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My grandparents always fed scraps to their pigs and chickens. They fed them other things as well but scraps didn't just get tossed. My grandparents didn't believe in wasting anything and it paid off very well for them. The only thing they ever went into debt for was their farm when they got married. They had that paid off in full in 3 years. After that, they lived debt free the rest of their lives. They ended up with 500 acres, 3 houses, besides their main house. My grandfather built those 3 extra houses for rental income and he made certain they weren't near his house or each other, lol. They had 3 large barns and he had 2 shops. One for building things, another for mechanical things. The waste not/want not lifestyle served them very, very well.

Our chickens rushed the fence line when my husband butchered rabbits. It sounds gross but those chickens loved meat. Anything left over from butchering they would eat.

Tip: avoid feeding your pigs right by the fence line. It's always the muddiest area already from them walking along it looking for you, but they can also get so side-tracked by the food that they wind up on the wrong side of the fence, especially if the fence isn't working for whatever reason. We shoot a scoop of feed into the pen onto a clean, dry spot to get the pigs distracted, then we climb in and spread the food around throughout the pen, concentrating on areas that we want them to work. We have six pigs right now: a huge boar, two sows, and three youngsters. Spreading the food around into twenty or so different spots also ensures that the littler ones get a chance to properly fill their bellies without being bullied our out-competed ;) We get spent grains from a brewery. It's not exactly free, though, as it costs about $40 gas to go get those 4 garbage cans full.

Soak the whole corn in water for 48 hours and feed it. When I was a kid, after dad fed the growing ration and the pigs would slow down, dad would put out another 5 gallon bucket of soaked corn. The little pigs would GORGE themselves. They would actually SIT DOWN TO EAT. He had the biggest pigs for their age at the sale barn. He actually had a couple of buyers who would pay a premium for "John's pigs". Dad told that story all my life. I was about 6 so I barely remember it.

As a child growing up, my grandparents had a farm. I remember the slop pail that had food scraps and excess milk thrown into it, and this was given to the pigs. Memories, love them. 😊

The pigs eat the bread first because of the structure. They dont need to chew. Also pigs are very smart and instinctively eat the food that will perish first. Our hamster always ate the lettuce and raspberrys first and stored the carrot etc. Very smart.

It’s so refreshing seeing a young man such as your self working so hard and accomplishing so much on your homestead for you and your family! I’m trying to install these same work ethics and practices to my 2 young sons. Keep up the good work and thanks for another great video. God Bless

Nice! I do dumpsterdive normally once a week and give the scraps to my chickens :) They love it :) Greetings from Germany!

I am almost there and getting on my way to living off grid. I can't wait to get there and leave this BS , corrupt world behind. This is great motivation and I am sincerely happy for you!!!

If you move the pigs to a different section in the spring you will find that they have planted and fertilized their own garden. ..$0.

You can also get waste grain from any one making alcoholic drings. Food bank is a great idea. For bedding try finding a local lumber mill and get the sawdust or tree trimmers have shavings that works very well. The sawdust or shavings can turn to mulch within 1 yr if stacked up outside and let it turn to mulch. Also if you grow kale, fodder beet or potatoes both pigs and cattle love them and they have natural protein. You can just let the cattle or pigs onto the fields and they can harvest. There are other grain or grass type that you can sow the seed and then when ready you can let them on the fields and rotate them off and get regrowth.

My grandfather was a pig farmer in Kansas in the 1930’s. He would say, you can buy the pigs, grow the feed and break even, no profit. You can breed and raise the pigs and buy the feed and break even, no profit. You can buy the pigs and buy the feed and lose your shirt. But, if you breed and raise the pigs and grow the feed you will profit.

I've been watching your videos recently, I have to tell you....."you are such a hard worker and it clearly shows how much passion and love you have for the things in your life." Good man.

Using a food bank is a super great way to do it. Works for everyone. No actual waste.

Let your grains soak in water for a day or so. We fed our or pigs rice bran but by allowing it soak in water and ferment, makes it smell like stale beer or bread They will tear it up.

You are the first and only person I've seen use the food bank that way. We had orchards near our house so we'd sneak in and get the old fruit off the ground for our compost pile. Worms sure love pears! Happy Monday to you

Try to cultivate Sugar Beets.Your production will be more then 25tones/acr.Very juice and sweet you will mix it with corn and soya powder ,will come out like sweet soup.Pigs will love it!:face-green-smiling:

I'm an Iraq Marine veteran, my wife and I are trying desperately to get out to Colorado and start homesteading, but I am currently embroiled in a legal dispute with the VA concerning my last 12 years of "care" and my current disability rating of 50% (for two physical disabilities, two mental health diagnosis, and two autoimmune diseases from burn pits). I really appreciate your videos because for us the struggle will consistently be affordability and sustainability. Your content is incredibly informative and inspiring, please keep sharing your tidbits and teachable moments, I've actually got a page in my Notes app thats just a list of dos and donts ive learned here and a couple other YTers. Keep up the good work! Good luck and God bless! ❤

Right on 🤜⚡️🤛 Our local grocery store has a guy that comes and picks up scraps. BUT--- Out back there's more scraps from other departments thrown out-- Appreciate you getting this info out there-- the benefits go all around-- I'm consistently blown away by the level of waste just here on a local level.