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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: clowe123 on August 08, 2014, 01:55:10 pm

Title: Feeding pigs
Post by: clowe123 on August 08, 2014, 01:55:10 pm

Whats the best thing to feed pigs? Is it bags of food from a feed bealer like bocm pauls or just feeding corn?

Title: Re: Feeding pigs
Post by: Fowgill Farm on August 08, 2014, 02:55:00 pm

Just corn won't give them protein to grow strong, they need pig nuts from a supplier like BOCM or a.n. other.

See www.gospbc.co.uk (http://www.gospbc.co.uk) under pig management tab

Mandy :pig:

Title: Re: Feeding pigs
Post by: Liam_86 on August 14, 2014, 09:25:49 am

just stick clear of farmgate - well documented about fungus in the corn. It killed two of my pigs this year

Title: Re: Feeding pigs
Post by: SophieLeeds on August 14, 2014, 09:54:14 am

We are heading back to BCOM. Last two lots of Massey sow nuts have been mouldy and a complete waste as even the chickens wont peck the few that look okay  :-\

Title: Re: Feeding pigs
Post by: shygirl on August 19, 2014, 09:59:22 pm

Quote from: Liam_86 on August 14, 2014, 09:25:49 am

just stick clear of farmgate - well documented about fungus in the corn. It killed two of my pigs this year

again? i remember they had that problem a few years ago.