.3 oz. Turmeric
0.5 oz. Mullein
0.2 oz. Cayenne
0.3 oz. Garlic

Mix together and store in an airtight glass container (We use Mason Jars) Add 1 tsp to grain each day, or to bulk feed storage.

Happy Homesteading,

T.

Feather Pen Post
Cow at Home
Can you tell Cow is happy

Livestock for Sale Aug 2018

Available now:

Red Star Pullets – These are great egg layers.  They start at 4 months and lay all year round! Large brown eggs   3 weeks old $4 ea.



 

 

 

 

 

Buff Orpington – 6-8 weeks hens and roos $12 ea


 

 

 

 

 

Pekin Ducks – 3 months drakes and hens $15 ea

Home on the Range
Some more of the Fam – Pekin Ducks practicing the water techniques.

Embden Geese – 2 – 4 months males & females $30 ea

 

 

 

American Guinea Hogs – males and females – 3 months and 1 month  $40 ea

Rabbits – New Zealand White/California White Cross – 6 month (4) and 1 month (5)  $10 ea

 

And of course those crazy geese $30