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RE: Homesteading - Best Hogs on the Homestead?
That's good to know. I am thinking to start we will be clearing a bit of land, so I'm thinking rooters will be good for helping with that. I was going to do that and goats to clean out scrub and work the ground a bit before we do anything with it. We haven't got the property yet though, so who knows what we will need in the end?
Make sure to run your goats before your hogs. Running the hogs first or with can give things like Salmonella to your goats. Also watch any trees you want to keep. If you leave your goats in to long and they eat everything they will start to ring the trees eating the bark and killing the trees. You can fence around the base of the tree to stop this but the hogs will root up the roots eventually also if left in to long killing them. The key is to keep them rotated so they don't destroy it all unless you are wanting perfectly clear pastures ready to plant and then they will do that no problems.