Title: A Guide to Keeping Kunekune Pigs
Headings: A Guide to Keeping Kunekune Pigs
A Guide to Keeping Kunekune Pigs
Questions and Answers on keeping Kunekunes
What do Kunekune pigs eat?
Are there any foods that I cannot feed them?
How much land do they need?
What kind of housing do they need?
What kind of fencing do I need?
Do pigs need mud?
Are pigs really dirty and smelly?
Should I keep a boar?
How many piglets do Kunes have?
What should I feed the lactating sow and piglets on?
What vaccinations do they need?
Do Kunekunes need worming?
Are there any regulations that would prevent me from keeping pigs?
What other regulations do I need to know?
Can I eat Kunekunes?
What do I do in really cold weather?

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What kind of fencing do I need? Pig wire as its name suggests is a good fencing although small piglets will go through  the mesh. It is a good idea to run one strand of barbed wire or a rail along the  bottom of the wire to prevent them pushing it up. Electric fencing can be very effective  with pigs. With electric fencing several different pens of pigs can be kept in the  same field, in separate units living in arcs. Also pigs can be constantly moved  so they do not graze off their own droppings. Back to top
Do pigs need mud? Pigs need to wallow in summer to keep cool and prevent sunburn. You can either keep  an area moist so they can turn it into mud or provide a metal wallow bath. If you  do not provide a wallow they will often knock over their water in an effort to create  one themselves.