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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: rockstar on July 12, 2012, 07:37:10 pm

Title: Finish off my weaners
Post by: rockstar on July 12, 2012, 07:37:10 pm

Im taking my gos to slaughter at 6 months ,they are now 4 months old and i have been feeding them on sow/weaner nuts supplemented with small amounts of fruit and veg.DO I NEED TO CHANGE TO A FINISHING NUT OR ARE THESE OK ,IM NOT SURE ?

Title: Re: Finish off my weaners
Post by: Fowgill Farm on July 13, 2012, 09:18:19 am

My advice would be to leave them on the sow/weaner which wil be 16% protein. Grower ranges are much higher and will only put excess fat on your porkers. I'd be aiming for forty inches around the chest at six months old this is when we send our GOS off.
HTH
Mandy :pig:

Title: Re: Finish off my weaners
Post by: HappyHippy on July 13, 2012, 09:18:55 am

Ditto Mandy  ;)

Title: Re: Finish off my weaners
Post by: oaklandspigs on July 13, 2012, 12:52:28 pm

ditto ditto mandy and HH

Title: Re: Finish off my weaners
Post by: rockstar on July 13, 2012, 07:16:43 pm

Thank you all, and you are so helpfull to the ones who have just started out on the GOODLIFE!!

Title: Re: Finish off my weaners
Post by: rudolph76 on July 13, 2012, 11:59:11 pm

HI


I have been told to feed oats for the last 4 - 6 weeks before slaughter to "clean the meat and improve the taste" of our GOS. Is this the right thing to do?

Title: Re: Finish off my weaners
Post by: Fowgill Farm on July 14, 2012, 12:51:09 pm

Quote from: rudolph76 on July 13, 2012, 11:59:11 pm

HI


I have been told to feed oats for the last 4 - 6 weeks before slaughter to "clean the meat and improve the taste" of our GOS. Is this the right thing to do?

never heard this sounds like someone wants to sell you expensive oats, thought you only used them to cleanse snails and make porrideg ;D   Waste of good oats IMHO.
mandy :pig: