Secchiaroli Farm
62 Miner Lane, Waterford, CT, 6385
About
We are primarily a piggery, owned and operated by Jonathan Secchiaroli. Celebrating over 100 years! The Secchiaroli farm was established in 1911 by my great-grandfather Alessandro. We still offer honest and reliable customer service with the highest quality of livestock and other services. We supply the highest quality swine for Connecticut and the Northeast . We welcome you to our farm and invite that you browse our information on our website.
Products
Pork
Farming Practices
Our pigs not only eat well but they are housed humanely and treated respectfully. They have access to fresh clean water even though they may
choose to do so differently. We farrow our sows in 6x9 concrete pens that are cleaned every day if not more than once a day. They are bedded with
the finest white pine shavings that are available. The shavings act as cushion for bedding and as an absorbent material for any wetness that
may collect throughout a 24 hour time period. The shavings also allow the sow to exhibit natural farrowing behavior of nesting at the time right before
birthing occurs.
After the litter is born, the sows and their piglets remain in their pen for up to six weeks. After the four to six week lactation time period, the piglets are
weaned and removed from their mother to have their own pen for a period of approximately one to two weeks. This is so that they can adjust to not
having their mother as a source of nutrition. Three to five days after weaning the sow is returned to their outside paddock to be bred again.
The piglets remain in the barn for an additional two to four weeks and usually get supplemented with grain. This is done to compensate for
proteins that they would have been receiving from their mothers milk. At the appropriate time, usually between two and three months old, the pigs move
to outside shelters or place directly into their own paddock where they have room to grow, be free, and be one with mother earth.
Most of our paddocks have been wiped clean of almost all of their vegetation especially during the colder months due to the fact that we have
been continually raising pigs in these areas for nearly one hundred years. However we do allow the lots to rest and regenerate so that the pigs going
into those areas have a clean and natural place to grow. They love to root up rocks, wallow in mud holes, and run around when they feel a little
frisky. Each area has old trailers that shelter the pigs either for sleeping or during inclement weather.