BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[bnjrob]

I'd rather the pig doesn't come back. Haven't had to deal with them here before. If they're here they're here though, guess they're like rats once they get established. Can't be the state is doing well at eradicating them. Went from open season on them to closing hunting cause they think it made them smarter/harder to get rid of. DEC is supposed to be using traps and helicopters now, I doubt they are doing much good. Haven't heard. If it was working I'm sure they would be bragging.

I find it fascinating how things are so different in other locations. Here in Texas feral hogs are like coyotes - vermin. Guys advertise all the time to come take care of feral hogs on folks' properties. Some folks don't buy pork at the store, they get all they need from killing the feral hogs on their property.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

save some money any ways meat is expensive well here anyways I don't know about down there in Texas

 

[DesertChic]

We don't really have feral pigs around here, but we have Javelina (aka Pecarry), which look and behave much like feral pigs...very destructive and downright dangerous at times. We had a family of 8 Javelina work their way through our yard and uproot 50 lb agave plants. I know a lot of people who hunt them for meat, but I've never eaten any myself.

 

[DesertChic]

Well I spent a fair amount of time last night relocating the bantams and their large NN rooster to a different pen, and then moving my broody hen back to the bantam pen, which she'd previously used as her nursery. I gave her two fake eggs to continue sitting on, just to make sure she would remain broody. This morning I had some very upset chickens not in favor of their new digs, and one broody hen VERY ready to be a mother....and a pipped egg in the incubator.

I had really hoped I could get the eggs set under Mama Lily before the pipping began. I still placed four wiggling but un-pipped eggs under Lily and left the rest in the incubator. I'm really, really hoping I can get her to accept the 14 incubator hatched chicks once the eggs I gave her also hatch.

 

[Kusanar]

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Goats would be the better bet... Though, you really need to either do all females or all sterilized ones since there was just a huge problem with trying to get feral goats OFF an island (where they were put for that purpose)... that way if you want the goats gone, just stop stocking them and wait about 10-15 years and there shouldn't be anymore goats....

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Well I spent a fair amount of time last night relocating the bantams and their large NN rooster to a different pen, and then moving my broody hen back to the bantam pen, which she'd previously used as her nursery. I gave her two fake eggs to continue sitting on, just to make sure she would remain broody. This morning I had some very upset chickens not in favor of their new digs, and one broody hen VERY ready to be a mother....and a pipped egg in the incubator.   I had really hoped I could get the eggs set under Mama Lily before the pipping began. I still placed four wiggling but un-pipped eggs under Lily and left the rest in the incubator. I'm really, really hoping I can get her to accept the 14 incubator hatched chicks once the eggs I gave her also hatch. 

Well good luck I lost one of my baby chicks this morning it was fine last night it was the youngest one of of the four but we are back down to three

 

[Kassaundra]

Feral hogs are a huge problem here in eastern OK too.

I wish I could do electric fencing, it is a great solution for many problems. When I was about 10 years old my Gparents had electric fencing, my Gpa wired it to the house electric. I was playing w/ the water hose (it was summer) when I found a big tall grass type weed, I decided the chickens would love it, so I pulled it out and was taking it to the chickens. As I was walking I was watching the top "head" part sway (just being a kid) when I reached for the fence handle I missed and got the wire. I was wet, it was house electric not battery electric, and my hand clamped down, I started yelling when I would pry my one hand off the wire the other one would get caught. My Gma was in the house and my Gpa was at the barn. It took my Gma a few moments to see what was causing me to scream, when they realized they ran for the breaker (in the back area of the house). My hands were burned and I couldn't use my arms for a while ( I think about a week). To this day if I hear the "clicking" an electric fence makes I hyperventilate and have a "panic attack" The reasoning part of my head knows this would not happen if wired properly, but my hard wired "primal" brain wins this fight every time! lol

 

[hellbender]

I am flabbergasted that any state government would protect these prolific destructive monsters ... then again, we're in the "near tropical" environment that makes them a huge problem.

They can handle severe cold like polar bears! The stock brought into WV is pure Russian stuff.

 

[ronott1]

Feral hogs are a huge problem here in eastern OK too.

I wish I could do electric fencing, it is a great solution for many problems. When I was about 10 years old my Gparents had electric fencing, my Gpa wired it to the house electric. I was playing w/ the water hose (it was summer) when I found a big tall grass type weed, I decided the chickens would love it, so I pulled it out and was taking it to the chickens. As I was walking I was watching the top "head" part sway (just being a kid) when I reached for the fence handle I missed and got the wire. I was wet, it was house electric not battery electric, and my hand clamped down, I started yelling when I would pry my one hand off the wire the other one would get caught. My Gma was in the house and my Gpa was at the barn. It took my Gma a few moments to see what was causing me to scream, when they realized they ran for the breaker (in the back area of the house). My hands were burned and I couldn't use my arms for a while ( I think about a week). To this day if I hear the "clicking" an electric fence makes I hyperventilate and have a "panic attack" The reasoning part of my head knows this would not happen if wired properly, but my hard wired "primal" brain wins this fight every time! lol

That was crazy!

Electric fence generators have a lot of volts but low amps. It is the combination of voltage and amps that will kill you.

Premier1 has a bunch of solar options now too.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ok well I just want to let everyone know how my hatch went it's not to good because my family opens the incubator every 20 minutes and suffocated the chicks that were already internally piped so we got 4 chicks but sadly one passed this morning and the other three are doing good and the one has splayed legs and he is having those fixed and I had it on yesterday and I took it off and found that he has gotten better on his feet and he still don't walk the best on and uneven surface that can move out from under his feet but he walks good on the floor but still not the best so I put his thing back on and he is in the incubator because the other two are over a week old and is to rowdy for him yet. But out of 14 eggs we got three chicks so pretty sucky hatch and today is to windy for the baby's to go outside and play the two older ones not the baby. But with my last hatch it was nice out and I had the baby's outside the day they hatched and they loved it every day when I would come to get them they were at the door ready to go tear up the grass and take a bath in the sand that I made them a little sand box. But any ways just an update I will let u know how the baby walks in a few days I am hoping that once he gets a little bit more up and not as tired he will figure it out how to walk a bit better.