k0xxx
Mr. Sunshine
Ok, no more attempting to drink iced tea while reading this thread! I nearly drowned and now I have a mess to clean up. 
LovinLife- Happy New Year's all!
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LovinLife
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Attempt #2- We get a nice rigged up walkway for the pig to walk up and has no other escape route. We talk to neighbor R who said to use a bucket over its head to make it walk backwards up the ramp. Well that sounds easy! So we get the walkway ready, get mud boots on, get bucket ready. This works good until she's halfway up the ramp and the bucket slipped...pig exits stage right! Apparently our ramp didn't work well enough and we left too big a gap on the one side, she's gone....again. So the rope is still tied around her neck from attempt #1 and we pulled and cussed and poked until she got back into her pen. Attempt #3 tomorrow morning..... and my hands still smell like pig.... 
justusnak
Almost Self-Reliant
Im sorry, I am not laughing AT you, but with you! Ohhh, I know too well the trials of trying to get a pig in the truck. Its NOT easy! Don't feed her tonight....in the morning, make up some "slop" Corn, milk, honey if ya have it....heck, make it tonight and let it sour a bit. She "should" co-operate a bit more if she is hungry. Good luck....- Thread starter
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Yup that's kinda the plan. A hungry, well rested, pig might be less stubborn!justusnak said:
TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
That bacon is going to taste soooo goood!!!!
Britesea
Sustainability Master
Don't you have any "mobile butchering service" in the area? That's what we always used for the larger farm animals. They come out to the farm and butcher the animal, and oftentimes will also load it up and take it in to be cut and wrapped. We always felt it was easier on the animals too-- they were in their own place, with no idea that anything out of the ordinary was gonna happen.
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LovinLife
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I couldn't find anything like that. I wish there was a mobile butchering service here. I"m not feeling very cofident about getting this pig loaded up this morning. 
ohiofarmgirl
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oh no! but ....hee hee hee... baby havent you learned YET why i have all this pig hatred?!?!? whatever you do, dont do THIS:
http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.com/2011/06/operation-ham-in-can-or-how-jake-saved.html
ha!
ok so this is what i know - pigs go in the direction that they can a clear way to escape... can you put solid sides on your ramp? so that once pointed into the truck she cant get off the ramp? is the ramp a solid bottom so she cant see the ground?
humm....
i'm totally not laughing (HA!) because i know this is horribly frustrating. there IS a trick to it and we just need to help you get it figured out. but in all seriousness, please be careful so you dont get hurt.
pigz aint smart...but they aint dumb either.
when the good neighbors couldnt get their cow loaded they asked an experienced farmer and he had them put the cow in a fenced area that was more 'solid' so that she could ONLY go forward...and then she walked right in. it might be worth it to line up some hog panels or plywood to build a chute up to the truck??
good luck baby and let us know how it goes! slow and steady, now... slow and steady.
;-)
http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.com/2011/06/operation-ham-in-can-or-how-jake-saved.html
ha!
ok so this is what i know - pigs go in the direction that they can a clear way to escape... can you put solid sides on your ramp? so that once pointed into the truck she cant get off the ramp? is the ramp a solid bottom so she cant see the ground?
humm....
i'm totally not laughing (HA!) because i know this is horribly frustrating. there IS a trick to it and we just need to help you get it figured out. but in all seriousness, please be careful so you dont get hurt.
pigz aint smart...but they aint dumb either.
when the good neighbors couldnt get their cow loaded they asked an experienced farmer and he had them put the cow in a fenced area that was more 'solid' so that she could ONLY go forward...and then she walked right in. it might be worth it to line up some hog panels or plywood to build a chute up to the truck??
good luck baby and let us know how it goes! slow and steady, now... slow and steady.
;-)
Farmfresh
City Biddy
Without the proper panels could you make a "Pig Harness"?
I know ... I sound ridiculous, but I have moved many a wild (we used to have a Conservation Permit and rehabbed wilduns) and tame animal with a good harness for help.
You will probably have to sandwich the pig between a fence (in a corner is best) and a piece of plywood, or something similar to get the harness on.
Making a pig (or other animal) harness will start with a STRONG soft rope. Make a very secure slip knot by doubling the end of the rope and tying it in an overhand knot to make a loop then slip the long end of the rope through it.
Once you have a nice loop the object is to get it around the animal behind the front legs with the knot on top between the shoulder blades.
Next you pass the long end of the rope under the animal's neck and the back through the main body loop at the knot. If you want you can loop a second time here to help keep the neck loop from loosening and falling off.
Try to keep some tension on the rope at all times at the pig end by hanging on. This keeps the harness which will easily slip loose on the animal.
Once the pig is in the harness I would fasten the loose end, with plenty of slack to the truck and commence to load. One person can pull from inside the truck and another can push from behind the pig. If they try to break and run they are tied to the truck.
When they are loaded you can either loosen the ropes and drop the harness or tie them in the pen.
Hope this helps prevent another pig-rodeo.
I know ... I sound ridiculous, but I have moved many a wild (we used to have a Conservation Permit and rehabbed wilduns) and tame animal with a good harness for help.
You will probably have to sandwich the pig between a fence (in a corner is best) and a piece of plywood, or something similar to get the harness on.
Making a pig (or other animal) harness will start with a STRONG soft rope. Make a very secure slip knot by doubling the end of the rope and tying it in an overhand knot to make a loop then slip the long end of the rope through it.
Once you have a nice loop the object is to get it around the animal behind the front legs with the knot on top between the shoulder blades.
Next you pass the long end of the rope under the animal's neck and the back through the main body loop at the knot. If you want you can loop a second time here to help keep the neck loop from loosening and falling off.
Try to keep some tension on the rope at all times at the pig end by hanging on. This keeps the harness which will easily slip loose on the animal.
Once the pig is in the harness I would fasten the loose end, with plenty of slack to the truck and commence to load. One person can pull from inside the truck and another can push from behind the pig. If they try to break and run they are tied to the truck.
When they are loaded you can either loosen the ropes and drop the harness or tie them in the pen.
Hope this helps prevent another pig-rodeo.
lorihadams
Always doing laundry
I vote for a hand gun and a good sharp knife!
