Kunekune pigs! Everything to Consider!

Рет қаралды 8,904

Жыл бұрын

In this video we give tips for getting started with kunekune pigs.
Kunekune pig breeding: • Kunekune Pig Breeding!
Tamworth Pigs: • The Tamworth Pig: Are ...
Tamworth vs Hereford Bacon: • Tamworth vs Hereford B...
Moving Pigs: • Moving Pigs for Spring...
Hereford Sow Birth: • Successful Pig Farrowi...
About Sweet Briar Farm
We are a small farm located in Central/Northern Michigan. We farm every inch of our 6 acres. We breed Registered Dairy Goats, Dexter Cattle, and Heritage Hogs. Clean healthy food is important to us and we like to produce the majority of our food on the farm and we grow and raise enough to sell to local customers. Producing our own food also means we forage for wild edibles such as mushrooms and tap our maple trees in the spring to make maple syrup. In 2019 we added honeybees to the farm and have had as many as 30 active hives producing honey for us.
Our goats include Nubian goats, Mini Nubians, Fainting Goats, and Nigerian Dwarf goats.
Our Heritage Hogs include: registered Berkshires, Tamworth, Registered Kune Kune, and Hereford.
Check out more of our farm life and farm animal videos on our KZfaq Channel! Hopefully you enjoy and Subscribe to our channel. Thanks for Watching!
SweetbriarfarmMI.com
Facebook: Sweet Briar Farm
Instagram: SweetbriarfarmWB

Пікірлер: 36

@bluemalibu Жыл бұрын

I think it's admirable that you are being such responsible livestock owners. It sounds like an awful lot of work, but those kunekune pigs are so adorable. Cool looking boots, Kelsey!

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

They are absolutely adorable! One of these days they will be the only pigs we raise!

@kar702 6 ай бұрын

You are so right on the kune kunes. I watch three other channels that got a pair of the them as little piggies, and they did not breed when they came of age.

@SageandStoneHomestead Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you guys feed Kunes Alfalfa. I do that too!!

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

The piglets don’t really eat it unless it’s wet. The pellets are also the last thing the sows eat. But they do eat them.😄

@stacey8360 3 ай бұрын

What brand do yall buy???

@SageandStoneHomestead 3 ай бұрын

@@stacey8360 whatever the store has, the brand does differ but I used to get the pellets for horses (our pigs are in the freezer now).

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan 3 ай бұрын

What Heather said whatever tractor supply had.

@denisebrady6858 Жыл бұрын

Your knowledge is amazing & you guys are so responsible. In-breeding is of major concern with any animals & registration stops a great deal of that. I did not realise how rare the KuneKune pigs are. Great video as always Guys. Cheers Denise - Australia

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

Thanks Denise

@tonyaegan2480 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Have a beautiful day friends.

@rspranchinmontana Жыл бұрын

SO wonderful to see how protective and careful you guys are being with the KuneKune breed. We face much the same issues in the Meishan breed though we have some different hurdles when it comes to the bloodline registry and in breeding info. Many of our IPP crossed pigs have the coloring and markings of the Kune Kune. They are just so incredibly cute!

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

We had an IPP but we were getting a little crazy with how many pigs we had 🫣 We have snow on the ground low of 16 forecasted for Saturday morning 😟

@rspranchinmontana Жыл бұрын

@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Yikes, getting some of our arctic blasts coming to visit it seems! You guys stay safe and warm! We have more snow, of course! LOL! But wow.... another round of WAY below zero temps here to cope with and keep critters safe through. It's just so SO early for us all to get this cold a weather. brrrrrrrr!!

@tombradley2263 Жыл бұрын

Nice vlog🙏

@crystalcharvat9743 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video!! It was very helpful and I took lots of notes. Your next video inspiration could be "All about kune kune piglets". When the time comes I'll have tons of questions about what to do and how to care for newly born piglets. 😊

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

If you want to send us your questions we had some more questions come in about how much to feed after weaning etc. We love getting the ideas for videos even though we have a list of topics we need to record when the questions come from you all it’s easy lol Email: sweetbriarfarmllc@gmail.com

@crystalcharvat9743 Жыл бұрын

@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan that was me asking about feed. 😂 I'll send ya all my questions after I grasp all the info for beginning with kunes. Thanks again for doing this for us newbies.

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

@@crystalcharvat9743 lol I didn’t pay attention to the last name😂

@SageandStoneHomestead Жыл бұрын

My kunes seemed interested in breeding yet we never got piglets. I am sure I saw evidence of breeding more than once.... muck butt as they say. I sure hope that they breed when I put them back together.

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

We put the boar back in with the sows. Since they are small enough to move to the barn to farrow we decided to breed them back sooner. Now I am not sure if he hit them on the first cycle so we might have goats and kunekunes at the same time at the end of march. Kelsey is going to cuss me out if I take her goat space lol

@SageandStoneHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan whoops hahaha!

@daniellestarr1476 Жыл бұрын

Our piglets our 9 weeks. I have notice dry skin. I was thinking of putting BOSS in the mix but not sure if they can eat that yet. Does the boss soften when soaked? Also where do you get flaxseeds? Where do you get your hay pellets? I saw some at rural king that was tim/alfalfa but had a horse on it? They can have that?? I just don't want to make them sick giving the wrong thing

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

I am not familiar with BOSS so I don’t know. We add a skin supplement you can find at tractor supply Dumor mini pig skin coat supplement. It’s about $5. We use alfalfa pellets from tractor supply too. The alfalfa Timothy pellets won’t hurt them. They do prefer it if they are soaked in a little water to soften them but the older they are the more likely they will consume them the piglets just nose them around and eat the grain. Throwing them some good quality hay to root through would replace the pellets. Sunflower seeds are good for their skin too but the price of those now don’t justify adding them to our mix. Since yours are young I would add the dumor mix to the feed they get a small scoop per meal.

@daniellestarr1476 Жыл бұрын

@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan thanks for the info! We do have grassy 5 acres but its so cold they would come out to eat the grass. BOSS is black oil sunflower seeds. Going to look for that skin supplement! I have tried hay but havent had luck with it yet. Going to try hay wet mixed in feed but thinking of doing the pellets instead. Pellets are a little easier to store for us😅

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

@@daniellestarr1476 they are young yet so they will probably do very minimal grazing in hay. BOSS lol

@jenniferbunker2757 Жыл бұрын

What is the average price for them ?

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

Registered breeders $400-$700 for boars $450-$900 for gilts. Would be a good average from what we have seen.

@401KDexters Жыл бұрын

Wow, they are just about the price of a Dexter....but less meat...lol!

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

We sell barrows for $175. But they are pricey for breeders. How many you want? 😂

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

$900-$1000 we have seen piglet’s sold for not $900,000… mumble mouth Mike. Ours range from $450-$800 for registered stock.

@jeffsmith6991 Жыл бұрын

Did you mean $900 not $900,000?

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Жыл бұрын

$900-$1000 I just watched and laughed. My “to” was mumbled

@johntexan4165 8 ай бұрын

Apparently, people haven’t learned their lesson with dog registration. Now this pig…

@SweetBriarFarmMichigan 8 ай бұрын

….Will contribute to maintaining the genetic diversity of its breed and have lifelong value as registered breeding stock and not just freezer fodder after it’s grown and is no longer a cute little piglet.