Kingbird Farm – Pastured Pigs (3 of 4) – Piglet Ear Notching
This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY raises pigs from farrowin…
15 Responses to Kingbird Farm – Pastured Pigs (3 of 4) – Piglet Ear Notching
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I like your honesty as we kill deer, goat, steer, hog etc (hormone free and
on pasture/woods). on our place. We do not “harvest them”. That is for
those that enjoy McDonalds and the drugs they ingest while doing so.
ramblinman
September 30, 2014 at 10:28 pm
you are just plain mean and abusive to those babies… you just pull on
the testicules and cut the skin — boy I wonder how your hubby would like
someone to just cut him and start pulling and lets cut your ear… see how
you like it
Design It With Love
September 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm
Absolutely wonderful conditions! Your set up fantastic! I may try this
breed as I need a hardy animal who can take the cold of N. Wisconsin.
Julie Bruzas
September 30, 2014 at 11:43 pm
I want a farm like Kingbird farm! Only I would go with Gloucester Old Spots
and poultry (turkeys, ducks, geese). Someday…
Becki Bouchard
October 1, 2014 at 12:13 am
karma is an incredible person. her work breeding sows is very important to
the finger lake region, upstate ny.
YalkOne
October 1, 2014 at 12:58 am
The most clean work I have seen on pigs.
nataile edwards
October 1, 2014 at 1:20 am
what happens to all the little pieces of ear
KustomFu
October 1, 2014 at 1:43 am
In one of the videos, they have ducks & turkeys, as well as chickens. Are
Glouster Old Spots as good at foraging on pasture as Tamworths? Definately,
geese are an ‘underappreciated’ livestock. They are grazers, and get almost
all their food from pasture during the grazing season. Great parents, the
eggs are delicious, and the meat a wonderful traditional food. Hope you can
start farming, on however small a scale, soon!
Jefferdaughter
October 1, 2014 at 2:31 am
3:09 That pig is wagging its tail. Does it mean the same as with dogs?
Daniel Marquez
October 1, 2014 at 2:59 am
all your videos are great! you are very knowledgeable
foxy fox.
October 1, 2014 at 3:13 am
where’s part 4??
geeq13
October 1, 2014 at 4:08 am
they probably just fall on the ground. if the pigs feel like it they may
eat it otherwise it’s probably just thrown out when they clean the pen.
nick4leader
October 1, 2014 at 4:26 am
watch?v=oNIM0oEd4OY
Justin Baum
October 1, 2014 at 4:54 am
A biologist ,who raised pigs, told me years ago that it is not the iodine
that can sting, but the alcohol it is disolved in. (Now real iodine is not
easy to find, it’s usually ‘Betadine’ which does not sting.) He disolved
idodine in water for use on his livestock (and family). He said it was more
difficult to do, but worth it, in his estimation. W/livestock on pasture,
iodine helps dry the navel, eliminating a ‘pathogen highway’ . This may not
be as much of an issue on straw.
Jefferdaughter
October 1, 2014 at 5:05 am
Part 4 to this series is right here
/watch?v=oNIM0oEd4OY&list=PLDAB49B460CD1FDB4&index=6
ObeyBunny
October 1, 2014 at 5:52 am