I have more experience with pigs, more than anybody on this forum.. and it is with great pleasure, my recollection of accounts with pigs when growing up on a southern Iowa row-crop farm.. first let me state, pigs have a nickname where I come from, that name is "mortgage-lifters" because if a gu or gal learns the intricate science of producing feeder pigs for market, he/she can pay off their farm very early, but you need to know the science and all the pitfalls that can ruin your pig profitability.. you can produce good pigs outdoors in A-frame huts or indoors with crates or cottonwood pens.. it takes 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days for a sow to give birth from conception with a high quality purebred Hampshire boar.. yes, that's right, you need at least some Hampshire in your pigs to give it the superior traits a Hampshire will give you.. Durocs the sows produce bigger litters, Berkshires give higher quality better tasting pork but with lower meat yields, also did you know Berkshires was an 1800's era hog with a lot of lard? they have bred the fat out of hogs thru the years to get better leaner carcasses..but all in all nothing tastes better than a Berkshire.on the farm i lived on from 1964 to 1976 we had 90-95 brood sows..with a 7.4 pigs per litter average..we used Moorman's starter and grower pellets for the pigs, they got combiotic shots to reduce scours and cholera and erisypelas shots..male/boar pigs castrated within 7 day and needle teeth clipped to keep face scarring down..we did not dock tails waste of time..you could get 3 litters per sow a year..I have seen 40 lb feeder pigs bring anywhere from $16.00 a head to $45.00 a head in the years from 1964 to 1976.. those are old 1964-1976 dollars and dollars were worth a lot more then than todays dollars.. you had to keep fresh oat straw in the pens to make a healthier pig, they lose body heat like you do without a blanket on cold nights..always keep a fresh bed of straw for them..best to corner off a pen with a plank to give the little guys shelter from getting laid on and killed, this is the beauty of crates but in my opinion crates are cruel to the sow, we let our sows out at morning chores period and againat late afternoon chores period.. sows are so smart they come back in laden and hurting will full teats of milk and they know exactly where their pen is, miraculous really, if you think hogs are dumb, you better think again, they are so related to us that we can use their body parts as replacements for our body parts, that's saying something right there, about the affinity I have with hogs.. more to come, but this rotor cuff is beginning to hurt again, and I need to doctor myself aain if you know what I mean.. but stay put, cause there will be more to come at a later time.. 
Srila Prabhupada once said:
Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Chaitanya with His associates.
Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Chaitanya with His associates.
He is not a wild boar fighting for survival, he is a pet that is actually very concerned with being clean. Not meaning to get disgusting, but I have never seen a dog that will hold it so long that it turns into a 10 minute pee.
