The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: kelly58 on December 26, 2013, 02:09:57 pm
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Could anyone tell me would it be ok to give my piggies warm porridge for brekky ?
Just as a treat, lve read they like sloppy feed ? We have it every morning so could make extra no probs.
The chuckies get it on really cold days to warm them up :yum: Just a thought :thinking:
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l understand l would have to boil it on an outside stove we have one in a caravan so l would do it in there, l do that when l give them spuds.
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theres nothing wrong with milk or oats but being strictly legal - you have to source the ingredients from shops that dont stock meat products, ie a greengrocers rather than a supermarket. :innocent:
of course pigs must be served the english way - with a blob of strawberry jam - not the scottish way with salt as too much salts bad for pigs :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
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Are you sure about that? Its a new one on me.
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I would use my goats milk, and source my oats as you say from greengrocers. Thank you Shygirl.
I think they are worth it :love: We dont have salt in ours we have teaspoon of honey, neither for piggies ! :pig:
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In the winter my pigs get warm speedy beet with their breakfast which goes down a treat, never thought of doing porridge but I am sure they would be quite happy with that.
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Oh yes went down a treat :thumbsup: made a pan full in the caravan, brought ours in to have, left theirs cooling.
Just what they needed on a cold and wet morning :gloomy: Im sure they were smiling when they had finished :roflanim:
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Porridge cooled down with a litre of apple juice sent mine crazy and lifting their trough searching for more - bless them as all 3 left us just before xmas.
Outdoor kitchens and a cheap fuel source mean that you can rustle all sorts for the pigs - cooked spuds with crunchy apples was another regular I served up on a cold morning. Spoilt them rotten.
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Yep :thumbsup: in very cold weather ours have been known to have warm pig nut porridge and they love it. We too have a separate piggy kitchen c/w kettle, fridge, microwave, sink etc (OH is a builder so I get loads of wrecked house cast offs when he does refurbs ;D) it is very useful for both pigs & keeper when the weather is at its foulest and has saved many a wee pigs life when we've needed to make bottles of milk or hot water bottles for reviving!
Mandy :pig: