tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post5051016690012568406..comments2023-11-02T05:18:38.925-05:00Comments on Antiquity Oaks: Yes, pigs are omnivoresDeborah Niemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-23565012425424071012009-10-31T14:04:15.817-05:002009-10-31T14:04:15.817-05:00Hmmm...Deborah..sounds like we're going to hav...Hmmm...Deborah..sounds like we're going to have some of your chicken with the pig. I've been relaying all the info to the family about these pigs. We've been reading about mast years, et al. Now that there's a bit of chicken involved, it makes this food story even more interesting.<br />I'm glad that at least you didn't find a one legged live chicken. That would be awful.Susanhttp://www.eduwrit.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-66111921586896455962009-10-30T21:45:19.232-05:002009-10-30T21:45:19.232-05:00Needing protein makes less sense than ever because...Needing protein makes less sense than ever because they're getting acorns this year. We've never fed them nuts before this year, so they're probably getting more protein than any pigs we've ever raised. Maybe the acorns are bringing out their wild side.<br /><br />Garrett, your experience sounds terrible! Pigs are very interesting creatures, all with their own personalities.<br /><br />We did have pigs that killed a mole one time. I'd pretty much forgotten about it, because we weren't at all sad that they'd gotten rid of a rodent that had been tearing up the pasture.Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-6489025215920331552009-10-30T20:30:07.676-05:002009-10-30T20:30:07.676-05:00I've heard that pigs will go "hunting&quo...I've heard that pigs will go "hunting" if their protein is not high enough, or if they have vegetarian rations. Chickens beware!Frannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251158925458606105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-90424899564265545372009-10-30T18:40:34.273-05:002009-10-30T18:40:34.273-05:00Oh yuck. We would like to raise a pig someday, bu...Oh yuck. We would like to raise a pig someday, but man, I don't know if we are "countryfied" enough for that yet. :-)momanna98https://www.blogger.com/profile/02969367313762718422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-89487803376105789662009-10-30T12:22:25.948-05:002009-10-30T12:22:25.948-05:00Maybe it's just that in nature, there would be...Maybe it's just that in nature, there would be some meat in their diet, so given the opportunity....it's natural for them to add it.<br /><br />That said, animals do entertain themselves in ways that horrify us sometimes...I've watched cats drag out the killing process and they look like they are thoroughly enjoying themselves. And birds sometimes are brutal to other birds in ways that look like they are just amusing themselves.pedalpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470754372766025694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-70032022668688396122009-10-30T12:20:44.926-05:002009-10-30T12:20:44.926-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.pedalpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470754372766025694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-69371451508433555742009-10-30T09:42:57.311-05:002009-10-30T09:42:57.311-05:00when I was a kid, my family farm raised pigs. we h...when I was a kid, my family farm raised pigs. we had around 30 sows that we bred twice a year. Ours were always well fed, balanced mineral rations, dry and warm pens in winter etc. Heck we even made a mud hole for them to cool off in the summer!<br /><br />One year we had a sow, after many 'normal' years attack and eat her entire litter. When reintroduced to the herd (which four of her daughters were in from a previous litter) they ended up all chewing off the tails of the other pigs, one by one. And then one morning I went out to find our boar (who was bigger than all of them) laying dead in the barn like he was sleeping.....only he was completely hollow inside. he had been eaten by the sow and her four full grown daughters. They were of Duroc lines and we had never had that problem before. We sold them all immediately and never had an issue again. But talk about traumatic. Best of luck to you!Ebonwald Cardiganshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749634503191909772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-58855346252086626812009-10-30T09:41:04.953-05:002009-10-30T09:41:04.953-05:00Pigs are killers. No need to think on it too much ...Pigs are killers. No need to think on it too much - It's not a mystery.<br /><br />Actually, what's more surprising to me is that this is the first time you've had it happen - your pigs must be well-fed and happy, indeed, to have waited so long. Meat is high-value food, and pigs are ALL about high-value food.<br /><br />Horses will kill and eat chicken, too - I've seen it with my own eyes. My sister's wild-caught Mustang mare stopmed a straying chicken to death, then calmly chowed down on the results. More disturbing, perhaps, is that the Arab colt she shared paddock space with joined her in the grisly meal.MaskedManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847118110075039840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-76943695132515967722009-10-30T08:34:07.430-05:002009-10-30T08:34:07.430-05:00NOW you know why the hands jumped in to save Dorot...NOW you know why the hands jumped in to save Dorothy from the pigs in the Wizard of Oz...it wasn't just to save her dress from the mud!melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-69050192418011052402009-10-30T07:59:53.432-05:002009-10-30T07:59:53.432-05:00I know a man in Vermont who keeps pigs and sheep t...I know a man in Vermont who keeps pigs and sheep together. He says that they're fine except when the sheep are lambing. The blood confuses them - what's dinner and what's not?Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-49671482806726050442009-10-30T07:56:50.751-05:002009-10-30T07:56:50.751-05:00Wow...good to know. Kyle and I were thinking of g...Wow...good to know. Kyle and I were thinking of getting a pig in the spring but we were planning on keeping it with the other animals. Probably not the best idea I guess!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931912146494340497noreply@blogger.com