Comments on: Large Black pigs: the gentle giants http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/large-black-pigs-the-gentle-giants/ Self-sufficiency, farming, conservation, ecology and rural crafts Wed, 23 May 2018 15:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.32 By: Pocket Farm http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/large-black-pigs-the-gentle-giants/#comment-116108 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:11:17 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=3959#comment-116108 There is probably someone with more experience of this than me but I would imagine a strand of electric would still be a good idea.

]]> By: JH http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/large-black-pigs-the-gentle-giants/#comment-115699 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:45:13 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=3959#comment-115699 Hi.

We have around 3/4 to one acre fenced off with stock fencing and divided in half, again with stock fencing. Will we also need electric for 2 large blacks to fatten up or will this be ok?

Thanks

]]> By: Andy B http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/large-black-pigs-the-gentle-giants/#comment-93890 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:14:42 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=3959#comment-93890 We keep two sows from which we raise litters through AI. They are housed in a half acre paddock and are moved seasonally as the land is turned over.

They have a shelter each but unless one had birthed they tend to share one together.

A single strand electric at 9″ keeps them in, Cornish Hedge ensures were they to leave a fenced area they would not have far to go.

Water is supplied from a 1000 litre IBC gravity fed into a trough at 12″

They respond to human company enjoying being scratched or brushed and your breeding animals learn their names and do not pester you for food between feed times.

]]> By: Pocket Farm http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/large-black-pigs-the-gentle-giants/#comment-93680 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:03:50 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=3959#comment-93680 For these large pigs about half and acre of, preferably well drained, land with sturdy fencing would be suitable for two pigs. You can divide this in half with electric fencing or pig wire so one half can recover while the other is being used. Large blacks are less susceptible to sunburn than pink pigs but you should supply shelter such as a pig ark for sleeping and maybe another field shelter for them to escape from the elements. If land gets waterlogged easily an area of hard standing would also be useful.

]]> By: George Xikhibana Banyini http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/large-black-pigs-the-gentle-giants/#comment-93624 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:21:57 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=3959#comment-93624 I want to know the suitable environment for these Large Black pigs.

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