New pig pen

So I got to spend the day building the new and improved pig pen. The old pen is still a morass of mud and filth after a week of dry weather. So I spent the day building a new pen out of the old chicken coop. Now our piggies will have a good place to get out of the cold and the damp as well as having a "yard" they can run around in and destroy to their hearts content. For any who are thinking of building a pig pen, the easiest way Rosie and I have found is to use "hog panels" and "T" stakes. The hog panels are 3ft tall, 1/4 inch thick welded and galvanized wire mesh, they are about 16ft long and a little heavy but easily movable by one person. The "T" stakes should be sunk in place with a post rammer, a large section of pipe with handles and an end cap welding in place. The panels and "T" posts are easy to install, weather proof, and will stand up to just about anything. We also use the same type of panels for the goats, but the goats get "cattle panel" same as hog panel but about 4ft tall. Oh and the panels are held in place with "U" bolts. All of the fencing goods are available from any good feed store or hardware store.

As much as I liked seeing how happy the pigs are running free threw the property, they have simply been too destructive to be allowed to continue. They have been destroying everything that they can; screen doors, bbq's, wood fired bread ovens, tarps, welcome mats, tools, the ground, the wood pile, and probably a few other items I have yet to discover. Nope, back to the pen guys. With any luck the chickens and the pigs will be able to co-habitat reasonably well. the feeding may be a bit of an issue as the pigs seem to think anything within 2 feet of the ground is made for piggy consumption but we will face that problem tonight with the evening feeding.