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☆Chicken Chaos☆
This reminds me of the book I just read, Pearl. So terrifying. Pigs will eat almost anything. Best not to take your chances.
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Not every pig will kill a live chicken, it depends on their temperament. But I've seen it happen enough that I wouldn't risk letting my chickens around my pigs unless they were out free ranging in a very large area.I want to let my chickens have access to the pigpen so they can have more room. Will a pig eat the chickens? We do not have the pigs yet, but I want the chickens to have access to the area the pigs will use and am wondering if I can safely let the hens into the pigpen after it is occupied by pigs.
I will pass on letting the chickens go in with the pigs. I think I will only let them have access to the area when the pigs are away.This reminds me of the book I just read, Pearl. So terrifying. Pigs will eat almost anything. Best not to take your chances.
That makes me think of the movie The Wizard of Oz when the main character falls into the pigpen, they think she is going to die.Pigs will eat chickens and other small animals, especially if it gets injured. They are more predator than scavenger.
Oh the tales of trespassers accidentally getting trapped in a hog pen....
I wouldn't proceed with this plan, if it were me.
My experience: No they won't , my chickens go in something when the pigs our eating and doing other things but my dad had pigs when he was a kid and a boar had such big tusks that it cut one in half , so its risky , just if you do have chickens in the pig pen make sure your pigs have enough to eat !I want to let my chickens have access to the pigpen so they can have more room. Will a pig eat the chickens? We do not have the pigs yet, but I want the chickens to have access to the area the pigs will use and am wondering if I can safely let the hens into the pigpen after it is occupied by pigs.
Is definitely more safe that way!I will pass on letting the chickens go in with the pigs. I think I will only let them have access to the area when the pigs are away.
Very true, we call them hogs in the south, but they will eat anything they can catch & consume dead corpses. They have even been known to attack cattle.I respectfully disagree. Pigs will eat anything they can catch. They're a big part of the reason that wild turkeys and whitetail deer populations are being affected in areas where wild pigs are naturalizing- they eat the eggs, hens on nests, fawns and any young deer they can catch. I worked on a farm when I was a teenager where they had a hog pen and the hogs would catch and eat barn cats. If given the opportunity, they will eat chickens, too.