Talk:Guides/Pig Farming/@comment-93.202.169.130-20190528063717

A pig farm is quite an investment (time and resources) and you don't wont to see it burn down during spring (lightning) or summer (heat). At a minimum i would add an Ice Flingomatic and a lightning rod. One flingo can safely control fire on 10 pig houses, as long as you don't build a closed ring, but two parallel lines, one on each side of the flingo (tested during all seasons).

It's useful in two ways, first you don't have to make a large bow around the farm during summer and second you can set houses on fire manually, which saves the usaual 3 day respawn interval (Manual fire during summer may be risky.). Disadvantage, the flingo needs fuel (Shaving beefalos during fullmoon and using there wool as fuel is a solution.).

Also not everyone might have the skill to fight more then a single werepig. While you are guaranteed to get a pig skin when killing a pig in werepig form, there's possibly a less risky way to do it. Simply befriend one or two pigs (usually one is enough) and then make a feint attack (use force attack and imediately move back or sidewards before you hit) on another one. This will start a civil war, which usally one or two of ten will survive. Make sure to collect loot before it gets eaten.