How much feed will fattening pigs eat?

Andyt880

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Co. Down
I am thinking of buying a few litters of pigs again to take through to finish.
I can get landrace x Duroc stores at 25kg/30kg.
I am wondering approximately how much feed it will take to bring them to finished (100 kg live weight).
They will be housed in old loose box style houses, partly bedded with straw and scrapped out.
 

Shorty

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2.25-2.5kg per kilo of lw gain if kept indoors and haven’t got a field to run round in, if their cold they will eat more, that’s avg from wean to fat 7-110
 

Andyt880

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Co. Down
2.25-2.5kg per kilo of lw gain if kept indoors and haven’t got a field to run round in, if their cold they will eat more, that’s avg from wean to fat 7-110
Thanks. That is the info I’m looking for. I will be putting a false ceiling over the bedded area to keep them as warm as possible.
 

Andyt880

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Co. Down
Could easily be 3kg per kg gained if they get 'excercise'
They wont be getting excessive exercise. The houses aren’t big. Approx 6ft x 15ft. I was thinking of around 16 to a house at the start and then split them over 2 houses as they get closer to finishing. What would your thoughts be on that?
 
2-4kg as others said above. If outside give them old silage and remember they will get some food from their surroundings. I've found outdoors results in leaner heavier for their size animals as they work their muscle. Got it down to 2.5kg outside as they were in summer and ate plenty of roughage. Extra benefit was no mucking out outside.
 
Id allow £100 in feed. Straw costs and water set up which has to be vandal proof. Personally I rather raise pig outdoors you have less straw costs and smell. More space and a wallow. Kind of see it cruel to raise pigs indoors as they cant do natural things hence stress and risks of illness.
 

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