Heard somthing today about hogs and goats today I found hard to believe

And huge

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I had a pony mare and her 10 month old filly in a small portible corral under the eve of my barn and my boar and sow were in a pen next to them. We had been out for the day and came home to discover both horses with large gashes in their bellies and legs. The mare was well on her way to dying but the filly was still upright. She was in shock and hurting. The biar had gotten into their pen and attacked them. My vet just had hip surgery that week so he told what meds to give and I spent the next 6 hours pulling muscle and skin closed by flash light. She survived, healing was tough. Now she is a sassy little 3 year old.

The boar made a lot of sausage by that following friday. He was always friendly and never showed any aggression towards us or other animals. It was shocking the damage he did.

WOW this is an old thread!!

But important information.

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Does it make any difference? Old or new, always something to learn. I am kinda like one of those old threads too but I have a nugget of knowledge to share every now and then.

Just to add my two cents, we have raised pigs for over 8 years and we have never had a problem. They are the sweetest animals! We have 5 right now and one is housed with our goats and chickens and kittens. The chickens sit right on our pig and he never bothers them. He plays with our kittens and walks among our goats moms and babies alike. He is 6 mo old and 200 lbs and a teddy bear. The kittens and our dog walk around our 4 other pigs that are in the field and they sniff each other and nothing more.

Guess you need to see the video of me getting bit by a pig.. Guess he though since I was gonna eat his buddy, he'd have a stab at eating me..

Thinking a pig is a sweet animal is a great way to get yourself hurt really fast... Turn your back on a 700lb sow and see just how fast your world will get turned upside down..

Pigs are nothing more than eating machines. They will eat anything that won't move.. and if it does move, they will try that too...

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This video was posted elsewhere on the forum. The song has been stuck in my head a couple days now. Lol. Notice that some of the pigs causing those nasty wounds are not very big. Yikes!

http://youtu.be/GAoADOgG8tI

When I was around 5 yo we visited some relatives in Canada. The thing that I remember the most is the pigs they had on one farm. They were huge, and terrified me.

I honestly don't know if I'd ever want to try and raise a pig for butchering. The only pig I ever really have any dealings w/is a friend's PB. And while she's not a problem, I'll admit to not trusting her 100%.

Wasn't a dig of detriment, just an exclamation!

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Another pig story -
i'v raised many pigs one or two at a time having a large lot and pig house . i' found hampshires and durocks pure or crossed may favorite not only for there calm friendly nature but for the growth and carcase quality ; I had a white x landcaster that was an excape artist , mere field fence a electric jolt were no problem to her. but being big pet would only come n hang out in the farm yard or tag about with the cows playing with the calfs ;me having no neighbors for a mile or roads with traffic to worry about just let her roam she would come when called better than the dogs. stealing chicken feed sleep under the porch or root for worms under the rabbit shed , no feed barrel was safe , leading to her early trip to the butcher [a cute little pig begging for scratching behind the ears and treats soon becomes a big pushy hog demanding treats ) . I fell in the pig house a few yaers ago dislocateing a sholder as I saw the stars knew I was about to faint the old line "he went out and the hogs ate em " went through my mind as the Hampshire snuggled up with me till I awoke , one sow I raised reached over 500 pounds before butchering very friendly yrt at loading time , refused to cross where the electric fence had been into the loading shute thus the battle began with my helper pulling on a rope on her rear leg and me pushing with a pice of plywood she inched tward the truck getting angrier bt the second , of course my helper sliped dropping the rope sending the enraged sow intent upon chomping me . luckily the faithful mt cur farm dogs watching near by jumped her each grabing an ear to save my hide . I learnd a lesson there get your pigs used to entering the loading shute days before butchering time ;my last pigs loading was easy as me closeing the trailor door as she slept in her warm straw bed for the 3rd night my most mean and ill natured pig was a gunie potbelly cross that would eat chickens like candy and try to bite the hand that fed her pure evil and never grew much just got fatter and meaner , after months I sold her for 30$ having no desire to eat that thing . another "never again" lesson learned the hard way ( and good riddance ) . a hog can easily out match any goat and most dogs many old farmers would leve hogs in the pasture when feeding cows whole corn as half of it passed through them the pigs would clean it up and do well but with hefiers a problem arose when the pigs did not want to wait for the corn and rooting at the vulva injured the heifers and started a bad habit ,I have been warned to only do this with steers .

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Man, these are some stories! We almost fell in love with a cute little spotted pig that seemed to be smiling at us...luckily it was almost ...

Remember, any bad pig can be cured!

When I was growing up we got weaner pigs every spring. We never fed them by hand and if someone needed to go into the hog pen we always had someone on the outside with an old rake handle to lend a hand if needed.

One year after my parents divorced, while my sister was away at college, mom and I bought a couple gilts at the auction house. Later in the year than we liked but these girls were a little older than usual, bigger than weaners but not quite half grown yet.

So it's mid-December and mom got called out of town for work. I got home from work (that time of year fully dark and bitter cold) and the hogs had knocked over their water, and it was full of half frozen mud.

Long story short I was knee deep in mud that had a suction lock on my boot. One hog was playing with the rake handle and the other was about six inches from my face screaming at me (the real high pitched on that comes from way down in the belly), and all I could see were her canine teeth. I thought I was a goner.

They got to drink from a five gallon bucket until I had help, and they went to freezer camp a little early shortly after that.

I will guarantee more goats are killed by the family pet "THE DOG" than pigs. Just because you take the far out (unconfirmed ) story of a hog killing something and spread it like it is the norm. It is NOT.
Properly cared for pigs are not vicious or killing machines. But they are omnivores, like your dog and cat. We have had cat's kill chickens. Does that mean I'm afraid to have a cat at the farmstead
Wake up and quit being afraid of your shadow.
My first goat was killed by a neighbors dog. Not the neighbors pig!
Pigs will bite! especially when raised wrong or threatened.
They do not seek out and kill LARGE prey.
A cow will hurt you real serious if you do not know how to handle it.
A mean ass billy goat is a real problem on a farm with visitors. Worse than a pig in my opinion. My uncle had a billy goat that would seek you out and then try to mutilate you! Never had a pig come find me just to cause me harm. This goat wanted to hurt me!
I had the crap scratched out of me by a mean rabbit! He went into the soup pot.
Learn how to raise and handle your livestock and don't breed ones that show the wrong temperament! EAT THEM FIRST.
There is not a type of animal on your stead that doesn't have the ability to inflict damage.
Also your farm equipment will kill/harm you faster than your livestock!
My father lost a hand, my uncle an arm, 1 neighbor an arm, 1 neighbor lost their teenage child. All to farm equipment. Actually that list is longer but I proved the point.
..... Now .... Let me think...... NOPE none lost anything to raising pigs..
hhmmmmmmmmmmm Although I did meet a fellow once that had a nasty scar from a pig. Of course my grandfather was squashed by a cow and suffered back pains all of his life from it. My uncle had his face kicked in by a bull calf and broke his nose.

Long winded, sorry, but the point is. If you live on a farm you are in danger from any given thing and any given moment. YOU need to be responsible for YOUR actions.

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I thought the whole point was minimizing injuries? I think you thinking people jumping at their shadows is a completely natural desire to understand how to reduce the amount of losses one has from _anything_.

I don't allow my pet dogs to associate with my goats. If I had pigs, I certainly wouldn't put them in with pregnant does. Same reason, no need to try and have problems.

Also the same reason I won't be having full sized cows, I don't want to end up squished so it's mini's or Dexters for me. And anyone who keeps a violent animal is just being ridiculous, why would you? Crock pot cures any number of ill tempered animals.