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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: yankieGirl on June 12, 2011, 08:27:25 pm

Title: undigested food in poo
Post by: yankieGirl on June 12, 2011, 08:27:25 pm

Am I doing something wrong?  Am I using the wrong feed?

Seems to be a lot of grain coming through in the pigs poo.  Seems such a waste! 

We use a mash from a local feed mill they call it "pig grower".

Title: Re: undigested food in poo
Post by: robert waddell on June 12, 2011, 08:37:37 pm

they are not grinding it correctly    either that or the grain they are using is tailings    IE small grains :pig:

Title: Re: undigested food in poo
Post by: Tudful Tamworths on June 12, 2011, 11:27:05 pm

Pigs don't process a lot of whole grains well. The husks are too tough. That's why when you buy barley, it's been crushed. Same as us - at the risk of being gross, check next time you eat sweetcorn!