Feeding pigs straights
- Thread starter DairyNerd
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ollie989898
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For that number of animals I'm not sure it is worth messing around too much.
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Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
No buy the proper feed , its dear cos minerals are essential and pig mineral is £££&
Cheers, good point, dont fancy trying to mineral bolus a pig.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Errrrr no !
We used to buy a pig blend in a tote bag when we had a few pigs to fatten. Had to make sure that it was used up quicker than the sheep or cattle blends as it would start to heat and go off.
Was good stuff but shelf life was to short for a few
Was good stuff but shelf life was to short for a few
Rod Dumbreck
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out of curiosity, are they indoors or out?
- Location
- Near Colchester
I mill and mix, I mix 6 rations to get them right for each age and weight. Total feed produced about 15 tonnes a week.
Mineral balancers are very important and are different in each ration, you would have a great deal of difficulty sourcing the right balancing rations in the quantities that you need I think, they have refused to make me half tonnes for example.
I finish only about 60 a week and a tonne of minerals lasts between 6 weeks and 6 months for me depending on which one it is - weaner, grower 1, finisher 1 and 2 and 2 more for the sows - lactating and dry.
Sorry to rain on your parade.
Mineral balancers are very important and are different in each ration, you would have a great deal of difficulty sourcing the right balancing rations in the quantities that you need I think, they have refused to make me half tonnes for example.
I finish only about 60 a week and a tonne of minerals lasts between 6 weeks and 6 months for me depending on which one it is - weaner, grower 1, finisher 1 and 2 and 2 more for the sows - lactating and dry.
Sorry to rain on your parade.
Thanks. I have toyed with the idea of feeding our dairy cows straights and thought it might fit in with that but sounds like it ismore complicated than i thought. Cheers
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
Could make some money videoing the attempt and getting it on youtube?
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Might this be useful?: https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/alternative-diets-for-pigs
I've defnitely finished pigs on a small scale using rolled barley soaked in whey plus veg trimmings.
I've defnitely finished pigs on a small scale using rolled barley soaked in whey plus veg trimmings.
Although not keeping pigs at the moment , have been on a similar scale to yourself this past five years , (5 - 10 Berkshire / Gloucester sows ) and selling everything direct.
We fed a blanket 13% sow nut to everyone and at times also fed up to 50% milled wheat or barley alongside for the same reasons as your thinking.
milled it ourselves through an old mill. - be sure to count your time when considering this.
have also had good results with apple pulp and whey.
it doesn’t have to be complicated, no disrespect ment to pan mixer above, everyone does things differently.
with rare breeds on our scale it worked for us and the stock looked well/ were healthy and we produced a good end product
We fed a blanket 13% sow nut to everyone and at times also fed up to 50% milled wheat or barley alongside for the same reasons as your thinking.
milled it ourselves through an old mill. - be sure to count your time when considering this.
have also had good results with apple pulp and whey.
it doesn’t have to be complicated, no disrespect ment to pan mixer above, everyone does things differently.
with rare breeds on our scale it worked for us and the stock looked well/ were healthy and we produced a good end product
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Nearly
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- North of York
Greenbeast
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- Location
- East Sussex
yeah we did similar at that scale