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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: yankieGirl on November 25, 2011, 11:41:58 am

Title: can pigs safely eat beets?
Post by: yankieGirl on November 25, 2011, 11:41:58 am

my dad pulled 3 large garbage bags full of beets.  They planted them with the intent to can but never got to them.  Now they are huge.

Any reason I can't feed them at will to my 2 pigs?

Title: Re: can pigs safely eat beets?
Post by: robert waddell on November 25, 2011, 12:06:28 pm

dont let them get to much at one time :farmer:

Title: Re: can pigs safely eat beets?
Post by: Sylvia on November 25, 2011, 01:45:28 pm

My pigs will eat them if they're hard up for grub but the sheep love them.

Title: Re: can pigs safely eat beets?
Post by: yankieGirl on November 25, 2011, 03:12:03 pm

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dont let them get to much at one time

Why?

Title: Re: can pigs safely eat beets?
Post by: robert waddell on November 25, 2011, 03:31:00 pm

it will go through them ;D :farmer:

Title: Re: can pigs safely eat beets?
Post by: Blonde on November 26, 2011, 09:36:00 am

too late I gave them a tractor bucket full out of the garden......spares after bottling :wave: