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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Valleycommando on May 16, 2014, 01:47:55 pm

Title: feed
Post by: Valleycommando on May 16, 2014, 01:47:55 pm

sorry this has probably been said a hundred times before but i cant find any links on here so i am sorry in advance
i have just picked up 2 new weaners both brothers and 8 weeks old the breeder i got them off just used to throw feed into the stable for them and the other 6 sibling they have. now they are home with me i want to make sure they are getting enough but not too much. am i correct in saying that i should be feeding them 1lb of nuts a day for for every month until 5months and keep it at 5lb a day  or is it 1lb of nuts every feed equalling 2lb of nuts a day sorry if i am wrong but i am sure i read this somewhere but for the life of me i cant find it anywhere

thanks in advance

Title: Re: feed
Post by: Berkshire Boy on May 16, 2014, 04:19:21 pm

Yes 1 pound per month a day. So yours need 2lb split into 2 feeds. Good luck.

Title: Re: feed
Post by: Valleycommando on May 16, 2014, 04:47:50 pm

thanks fror the reply when you put that weight in the bowl  it does not look much though :thumbsup:

Title: Re: feed
Post by: bloomer on May 16, 2014, 04:48:27 pm

its enough, otherwise fat piggies, and fat piggies are a bad thing!!!

Title: Re: feed
Post by: Fowgill Farm on May 16, 2014, 06:00:33 pm

VC see www.gospbc.co.uk (http://www.gospbc.co.uk) under pig management tabs for lots of info
HTH
Mandy :pig:

Title: Re: feed
Post by: Porterlauren on May 16, 2014, 07:11:19 pm

I follow a slightly different feed regime, and do 1.5 lb a day at 8-12 weeks, 2.5lb a day at 12-16 weeks, 3.5 lb a day at 16-18 weeks, then 3 lb a day from 18 - 24 or thereabouts. Split into two feeds. Up it or down it depending on how they look, nice covering, but being able to feel the spine and ribs still is what I aim for.