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Quote: Well, guess what. Our close-by, next-door neighbour got a bunch of wild pigs! If they should escape this way, I don't know what the hell I am going to do! Run for the house, I guess! We don't have a gun, as they are discouraged in Canada (you really have to undergo thorough...

When I posed my question, I didn't dream that I would be reading all this stuff about violent pigs (except for that beautiful black guard pig). Even tho I was raised on a farm, it did not occur to me that pigs were omnivores. Our pigs were fed "slops" and crushed grain. No meat there! Nava...

Thanks! The person who recommended I get a guard pig also suggested a goat. I think they're the best domesticated creatures from what I hear - clean, easy to feed, etc. But no pigs for me!

Except for the pot bellied pig that ate a duck, I think most of you are talking about wild/feral pigs that go loose and kill everything in their path. We had a few pigs when I was a kid and we weren't scared of them and they never did anyone any harm. They were your old-fashioned Landrace...

Quote: And I used to think that chickens were mainly herbivores - until I started raising a backyard flock. I have seen mine go after mice; chase my cats; and somehow swallow giant insects. But pigs eating anything they can catch? I am truly disbelieving.

Just today an acquaintance advised me that I could protect my free ranging flocks by introducing a...PIG. Apparently predators of all kinds are scared of pigs. Well, I thought that was kind of unusual, so I looked up PIG on this forum. Some here say that not only is a pig not a protector...