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<blockquote data-quote="bitwrx" data-source="post: 8096718" data-attributes="member: 86972"><p>From my experience, overlaying is fairly typical. There seems to be some received wisdom that "non-commercial" sows are better at not laying on their piglets. No idea if it has any basis in fact though. My experience is that some sows of a given strain are better at not overlaying than others.</p><p></p><p>As it stands, 10 is a decent litter. If you feed her enough, she'll milk well and there will be plenty of space at the milk bar. 16 piglets on 12 teats never ends well. I'd much rather have 6 out of 16 overlaid, than have to cull 4 at three weeks old because they've not been able to get a decent feed. (There are ways around this, but I don't know the ins and outs I'm afraid. You'd have to ask someone with indoor farrowing experience.)</p><p></p><p>ETA: they look grand and are clearly up and thriving. Keep them well bedded from now on and they'll be right. FWIW, we don't give them an excess of straw until they're three or four days old, in case they do get lost in plumes of the stuff. Once they're more mobile, there's no harm in giving them plenty. Dry bed is very important to keep them warm. Their bristles should be silky for 4-5 weeks at least. If they go 'bristly', they're cold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bitwrx, post: 8096718, member: 86972"] From my experience, overlaying is fairly typical. There seems to be some received wisdom that "non-commercial" sows are better at not laying on their piglets. No idea if it has any basis in fact though. My experience is that some sows of a given strain are better at not overlaying than others. As it stands, 10 is a decent litter. If you feed her enough, she'll milk well and there will be plenty of space at the milk bar. 16 piglets on 12 teats never ends well. I'd much rather have 6 out of 16 overlaid, than have to cull 4 at three weeks old because they've not been able to get a decent feed. (There are ways around this, but I don't know the ins and outs I'm afraid. You'd have to ask someone with indoor farrowing experience.) ETA: they look grand and are clearly up and thriving. Keep them well bedded from now on and they'll be right. FWIW, we don't give them an excess of straw until they're three or four days old, in case they do get lost in plumes of the stuff. Once they're more mobile, there's no harm in giving them plenty. Dry bed is very important to keep them warm. Their bristles should be silky for 4-5 weeks at least. If they go 'bristly', they're cold. [/QUOTE]
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