Store-bought pig feeders can be quite pricey. They can also be very lightweight, which means that a full grown hog can easily wreck them if they aren’t chained down. We have always found it easier and cheaper to build a homemade automatic pig feeder from Plywood instead of buying one. It only requires 4 materials, a few simple tools, and about 2 hours of time.
Once a year, in March, we pick up our piglets from a neighboring farm. We feed and care for them through July, and butcher when they are about 6-7 months old. The pigs are usually around 200 pounds at that point, and yield very tender pork. Obviously, to go from the 25 pound piglet to a 200 pound pig requires a lot of feed. But, if the pig pen is set up properly with an automatic nipple waterer and enough automatic feeders, the work load is minimal.
