Cross Timbers Homestead
Pastured pigs in the wooded paddock at Cross Timbers Homestead

🐖 Pigs · rotational grazing · woods and pasture

Pastured pork,
the way pigs were built to live.

Outside, in the woods, on rotated paddocks. No confinement, no farrowing crates, no concrete. Just pigs doing what pigs do — and the soil benefiting from it.

How we raise them

Woods, pasture, and A-frame shelter.

We raise Idaho Pasture Pigs — a breed selected specifically for grazing. Where most pigs are wrecking crews on soil, IPPs are genuinely different: low rooting, low disturbance, and built to eat vegetation. They graze, wallow, and move through paddocks the way pigs are built to live — which is good for the land when you rotate them regularly. Our pigs stay in with a single strand of hotwire set 6 to 8 inches off the ground. No elaborate fencing, no permanent infrastructure. One wire, and they respect it. Pasture-raised, no confinement, no farrowing crates.

How shares work

You buy the animal. The butcher does the rest.

An animal share means you're buying a portion of a single, living pig. You're not buying packaged meat from us.

  1. 1. Reserve a share. Whole or half. Deposit holds your spot.
  2. 2. We deliver the pig to a licensed Texas butcher. Our part ends at delivery.
  3. 3. You call the butcher directly. You specify cuts — chops, ribs, ground, bacon, sausage seasonings, organs — and you pay the butcher for processing.
  4. 4. You pick up your meat at the butcher. Vacuum-sealed and frozen the way you asked for it.

Whole and half-hog shares — limited and seasonal. Registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock and feeder pigs available seasonally.

Live animal sales

Feeder pigs and registered breeding stock.

We sell feeder pigs for raise-out — for the freezer, for a learning project, or to take to your own processor. Weaned, healthy, and raised on pasture from day one.

We also sell registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock when available. If you're starting or expanding an IPP operation, buying from animals that already know rotational grazing and single-wire electric fence is a real head start.

Availability runs with the season. Get in touch and we'll let you know what's coming.

Pricing

Contact us for current pricing.

Pork share pricing depends on the year and the animal. Email us and we'll quote what's actually available — no obligation, no subscription.

info@crosstimbershomestead.farm

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FAQ

Pork share FAQ

What breed of pigs do you raise? +
Idaho Pasture Pigs — a grazing breed selected for low rooting and low soil disturbance. They're built to eat vegetation rather than tear up ground, which makes them good for the land when rotated regularly.
Are the pigs confined or kept in crates? +
No. Our pigs are pasture-raised in the woods and on rotated paddocks — no confinement, no farrowing crates, no concrete. A single strand of hotwire keeps them in.
How does a hog share work? +
You reserve a whole or half-hog share with a deposit. We deliver the live pig to a licensed Texas butcher; you call the butcher to specify your cuts — chops, ribs, ground, bacon, sausage, organs — and pay them for processing, then pick up vacuum-sealed and frozen. How animal shares work →
Is pork available year-round? +
No — whole and half-hog shares are limited and seasonal. Registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock and feeder pigs are also available seasonally.
How much does a hog share cost? +
Pork share pricing depends on the year and the animal. Email info@crosstimbershomestead.farm and we'll quote what's actually available — no obligation, no subscription.
Do you sell feeder pigs or breeding stock? +
Yes — weaned feeder pigs for raise-out, and registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock when available.