Pig farrowing house

Systems

Need to build a pen for your pigs and piglets? Here are the basic types of pigpens, as well as considerations for humane livestock handling.

Building a Farrowing Hut

We built a pig pen for our pot-belly pig! This was a fast easy DIY that took a little bit of lumber and a pvc roof!

Inside a Farrowing Greenhouse at Becker Lane Organic Farms. Do you ever find yourself answering your own questions? On Wednesday I wrote about how (with expansion in mind) I thought it was time to add a hoop building to the farm for winter farrowing and winter housing for the grower pigs, but the thing that had always been holding me back was the thought of keeping the building empty for the spring, summer, and fall as the pigs are out on the pasture. Then I randomly found a three-ring…

Many PFI members farrow on pasture in huts designed by fellow farmers. Two common styles of wooden huts are the A-Frame and E-Hut (the E stands for electronic, because the design was meant to be shared electronically). These ...

Offering our customers amazing flavorful Galloway grassfed beef.

Last week we spent a few days visiting family in Surrey. Grandma Georgie took us out to Hobbledown for the day on Friday. We had a lovely ...

This is from a previous blog that I wrote in 2012. It did get a lot of traction even from countries in Europe. So enjoy the read and give it a try. So today, I am writing to you about how to build …