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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: tommytink on May 02, 2019, 09:49:09 pm

Title: What nuts to feed?
Post by: tommytink on May 02, 2019, 09:49:09 pm: Picked up a couple of gilts last weekend. They’re around 13 weeks.

I got the same feed as they were on, which was Farmgate sow/weaner nuts, but am
I right in thinking they should actually be on finisher nuts?

Thanks.
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: pharnorth on May 03, 2019, 02:18:26 am: I use sow/ weaner nuts throughout
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: harmony on May 03, 2019, 08:54:52 am: What breed are they?
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: bj_cardiff on May 03, 2019, 09:14:20 am: I would use sow/weaner throughout, its all that most mid-size feed places will have in stock anyway?
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: greenbeast on May 03, 2019, 05:03:13 pm: i used to use separate finisher and sow food, went to all sow instead
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: tommytink on May 03, 2019, 08:35:56 pm: They’re GOS x Pietrain.

So is there not much difference between the types? A friend of mine uses them but she had a breeding sow. However when I asked about pig nuts in the co-op they didn’t give me a choice so maybe you’re right bj.
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: greenbeast on May 04, 2019, 01:01:22 pm: Quote from: tommytink on May 03, 2019, 08:35:56 pm
They’re GOS x Pietrain.

So is there not much difference between the types? A friend of mine uses them but she had a breeding sow. However when I asked about pig nuts in the co-op they didn’t give me a choice so maybe you’re right bj.

Its not so much about a lack of difference (there have differing protein levels for growth), but that with traditional pigs it's less of an issue
Title: Re: What nuts to feed?
Post by: PipKelpy on May 04, 2019, 08:17:28 pm: When I had my saddlebacks the piglets scoffed her sow nuts til they departed. Now I buy weaners in at 8 week old and take them to 5.5 months if boars or just over 6 if gilts. I prefer boars as they are calmer, though the ones I got last year were little buggers! Anyhow, I buy pietrain x saddleback, get a bag of corn with them to help them settle and then feed wynnstay superwean (if they need it) hypergrow and then the last month is hyperlean. I've never had a problem with this corn.