Official Squatch Watchers

[Chickassan]

Well you got a really good picture but man does she ever look expired. That the mopey, poopy one the ameraucana? If so those don't molt gracefully. I fully expected to find Susan dead every morning based on how she acted.

I tried everything to get a good picture of her belly while standing. They were all blurry. Oddly when I held her on her back she just lay there.

 

[rjohns39]

Ok folks.... Need some thoughts. Baby pigs have me at my witt's end. Months ago, I strung hot wire inside the fence, but attached to the fence with the yellow plastic insulators and it worked great until the littles decided to become escape artists. I about killed myself last weekend restringing the wire, which lasted less than an hour until ham basically just sat on it. He either breaks it or pushes it up against the fence grounding it out (always using his butt). And the kids have lifted the perimeter fence so they can easily go out in many places. Since I know ham can break 14 gauge steel wire and insulators, I'm thinking about poly tape or horse rope.

Thinking about building an electric fence a foot inside the metal fence with 3 or four wires close to the ground. Also thinking about getting a hotter energizer. I'd love your thoughts on how I quit having to chase pigs several times a day, every day. If I had the money, I'd buy a pig fence with a 1 joule charger, but that's a LOT of money.

They're driving me crazy if you can't tell...

 

[ronott1]

Ok folks.... Need some thoughts. Baby pigs have me at my witt's end. Months ago, I strung hot wire inside the fence, but attached to the fence with the yellow plastic insulators and it worked great until the littles decided to become escape artists. I about killed myself last weekend restringing the wire, which lasted less than an hour until ham basically just sat on it. He either breaks it or pushes it up against the fence grounding it out (always using his butt). And the kids have lifted the perimeter fence so they can easily go out in many places. Since I know ham can break 14 gauge steel wire and insulators, I'm thinking about poly tape or horse rope.

Thinking about building an electric fence a foot inside the metal fence with 3 or four wires close to the ground. Also thinking about getting a hotter energizer. I'd love your thoughts on how I quit having to chase pigs several times a day, every day. If I had the money, I'd buy a pig fence with a 1 joule charger, but that's a LOT of money.

They're driving me crazy if you can't tell...

Do pig farmers use nose rings still?

Keeps them from digging under fences

 

[Molpet]

Do pig farmers use nose rings still?

Keeps them from digging under fences

yes they do
although I just use them to put cattle panel hoop coops together

 

[Chickassan]

But what if the hog ring hit the hot wire? That would be all sorts of bad wouldn't it?

 

[WVduckchick]

Here’s the molting contest link.
Great prizes!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...orst-chicken-molt-pics.1269409/#post-20395671

I see lots of feathers in the pens, but so far, none are very nekkid

Great wrap ups, by all who tried. I think there were a couple birthdays while he was gone too. PBM and Sam. And I got some pigeons.

 

[WVduckchick]

But what if the hog ring hit the hot wire? That would be all sorts of bad wouldn't it?

Fried bacon on the hoof?

 

[Chickassan]

You ever thought about a solid short pen @rjohns39 They can't jump or step over much of anything.

 

[staceyj]

I see lots of feathers in the pens, but so far, none are very nekkid

Great wrap ups, by all who tried. I think there were a couple birthdays while he was gone too. PBM and Sam. And I got some pigeons.

You should repost the pigeon pics. They were so pretty.

 

[Chickassan]

Ohhh that was terrible.

Fried bacon on the hoof?