Category: Helpful Articles
Terminology
Barrow: Castrated male. Boar: Intact male. Breed Description: As opposed to a “Breed Standard” which is exclusive and potentially destructive to a breed, a “Breed Description” is inclusive, allowing for natural variations. Butcher Hog: A pig ready for slaughter. COB: corn, oats and barley in a bagged mixtures, sometimes found with molasses. Cdll or cdlling: […]
Shelter for Guinea Hogs
It is recommended that at least one good book on keeping pigs is owned by new breeders. There are some drawings on page 138 of a “range house” design in Storey’s Guide to Raising Pigs, which shows a portable shelter with specific dimensions built on skids. Since Guinea Hogs are smaller than commercial pigs, the […]
Examples of Portable Pens
The pen shown below is comprised of four 16-feet-long hog panels arranged in a square shape and simply tied together at each corner with baling twine. It is easy to drag across the pasture one corner at a time. The Guinea Hog piglets shown are enjoying the pasture and did not move their pen. Photo […]
Fencing for Guinea Hogs
Containing the American Guinea Hog Various types of fencing used to contain American Guinea Hogs, with woven wire field fencing (4 ft high) or hog wire (26″ to 34″ high) being used most commonly. Hog panels (3 ft high) or cattle panels (4 or 5 ft high), while more expensive, are much sturdier and […]
Feeding and Watering Pigs
Guinea Hog owners use a variety of ways to provide water for their pigs, as well as provide a variety of diets, and AGHA is collecting many different descriptions of feeding systems as well as photos of watering systems. Water is an Important Necessity WATER: Water must be made available at all times. Here are […]
Caring for Pigs in Hot Weather
Did You Know – Pigs Can’t Sweat? Pigs cannot sweat and therefore must have specific conditions met in order to cope with hot weather. They require shade of some sort, as well as plenty of water to drink. A wallow is beneficial, but in the absence of this, there are other ways to cool […]
Care and Maintenance
Guinea Hogs are a remarkably easy pig to care for! You need: Shade available in the summer. Shelter for night and especially in winter. See the Shelter page on this website for some examples of what our members are using. Drinking water. See the Feeding & Watering page on this site for some examples of […]
Where Do We Go From Here?
What Happens to the Boars? Pigs are prolific! We are registering nearly as many males as females and that can be a problem. As you can imagine, a family farm needs only one boar, or two at the most. What happens to all those boars? Breeders who are only promoting guinea hogs from their farms […]