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paul wheaton
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Hi,

Can I adopt Dane - what a talented kid?

Great hut!
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hi are you selling any of the piglets, if so how much?
paul wheaton
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They're all sold! 
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Love it! I followed a link from Homesteading Today about raised beds-I think-and have read everything here! Great pictures and stories!
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So did the floor really keep the pigs from pooping inside?
paul wheaton
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The floor doesn't keep the pigs from pooping inside.  It's more like the pigs just choose to not poop inside.
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Can you tell me how far from the wall the bumper / farrowing board should be?
paul wheaton
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About a foot.

It turned out that we needed to lower the board.  It was about a foot off the ground.  It should be about eight inches.  It needs to be so low that there is no way that a momma could get back there.  That includes a momma on her side scootching ...
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Farrowing Hut looks to be about 6 ft X 12 ft.  Is that about right?
paul wheaton
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That sounds about right.  I'm nowhere near it now, so I cannot pop out and measure it.
Suzy Bean
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Appropedia has a page on farrowing huts as well, which includes a few design factors. http://www.appropedia.org/Farrowing_huts

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dellartemis McCoy


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Awesome design paul!  I love that it's portable.

The bumper board is against the back wall only?  I've seen designs with the bumper board going all the way around the inside wall, so there's a little piglet hallway all the way around.  It gives the sow something to lean against so that there's no way a piglet can get trapped between mama pig and wall.  Minor stuff, really. 

So, no squished piggies? 
 
 
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