Pheasants and pigs???

Dusty87

I have a plot of land around .75 to and acre in size. Its where my release pen is. Theres plenty of cover and small trees on it. Im thinkin of putting pigs on it now. Wil the pigs stress the pheasants and make them less likely to stay around? Or wil it work the opposite and keep them there because of food etc? I have a few hoppers too to help them stay. These wil be out of the way of the pigs. Dont want to get the pigs if it means the pheasants wil feck off to another parish

Grizzly 45

Good possibility of your swine lunching on your pheasents too.If they are young and flightless.They are so dumb,the pigs will have no bother catching them.Doesnt sound like a good idea.

Dusty87

The pheasants would be in a pen and the pigs say would have two thirds of the land to roam in a fenced area. They wont be in the same pen. Il release the pheasants closer to the season when there strong and can fly like. But in your opinion grizz it would be a bad idea to house them so close? Definately dont want to come home and find pigs broke out and destroyed release pen. Il have to think of different area's so. Thanks grizz

sfakiaman

When my mother was in the Land Army (during the late great hate) the chickens kept going missing. One day she saw a chick go through the wire netting to the pig run where it was promptly eaten by a pig. Think pig, think Homer Simson, if it moves eat it if it doesn't drink it.

jap gt

not so sure if its a good idea, i used to work in a piggery them ****ers will eat anything, make sure you have a good elec fence to keep the pigs in, fencing wont last long without current, the problem will be keeping the pheasants out of the pig run.

pigs are a great idea though i have fattened two at home every year its the best meat ever

EPointer=Birdss

The only good mix of pigs & pheasants as I see it is a roasted pheasant wrapped in bacon!

That there is good eatin boooy!!

pedroeibar1

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

The only good mix of pigs & pheasants as I see it is a roasted pheasant wrapped in bacon!..........:D

+1.
The pigs would break into the pen for a snack; if there is no roof on the pen the birds would go never to return. An acre is not "land" - it is a plot.;)

There have been cases in Ireland of yore when a pig got into a cottage and ate a child out of the cradle.....:eek:

P.

Dusty87

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

+1.
The pigs would break into the pen for a snack; if there is no roof on the pen the birds would go never to return. An acre is not "land" - it is a plot.;)

i said 'plot of land' in the OP. An acre of plot dosn sound right dose it?:D
iv decided against it anyway.

Tackleberrywho

Dusty87 wrote: »

i said 'plot of land' in the OP. An acre of plot dosn sound right dose it?:D
iv decided against it anyway.

I'm trying to convince the old man to get some. We kept pigs for many years. We still have a pig run and a pig house. Although it would not pass modern standards I know.

To keep pigs one has to go organic really to avoid some of the red tape. Serious regulations on pigs.
A friend of mine is big in the piggery business and advised me against it unless using hardier organic breds

landkeeper

A friend of mine did this years ago on a small rough piece of land there was at one time a silver birch wood on it that had been clearfelled , years of bracken ,rushes , bramble and nettles had taken over , he had the bright idea of a couple of pigs so he made a couple of acre paddocks with two strands of electric fence and a shelter and popped a couple of tamworth pigs in WELL :eek:i never saw anything like it after a few weeks there was NOTHING left not a root a shoot anything organic was uprooted even the tree stumps were on the surface and the soil turned over like 10 power harrows had been in there for a week it was fantastic .and those pigs were really tasty
pigs are terrified of electric fence , but they know when it's on or off so be warned ,