The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: mattjen on May 04, 2012, 11:35:22 pm
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hi all,could anyone tell me what cosikennels are like please and how big they are please?many thanks matt and jenn :pig:
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As no one else has replied, could you explain what a "cosikennel" is. I have never heard of it before - Tamsaddle
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Only one that i could find looks like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cosi-Kennel-Novelty-Pet-Bed/dp/B0006H4PGM (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cosi-Kennel-Novelty-Pet-Bed/dp/B0006H4PGM)
Not sure that's what you were talking about !
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Hi all, to be fair i was hoping someone could tell me?i have found some for sale but without a pic but the chap is meant to be sending me some pics,i looked up the website for them but the company who made them went boobs up 4 or 5 years ago???????so as soon as i have some pics i will post them on here to show everyone, so watch this space?? ;D :pig:
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I have used both the Challow weaner huts and the cosi kennels on commercial farms, the Challow huts are easier to move, as they are towed, and the cosi kennels need to be lifted with a telehandler when moving to a clean site. The number of weaners depends on which size kennel you have, we used to wean 45 in each, then reduce to 30 after 3 weeks (make up another kennel of 30 from reducing two 45's) then raise to 35kg stores.
With the smaller herd of rare breeds, I farrow 2 sows in an acre paddock, put in a larger hut at 10 days, once the two litters move in, I remove the farrowing huts, then the double litters remain in the communal hut, the sows are removed at weaning and the litters remain untill finishing or sold, you could use the large hut to farrow into and eliminate one step in the process, and not need the extra farrowing huts.