Can you pastured pigs and goats together

Chickens love bugs even more than pigs do. When a pig flips a piece of dirt, chickens are all over it, breaking apart clods, pulling out bugs and spreading the soil around. They also go through feces when pigs drop them, too.

This thins it out for quicker decomposition and exposes potential parasites to sunlight. The downside, though, is that a hungry pig will, on occasion, make a meal out of a yard bird. This will leave your other animals hungry. Feedings present a challenge, too.

It can also overexpose the animal to elements that can cause problems. Baymule Herd Master. Pigs are omnivores. They will eat your chickens, could attack your goats. I know there are people who make it work, but be aware that things could go south in a big hurry. Pigs also carry parasites that would be very unhealthy for the goats. The goat people I know never run their goats over pig pastures. How much land do you have, how many goats and chickens.

How many pigs do you want and will you have breeding stock or just raise a couple of feeder pigs every year? We have 8 acres. We raise hair sheep, chickens and have 4 horses.

We raise a couple of feeder pigs every year. The pigs have a dedicated large pen and Pig Palace. I got tired of them destroying the pasture.

My sheep love lambs quarters and giant ragweed. I let the plants get big and go to seed. I have roosters and moscovy ducks in all my goat pens and everyone seems to be thriving and happy. Well, tho I have no experience with goats here on this place, I was at a friend's property over the weekend and witnessed an unfortunate event wherein a goat wandered into a pasture with roping horses in it. For whatever reason, the goat ran right up between the legs of one of the horses, and was quickly kicked out from under there.

It then ran up under a different horse and was much more violently ejected by the same means, as the owner of the goat then came running across the pasture with what I presumed was a can of feed. The horses by that time had began trying to stomp the goat and the couple had trouble catching the goat but it finally squeezed thru the barbwire fence and cowered under a horse trailer.

The couple carried it off.. Yes, swine will eat just about anything, and can be pretty efficient killers, but then too, nothing excels at killing like a common house cat. Fortunately, they like small prey. We are thinking of using American Guinea hogs, as we've seen a few homesteaders raise them with the flock alright.

Could the chickens not break the parasite cycle in the pig before the goats went in? We have 10 acres, and want to work rotational grazing to build soil, and keep the grass green for longer.

I want to raise a mini herd of maybe goats, and have a breeding trio of pigs 1 male, 2 females which would be used for meat and selling. Log in. Install the app. Contact us. Close Menu. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Can cattle and pigs be pastured together? CESpeed Chillin' with the herd. Joined Jul 24, Messages 91 Reaction score 0 Points Would they consider each other to be company or would it be better to have two cows and two pigs? Ay, yi. Also I'm considering a donkey as an LSG.

Open ears Hi CESpeed. I already answered those questions in your other post in the Feed board: Cows and pigs shouldn't be pastured together. And, I don't think you'll need an LSG.

An LSG is only good if you have a lot of big problems with coyotes, feral dogs, cougars, wolves and bears and your cows aren't enough to protect their calves and themselves. Royd Wood New Member. I'm sure someone somewhere runs pigs and cattle together but I've never seen or heard of it.

My cattle and sheep are quite often together but the pigs live in the woods. What preditors do you have in your area, not a fan of donkeys as I've seen a calf with a smashed up face from a donkey kick. My large black boar sometimes hangs with my belties. Another option to consider, if you are starting with cattle is to add some goats. You will notice that the goats prefer a different type of diet than the cattle, more of a browse selection, like briars and leaves of small trees and shrubs.

With the addition of goats, things will be different! The goats will pick around at the grass, but they really are after the browse. A caution with fencing: for goats, fencing will be an issue. The fence that easily holds in cattle will be nothing to a goat. The netting is not for the cattle! The netting is for their short buddies! Different types of poultry can be successfully raised together. Actually, we do this all of the time! The ideal combination here is one where the birds are both looking for different food sources or looking for food in different places.

Sometimes animals that you think will work well together do not. Other times the problem can be harder to spot, for example a potential health issue stemming from sharing common parasites.

This would be seen with slow growth and unthriftiness in a few weeks or months, but not immediately. If you can, keep hatchlings out of the pens of other animals until the hatchlings are very mobile and can avoid getting in the way of the larger animals.

I know that birds have a mind of their own regarding where they should go with their babies. It can be tough to keep those hatchlings safe when they are zooming around with mom.

Larger animals will not hurt the hatchlings on purpose, but stepped on is still dead, even if it was accidental.

Brooding Ducklings will show you a classic brooder set up, which will be very similar for all of your hatchlings. We keep a brooder area ready to go all summer. There are always babies, usually ducklings or chicks, that need it! A nesting bird needs peace and quiet.

Leave her alone and make sure she is out of reach of the other curious animals you have in the barn, as well. While it may sound lonely to us, a nesting bird needs peaceful and quiet surroundings for the entire nesting period.

Look at the place she chose to put her nest, chances are high that it is out of the way and snuggled into a corner or other out of the way spot. Newborn lambs, kids and piglets should be kept separate from larger stock, like cattle and horses.