... It was my understanding that the protein in beans (soybeans, at least) isn't digestable UNLESS it's been broken down, either by heat as in extruded ...
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Jeffery Blake
echoecho@...
May 28, 2001 6:29 pm
I probably should shut up and do a little research first, but I believe soybean protein is digestible without cooking. The problem with soybeans is that they...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
May 29, 2001 1:25 am
Hang in there Jeff. Always remember the difference between those that are sucessful and those that aren't is the sucessful people perservere through the...
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Jeffery Blake
echoecho@...
May 29, 2001 3:19 am
Thanks Greg, I'm sure your right--but I still just wish something would go right once in a while. I wouldn't want your headaches associated with the plant. I...
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JADDarnall@...
May 29, 2001 3:53 pm
In a message dated 5/28/01 6:26:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Greg: My wife and I are both accountants, and during tax season we have several offices. I...
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Peacepast@...
May 29, 2001 5:05 pm
I'll echo what has already been said, if you find a way to get/keep good help please let us know. We have been advertising for a farm manager paying up to ...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
May 30, 2001 3:38 am
I've got a cell phone with no roaming charges in 9 states and a thousand minutes a month plan. That helps since I spend one day a week in Illinois, live in...
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Will Branch
nc_homesteader@...
May 30, 2001 3:47 pm
Hello folks, This is my first post to this list. My family will be moving out to a family farm, we are being given a few acres, but have use of the whole...
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Kate Johnson
khj@...
Jul 17, 2001 9:31 pm
Hello, I'm new to this list, and am very happy to have found it. I currently pasture Plymouth Barred Rock chickens for meat and eggs and to help with the ...
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tina@...
Jul 18, 2001 4:07 pm
in the next year or so i am hoping to move to the country and would like to pasture pigs, chickens and maybe a cow for my family to eat. as i have never raised...
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Kate Johnson
khj@...
Jul 18, 2001 4:28 pm
... Tina, My suggestion is that you get ahold of a few books by Joel Salatin (Pastured Poultry Profits and Pigerator Pork). As far as archives, search the...
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Diana D
rare_breeds@...
Jul 18, 2001 9:01 pm
Hi; Since I'm in Canada can't help you with the breeding stock end,but I have seen hog pens on wheels that can be moved around the pasture. I just let my ...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
Jul 22, 2001 1:22 pm
Fed-Ex ought to be able to get you berkshire semen? Did you try the berkshire registry in Lafayette, Indiana for a breeders list or they may even have a list...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
Jul 22, 2001 1:42 pm
Is the niman pig shortage a long term problem or is it just the time of year, the point in the hog cycle where there is no advantage to selling to nimans, or...
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oaarango@...
Jul 22, 2001 4:16 pm
Hi Tina, Starting to pasture livestocks depends on some factors to consider. It may be for local, personal or family biz interests or commercial. It varies to...
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carllee@...
Jul 22, 2001 10:25 pm
I have a small farm of 40 acres( about half in pasture the rest in forest. I have sheep and have in the past had cattle. Lately I have been thinking about...
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The Frantzen's
frantzen@...
Jul 22, 2001 11:55 pm
Hi Greg; Can I forward your message to Organic Valley? I know that Niman is usually short of summer hogs. I lost 175 head last December to the clostridium...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
Jul 23, 2001 2:50 am
Life is treating us good. Its getting really crazy with the pigs, chickens, processing plant, and catering business. You can forward the message to Organic...
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RKJD3ZOO@...
Jul 23, 2001 10:43 pm
Hello, I just got my first two pigs on Saturday. They are twelve weeks old and are a cross of Yorkshire and Hampshire. One of the pigs has a cough. Are pigs...
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Rick Hammer
rrhammer@...
Jul 24, 2001 4:38 am
Kimberly, Just got my pigs a few weeks ago. My suppliers pigs all had coughs and he said it would not stunt them and it was not worth throwing money at. I...
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JADDarnall@...
Jul 24, 2001 5:47 am
Hi Rick and Kimberly; Pigs should not be coughing anymore than you do... This is a sign of something wrong. Whether or not it's "not worth throwing money at"...
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RKJD3ZOO@...
Jul 24, 2001 5:11 pm
In a message dated 7/24/01 2:51:30 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Hi Jerry, Thanks for the information. If you look back at my post, I said "organic" in ...
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karen@...
Jul 25, 2001 2:49 am
... in ... because of ... nice, as ... stock, ... as far as ... Howdy, neighbor! I'm ten miles west of you, in beautiful metropolitan Blodgett. I've been...
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carllee@...
Jul 26, 2001 3:20 am
I havent seem any responses to my questions on my first post so maybe ill try addressing one person with a question to start me off in the right direction. I...
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JADDarnall@...
Jul 26, 2001 5:44 am
From: carllee@... Reply-to: PasturedPigs@yahoogroups.com To: PasturedPigs@yahoogroups.com ... This is going to be hard to answer in my...
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Kate Johnson
khj@...
Jul 27, 2001 3:46 pm
Hello all, I've got 35 chickens set up in a 1/4 acre pasture and was wondering if I could put a couple of pigs in with them. Will the pigs want to eat my ...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
Jul 27, 2001 4:26 pm
I know from experience that pigs will definitely eat chickens if they can catch them (which they can become pretty good at, once they get a taste for "the...
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RKJD3ZOO@...
Jul 28, 2001 2:07 pm
In a message dated 7/28/01 2:48:41 AM Central Daylight Time, ... What about pigs with goats or with cattle? I just have two pigs right now, but I am trying to...
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Greg & Lei Gunthorp
hey4hogs@...
Jul 28, 2001 2:14 pm
How long before they were ivomeced did you notice the worms? Greg ... From: RKJD3ZOO@... <RKJD3ZOO@...> To: PasturedPigs@yahoogroups.com...
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Kate Johnson
khj@...
Jul 28, 2001 4:17 pm
Anybody have any luck feeding some diatomaceous earth to the piggies for a worming alternative ? Are greenish potatoes bad for pigs to eat ? Can pigs "room"...
