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What are some pig-herding techniques? A few tricks to teach you how to herd pigs with ease

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1. Design a path for the pigs: whether entering the pig house or loading onto a truck when selling pigs, there should be a human-designed path, and the walls of this path are best made of fixed, sturdy walls; if there are none, temporary walls can be used, such as replacing them with iron railings, replacing them with long strips of colorful cloth (feed packaging bags can also be sewn together into long strips of cloth), or using other opaque boards, so that the pigs can see that only moving forward is the right way, and in this way the pigs will generally follow the path designed for them; this method is quite practical when moving sows between groups. 2. Temporary wall

1. Design a path for the pigs: whether entering the pig house or loading onto a truck when selling pigs, there should be a human-designed path, and the walls of this path are best made of fixed, sturdy walls; if there are none, temporary walls can be used, such as replacing them with iron railings, replacing them with long strips of colorful cloth (feed packaging bags can also be sewn together into long strips of cloth), or using other opaque boards, so that the pigs can see that only moving forward is the right way, and in this way the pigs will generally follow the path designed for them; this method is quite practical when moving sows between groups.

2. Temporary wall: that is, the pigs cannot see the road ahead, which is often used when blocking pigs to turn them back. Special pig-driving boards, iron railings, and wooden boards can all be used. If there really is nothing suitable at hand, one person squatting down can also make pigs weighing less (within 100 kg) turn back; never stand with both legs spread apart to block pigs, otherwise the pigs will pass through between the legs and knock the person head over heels.

3. Shouting instead of hitting: when a person shouts from behind, pigs tend to move forward; but if a person hits the pigs with a very thin wooden stick and does not give the pigs clear directions, the pigs often do not know what to do and frequently turn back, making them even harder to drive.

4. Driving a sow that has just given birth: sows protect their piglets and generally do not want to leave after giving birth; but if one of her piglets is held in front and the sow is allowed to smell it, the sow will mostly follow the person carrying the piglet very easily.

5. Driving finished pigs out of the pen: if the pigs in the same pen are uneven and the customer requires uniformity, then the only option is to pick pigs from the pen. At this time, if a long strip of cloth is used to wrap the selected pig, it can be driven out very easily, reducing the workload of catching pigs.

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