Category: Pork

Moving Our Berkshire Pigs To Electric Wire Fencing

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Berkshire Pigs on Woodland Pasture

We brought Larry, Curly and Moe, our Berkshire Pigs home to Briden Farm on March 27, 2022, when they were just ten weeks old. They’re now about 17 weeks old.

We’ve actually had them on Woodland Pasture since their arrival. Introducing them to Electric Wire Fencing a couple weeks ago. It’s first time using Electric Wire Fencing for pigs, and I really wondered! t’s hard to believe you can string a couple, or three strands of wire, hook it to a fence charger, and have those pigs stay in their pasture! It’s incredible to see…

I could watch them All day! They’re incredible to watch! Seeing how they interact, how the work, and how they recognize things like the white fence posts and electric wires. You can literally see that they recognize it! 

If you’ve never sat and watched Pigs work! We invite You to come spend sometime at Briden Farm. Call Now to Book A Time to Visit. Call Brian at (902) 907-0770 

Training Pigs to Electric Fence for The First Time

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Berkshire Pigs

Training Pigs to Electric Fence for the first time! Theirs and Ours! Last Year was the first time we raised Pigs, and we did it inside the rotational pastures we had fenced with Mink Cages. I try to move our goats through an area and then follow with the Pigs. However, Last year we encountered a few challenges… like having to move not only the Goats and Pigs, but also having to move the cages.  Moving the cages every two weeks not only takes a lot of work, it also takes a lot of time. Not to mention the hazard of slipping and falling on our hillsides, or twisting and damaging our backs, etc. The cages work well, but if I can train the pigs to electric fence it will make things much easier! Plus give us some of our time back! 

Our Goats do very well in Electric Netting, and as long as we rotate them often enough, every two weeks will work great, and that’s how often pigs should be moved. So, indications are the pigs should do well in the electric wire, so that will lighten our load, allow us to cover more ground, easier, and have even happier Goats, Pigs, and maybe Farmers too! T


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Berkshire Pork Chops, Natural Smoked Bacon, and Pan Fried Potatoes

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Berkshire Pork Chops, Naturally Smoked Bacon, and Pan Fried Potatoes

Now that’s a Meal! We, Seasonally, raise Berkshire Pigs!

These incredible Berkshire Pork Chops, Natural Smoked Bacon, and Pan Fried Potatoes make an incredible meal! Of course the Watkins Products IPA, Adobo, and Sea Salt definitely helped as well. Click Here for Recipe 

We chose Berkshire Pigs because they’re a hardy, Heritage Breed Pig, we raise them in Rotational, Woodland, Pastures, keep, them happy and socialized with other animals like our chickens and goats, and give them the best life possible, for as long as possible, and we feed them as well as possible, and then they feed us! 

As a result, we’ve had incredible feedback from those who have bought our Pork, tried, or otherwise tried our Pork, and already have reorders for Sides of Pork. 

Last Year was our first year raising Pigs and we’ve learned, and are learning, how to keep them happy, healthy, and the Berkshire Pork is a tasty, traditional, taste that is reminiscent of that we all remember and love from our childhoods! 

If You’re interested in ordering, or learning more, call today, 902-907-0770.  


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