There's nothing new under the sun , read that somewhere

Problem the folks new to this have is there isn't anyone to teach them what to look for . The ability to jude stock is a dieing art

Where do you get your pigs from😊

I live in williamsburg ky to

I'm a Duroc guy no doubt, we've always had them in our program

I think that's a big part of it , last thing I did to be cool was trying to ride daddy's big Charolais bull when I was 12 . That ended bad enough I gave up on the whole idea

I'm still sick but I'll be back as soon as I can get my boots back on . I'm glad to help

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay You get back to good in the meantime,sending appreciation and prayers.

@@raisingfaith2017 thank you

The old ways and knowledge are getting gone fast and it scares me . Folks like us are dinosaurs now

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay ain't that the truth. We are becoming extinct like those dinosaurs too I'm afraid.

@@PineyWoodsHomestead that's why I do this channel to save some of the old knowledge. I'm scared folks are going to find out the hard way this new fairytale don't work when you're playing for keeps . Those old folks lived through hard times and they didn't make it by being foolish

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay more hard times are here and more is coming. Lord willing folks will learn and work hard. I always say living this way ain't for the faint of heart.

My daddy got hurt bad when I was 13 I don't know what I'd have done with out the older farmers helping. Didn't have to ask the help was there . That first barn I fired myself was as scared as I've ever been and I turned it as red as a Farmall tractor

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay Yes sir. I remember having to learn how to cure tobacco in the Summer of 1980 when Daddy had surgery. At the time, I was curing with Florence-Mayo oil burners.

@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc we had threes barns on fuel oil and one propane. They all cured just enough different to worry you to death . I toted a bundle of that red tobacco in the hospital to show daddy and ask what I did wrong , I'll never forget I threw way too much heat way too early after letting it go to cold . Then it dawned on me he must have done it before to know what happened

I do my best to tell the real story

Thanks Mike, I hope it helps folks out

Glad to help , I hate that I have to make videos like this .

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay it’s sad that you do but someone has to say it !! Also people are desperate to build homesteads and just accept what they get now vs a lifestyle much like yourself. Most projects do not understand the importance of the breeding lines to produce healthy useful stock at uniform growth rates

@@mindenhillshomesteadyukefa8091 it takes a long time and some guidance to learn how to judge livestock, can't learn by reading books or watching videos . Too many " experts" repeating stuff they heard not things they've done and too many trends . I hate if for the new folks , I like to see people succeed

I'm assuming he just wanted the 100.00 bad enough he went blind . Sold it for a breeding guilt on top of it

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay that was going to be my next question, if it was a feeder or no. Shameful!!

Glad to help if I can

I think that's dead on .

Spiveys corner has a bunch of them lol

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay did a video in one yesterday my friends

My favorite figment!!

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay 😆 🤣 yup, it's me

That sums it up fairly good John

Thanks geeky

I had a guy come get two last year. Called back a week later someone stole them and I gave him two more , I've been lucky and to my knowledge no one has lost any . I did have a guilt having seizures ( stress gene ) years ago I traded the guy a guilt and processed her .

Don't know about the " hog master " Im still learning myself. Can't build them too tight that's for certain

I think it's a great tool but it's so hard to sort out what's real .

I hear this a lot now more than ever since pig prices are up . The business plan seems to be get whatever is free on Facebook breed it together

I think people have gotten worse Elizabeth, there's no pride anymore

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay makes me sad Chris

Thank you for the support

When picking breeding stock you want a long pig that's symmetrical and has good lines , stands well ( good legs ) a good under line even teats 14 preferably . Look at the parents you want good big sows with a little backfat but not too much . A decent temperament is a plus but most of that is handling avoid anything overly line bred

@Homesteading the Hard Way thank you Chris really appreciate your help 😊. Absolutely love ya content!!! Great information and straight forward thinking. As we say over here ( your a bloody good bloke ) haha. Cheers

Hope y'all are doing good

Thank you , I hope it helps folks out

I've seen to many registered animals that just had a piece of paper stuck with them . Ran into that with a boar this year already. Best thing is learn how to judge an animal for yourself. For registered stock to be off all that had to happen was someone threw a few extra pigs of the right color in the litter and that used to be common. That and there can be a world of difference in the same breed .

Regarding registered KuneKune- you’ll notice the NZ bloodlines are much bigger and faster growth than American bloodlines- I see it all the time with KuneKune pigs that are registered and looking up the bloodlines and yep every time the smaller ones are American KuneKune

@@HappyQuackFarms it's the same way with large breeds , there can be a wide difference from one bloodline to another. I've stuck with a Duroc base and bred for type, mothering ability and vigor in boar's . Things that are gone from the confinement bloodline.

@@HappyQuackFarms l need to do a video on " registered" stock I don't think people know how common fake papers and switching papers on grade animals is . With the cheap DNA test now you can find out what you really have , like that registered boar I had that threw spotted pigs . That was an expensive lesson

Yes it does

Don't feel bad that happens a lot

I really hope it helps people out

Glad to help

Wish I could!

homesteadingthehardway@gmail.com

I'm in eastern NC , I'm sure there's some good ones close to you . Hard parts finding them

I'm in the hospital, have been for a couple of weeks. Maybe I'll get home one-day and we'll get some more done

I knew something was wrong we will be praying for you sir. For a complete fast healing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😇😇take care. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I hope it helps folks

Our stuff is harvested with a self propelled combine and it's clean enough for feed . Tow behind combines exist but I haven't seen one in decades . For making flour we clean the grain by pouring it in front of a fan and looking it over good but it's whole grain

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay I've looked at a foot powered thresher that amish were using on youtube. Also looked at a seed cleaning machine. They would have to be used in combination though. Most of my wheat is near ready to harvest is why I am investigating. It's just a 20ft by 100ft plot in between rows of trees in my yard. But next year id like to do half acre to an acre of small grain on land I'm renting. I will probably use a drill with a rod that has chains attached in a five gallon bucket to flail the heads of wheat in a blending action like I saw on the KZfaq's to thresh. Then use pouring with box fan to winnow and clean the wheat this year.

@@David-kd5mf if you have a burr mill you can set it coarse enough to husk the wheat then winow it and grind again but you'll waste a little.

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay I do have a hand crank burr mill. I will give it a try.

I try to do that in a couple of videos but it's just not easy . Let me get out of hospital and make it a priority

I use the injection if possible and the oral paste on the bigger hogs . Breeding stock gets wormed every four months and we worm feeders after weaning and at three months. We do fecal checks and haven't had a problem in years so it's mainly a preventative measure. If you have a heavy parasite load you may have to worm every thirty days

It's good stuff You can replace most of the ration with it just offer supplement free choice or mix it in 1 part to 6 parts grain

Hello Ronterius

We use ivermectin, depends on the parasite load in your pens but normally every three months will do fine

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay thank you! Certainly appreciate the reply.

@@notasheep1020 glad to help anytime if I can

Yes for 30 years

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay ok great. I was listening to regenerative agriculture podcast and there was a farmer out of montana that said he grew safflower and modified his tractor to run on it straight and after ot had been used to fry. You ever seen or heard of such a thing. I guess safflower has got the right profile he was looking for. He started with camolina oil but had problems. Not so with safflower. Any thoughts and opinions on that ?

@@David-kd5mf not much modification required, diesel engines will run on oil anyway especially if you mix it with a little fuel . Used motor oil , vegetable oil etc anything combustible that will atomize through the injections . Might smoke a little and might need to filter it a little extra

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay wow, that is amazing. I just got a 1981 Massey Ferguson 205-4 and maybe one day i can get it on to some safflower oil I raise.

There's a fairytale that people want to believe that hurts a lot of people when reality sets in . To much misinformation on social media has a lot to do with it and you're right Facebook groups are the worst

She'll be fine for pork , actually she walks fine . Problem was she was sold for breeding stock

Eastern NC

Duroc , Hampshire and our farm cross we call a Carolina gold that's becoming very popular. Might do the paperwork to get them recognized as an official breed

I'm in the hospital Chuck but the good news is I might finally be getting better

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay I sure do hope you get back on your feet again sir. I'm not sure what you were ill with, but I sure wish you all the best. I hope it's nothing too serious

@@CRJines heart and kidney failure Chuck

@@HomesteadingtheHardWay You are in my thoughts.

I'd love that !

I just bought a 6 month old Boar from him , $350

@@HonestyB4Self that's not a bad price

Do have Facebook? I’ll give you his number

@@HonestyB4Self i do but don't know much about it , we'll figure out something. I'd love to talk to him