Building a Kunekune farrowing pen (and how do you know when a pig will give birth?!)
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- So our Kunekune pig suddenly looked very pregnant! SO we started to build a farrowing pen, and we share how you know when a pig will give birth. Predicting labor in kune kunes is an art, not a science, but there are some great tell tale signs.
Building a Kunekune farrowing pen (and how do you know when a pig will give birth?!)
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Great video! Thank you.
We have two pregnant Kune sows. I believe they are not first time mammas but it's our first! We're excited and nervous at the same time.
Thank you for taking the time to share what you've learned.
Great work
Thanks for sharing all you have learned about your pigs. I just got a couple last weekend and am getting a boar this weekend. They are not old enough to breed yet but when they are I will remember what you have shared with us. Thank you
Thank you for this video! I've been researching kunekunes due to wanting to raise our own meat pugs, and I've heard so many good things about them. This was so helpful!
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Good practical information. I like it !
Glad to hear that!
Very very nice information
great video dana i think our kunes are pregnant but ill haveto keep an eye on those udders to check i need some of those panels were did u get them from cheers
their pregnancies' are sneaky haha. Got them from bunnings, I think they are called handy panels
Our first time mom Kunekune ate two of her babies and ignored the rest even after she was finished farrowing, is this normal?
Oh dear, no I wouldn't consider this normal. Though in many animals it is common for them to do very unhelpful things with their first litter and it seems this is what is happening.
@@FantailValleyHomestead thank you for your reply! Our other gilt looks pregnant, hard for us to tell, her vulva does look a little swollen so we have put her in her very own barn area just in case and hopefully she is a better Mama if she farrows soon.
Did you give them iron? Mine just gave birth this morning and I am not sure if I should or should not.
No, I don't routinely give anyone iron after birth (even me haha) unless someone is symptomatic. Congratulations on your new babies!
@@FantailValleyHomestead 😆awesome!!! thank you so much. 😃
My kunekune only gave birth 3 babies on her first pregnancy is that normal??
Yes that is quite common, 3-8 is pretty normal, but it can be as small as 1 piglet and as big as 11 or 12
What do you consider mild weather?
That is a really good question. Anything above freezing at night, and sunny during the day would probably be what I mean. Freezing, hail, snow, or pouring rain would probably be what I would call "cold", and anything over 25 C/ 75F would be warm or hot :-)
@@FantailValleyHomestead ok, great. Thanks. I’m down in Southern California. A cold winters day is 60 f and just above freezing at night. Summers are about 60 f at night and 100 f during the day. So clearly shade and a wallow are the most important. As I understand, kunekune breed in the spring so the nights will be well above freezing here, do you recommend any heat at 45 f for piglets? Never mind, watched the video again. Sounds like no heat lamp necessary
@@davidnorwood5685 Kune kunes are quite cold hardy, and as long as they have some shelter and straw to snuggle in they can tolerate a light frost at night right from birth. In saying that some breeders do prefer to provide a heat lamp anyway for the first week or so, the piglets do tend to gain weight slightly faster if they are kept warm. So, personally with nights at 45F I wouldn't bother, but if you prefer to, it isn't unusual practice to do so. (and now I have written all this, I see you edited the question haha! Oh well, I will leave it here anyway)