Try calling dodge grain in Salem, NH. Pretty sure they have a yearly animal sale but I don’t know when. Worth a shot though as they may be able to connect you with someone

Thanks. Any suggestions help. I’m striking out calling local farms near me (Concord area)

Yeah, if I remember correctly, I just happened to be in the store one day and there were all sorts of animals that people had ordered. Good luck, hope you find some!

Please please please invest in proper handling equipment. Hurdling boards, snare, things that will let you maneuver and restrain pigs when needed.

Sounds like you’ve had some negative experiences. Care to elaborate?

I would love to learn. Thanks for the advice!

I used to work at a mixed animal vet clinic. We occasionally saw pigs. No one had done any research beyond “feed pigs your scraps, profit”. When the pigs got sick, the owners didn’t have any means or knowledge of restraint or sufficient husbandry. It causes further stress to the animals if they can’t be properly handled. Additionally it puts the humans at greater risk if you are not prepared to have the pigs restrained.

momma pig and daddy pig need to hump and start making bacon

Can always wrassle em at the fair. If you catch it you win it.

Wrassle is the correct term here

Gotcha. No plans for profit here and I’ve done my homework but I think a means to restrain is a good idea. Thx again

It’s what I always said I was gonna do before running in there and falling instead. Piglets are fuckin fast. I swear they grease em.

Good to hear, you could try Bardo Farm in Croydon.

There’s a farm on 107 in east Kingston that I’ve seen piglet for sale signs at. Don’t know the name.

Buy lots of marshmallows. Give ‘em some every time you go into the pen, they’ll love you. It also makes it easy to worm them. Get the cream and fill the marshmallows with it. Injectables are a pain.

Local farms generally always buy piglets from outside, as it’s much much easier then raising sows. Best bet is either a blue seal or other grain store, or find a farm vet. We get ours from our farm vet every year, and good part about that is it’s pretty much guaranteed the hogs are healthy and with shots, and when we’ve had a gimpy one before he came and tended it back to health.

Says the man who knows nothing about husbandry. Grow a boar to mature age and tell Me about how cooperative it is. I’ve had to shoot sows before because they get so ornery I can’t herd ‘em into the trailer to bring to slaughter. And god damn is dressing them yourself a pain in the ass, not like dressing a deer.

Seriously what the hell are you talking about. I grew up on a hog farm in Iowa you weirdo.

Hog farming isn’t Lord of the Flies

NH farm Facebook groups, craigslist, and livestock auctions. It's the wrong time of year right now but in the spring you'll see a bunch of listings in those places.

Also I don't know how you're planning on processing but if you're not doing it yourself you'll want to start making appointments for fall 2023 processing now.

Actually?

Check out The Mindful Homestead on YouTube. The couple owns land in the Monadnock region of NH. They chronicle their experience buying and raising pig as well as their general homesteading journey.

Craigslist. I know of a farmer who travelled from out of state last year to bring piglets to NH.

If you grew up on a hog farm, then you aught to know that your average flatlander ain’t gonna be able to handle an ornery hog without getting gored

I don’t think actually.

Fine point, although it was damn flat were I grew up.

You can try Lagacy Lane Farms Stratham NH

Yes, not my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSkJNtDvjaw

Hah fair enough, perhaps I should have said “city folk” to be more accurate.

Check out the New Hampshire Weekly Market Bulletin if you haven't done so already: https://www.agriculture.nh.gov/market-bulletin/index.htm It's a subscription only publication, but it's only $28 and you'll find it useful if you are going into farming.