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Moving Our Pigs At Briden Farm

Pigs at Briden Farm

This is our first time having Pigs, and we weren’t sure what to expect! I jokingly say that this whole thing is just my act of rebellion! See, while I’ve always sort of felt an affinity to Goats and Pigs! (Hey, I heard that!) . My Dad would never let me have either as he had bad experiences with both. He had one, for a very short time, an old Nanny Goat, named Pandora! I think the name it’s self should has given him a clue! Anyway, that’s a story for another day! 

Dad always thought Pigs were to complicated, and had to many  diseases, and yet talking to those who currently have pigs they seem to really enjoy them! So we got Pigs…

One thing I’d heard many people, who are both pro and con on pigs, say is how difficult they can be to move! Especially if you’re doing rotational pasturing. Which is of course what we’re doing. So, yesterday when we moved them from pasture two, to pasture four, I thought it might be good if we tried to video the whole ordeal! Thankfully it went quite well! 

If You’d like more information on our pigs, or other goings on, here at Briden Farm, give us a call 902-907-0770 or come for a visit. 

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Tom the Berkshire Pig at Briden Farm

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Tom Our Berkshire Pig

Tom is one of two Berkshire Pigs we have at Briden Farm. He and his brother Jerry come to us just a couple weeks ago and have been doing a wonderful job of tilling up the ground, bringing the rocks to the surface, and preparing the hard ground for a garden plot. Not to mention helping to provide us with a great natural fertilizer! Plus, one of the quickest ways to do composting is to feed it to farm animals! So, We’re happy to have them, and I think you can see by this picture that Tom, and yes Jerry too, are really quite happy to be here too! For More Info: 902-907-0770

Tom & Jerry Tilling Our Garden at Briden Farm

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Tom & Jerry Tilling Our Garden

Tom & Jerry arrived here, at Briden Farm, a week ago, and they’ve been busy tilling and fertilizing our proposed Garden plot. See, Tom & Jerry are our Berkshire Pigs, actually fixed, male, pigs are called Barrows, and these Barrows are doing a great job of fertilizing and tilling our garden. So, I guess, I should more accurately say Tom & Jerry are our Barrows! Hmmm… if they do this good a job tilling and fertilizing… can You imagine what would happen if we put Wheels on these Barrows!? 😉 

Unsuccessfully Unloading Pigs At Briden Farm

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Tom & Jerry

Recently we got pigs at Briden Farm, we’ve never raised pigs before, they are a mix of Berkshire and Tamworth. This Video shows us trying to coax our new Pigs, Tom & Jerry, off the Truck!

Apparently they liked their ride home! So we’re not eager to unload when we first got them home to #BridenFarm.

Since this is actually our first time ever handling Pigs, we were somewhere between apprehensive and excited and I think the Pigs picked up on that! As a result, and because They enjoyed the ride Home so much, You won’t even get to see the Pigs in this video, but it’s pretty funny, and we think you’ll get a chuckle out of the antics! Ours, not theirs! To actually see the Pigs, you’ll want to watch our next video, Training the Pigs to eat from Their New Trough

Now, when we picked up the Pigs, They warned us not to chase them! If they get loose, but to just wait and lure them with food. So, when one of them escaped off the truck, and disappeared for a few minutes, we waited and took time to set up a little temporary fence along the path he took to escape! Then when he returned we tempted him with food and when we got him close to the path, he picked up his scent, and probably his brother’s scent, and went right back in the way he come out! Except that instead of going back on the truck, he followed his brother’s scent and followed him in to their new pasture. Which by the way is where the Bucks and Ducks used to be, and now the Pigs are housed in their pasture, and are living in the old Buck Pen! Don’t worry though… we still have the Bucks, and the Ducks, and they too have new pastures!

More on that in a future video!