In this video we are building a couple of DIY Pasture Pig Farrowing Huts in anticipation of our first ever farrowing here at Watts Way Farms. We did not follow any written plans for these huts, but instead went off two different videos from fellow farmers whose channels we like to follow on KZfaq.
Jordan at Farm Builder: / farmbuilder
Chuck at Sheraton Park Farms: / sheratonparkfarms
Here is the materials list for the two (2) pasture farrow huts like we built in this video. This list does not include screws or nails. I used 3-inch screws wherever I was attaching two pieces of dimensional lumber, and 2-inch screws wherever I was attaching plywood. For the roof, we just used standard tin roof nails with the little rubber washers on them.
All of the lumber is pressure treated:
• 2 - 4x4x8
• 2 - 2x6x8
• 4 - 2x12x8
• 15 - 2x4x8
• 3 - ¾ in. x4x8 Plywood
• 2 sheets of 8 foot galvanized tin
• 2 sheets of 12 foot galvanized tin
I had to the get 2 sheets of 12-foot tin and cut it down for the first hut because I used the full length 8-foot and ½ inch 2x4’s on the cross pieces and had it all built before I realized my tin would not overlap by an inch on each side. On the 2nd hutch, I shortened everything to work with the 8-foot sheets of tin.
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