Keeping Pigs

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  • 28th June 2016 at 5:01 pm #24445

    Hi

    i’m researching the possibility of keeping a couple of pigs to clear some land.

    Does anyone know if there are any regulations in France I would need to follow regarding registration of animal, permits etc?

    cheers
    euros

    PS sorry to all you english football fans, we are playing our 1/4 final on Friday!!!! :yahoo:

    Anonymous
    28th June 2016 at 8:06 pm #24500

    Sheep would be better, unless it’s a pair of bulldozers you need.
    And would they be housed indoors, or as farm dozers? ;-)
    Just sayin, because if you have them in the house, they can so easily wreck soft furnishings, open cupboard doors, fridge doors, strip the plaster off the walls, roll up, (& shred rapidly) fitted carpets….
    (Though they could be useful for raking out mortared joints thinking about it..)

    30th June 2016 at 8:00 pm #24809

    You can have one pig on your land without declaration and for your own use, either pet or food, more than one needs to be registered and you require a licence. Personally, unless you are keeping for food would suggest a goat or something less robust, happy to discuss more if you pm me

    4th July 2016 at 10:47 pm #25541

    hi Mollygirl

    Thanks for info, will PM you now with further questions!

    Euros

    5th July 2016 at 3:41 pm #25619

    Ok. To clear things up a bit:

    Keep 2 pigs or more, 1 on it’s own isn’t a nice thing to do, pigs like piggie company. Pigs will root up everything and leave the land beautifully ‘turned’ and free of any greenstuff.
    Fencing is ideally something they can’t see through. Often if they can see it, they will want to get to it so their fencing needs to be strong – galvanised corrugated metal is ideal. As an NB: Pigs eat eat and eat. Be prepared for feed bills as you will need to buy feed in.

    Sheep won’t clear the land, they will graze it and be selective about eating the yummy stuff first and (hopefully/sensibly) leave anything not good for them. Good stock fencing needed, especially if lambing.

    Goats will ignore the grass, eat the hedges, escape at every given opportunity no matter what the fencing, and eat the flower garden and veg plot if they can get to them – they are browsers not grazers. Another NB: A personal opinion – even though they love to escape, I don’t agree with putting goats on a collar attached to a staked rope to restrict their movements.

    You will need to register and obtain a Cheptal number. Google will have the relevant website/office address if you enter your location into the search engine.

    It can be costly, fees are involved – and you will need to register to take them to slaughter (which also incurs a payment). Also money needs to be set aside for ear tags, vaccinations, worming, meds, fencing/field maintenance :mail: etc etc…….

    Hope this helps :wacko:

    5th July 2016 at 4:21 pm #25633

    thanks Mr griffin for the info!

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