The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Ginny B on May 25, 2009, 11:14:52 am
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We have very kindly been given 30kg of yeast from a small local organic brewery just down the road from us. There was a note pinned to it saying that they knew we had pigs and hoped we could use it. Can I feed it to them? and if so how? I have visions of pigs flying or worse still exploding!! will not feed to them until I have had some advice !
Cheers Ginny
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We used to give dogs a nob of bakers/brewers yeast once a week if they were nervous, but no use for it otherwise.
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I'm sure I read something about feeding yeast on the DEFRA website, but I'm afraid I can't remember what it said! Sorry that's not much help is it!
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iS IT YEAST OR DISTILLERS MASH? iF IT'S DISTILLERS YOU CAN SUPPLEMENT AT 1/3 OF FEED RATIO....BUT YOUR DIFFICULTY MIGHT BE PALETABILITY. iT HAS A VERY STRONG TASTE (JUDGING BY THE SMELL....NOT THAT I'VE TRIED IT MYSELF!). Opps just noticed that the kids left caps lock on, and i'm not going to re-type! Hope this helps.
Morgan
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Its distillers mash and yes it does stink, will try to introduce some slowly and see what they think, as of yet they only thing they won't eat is carrots ... strange ... thanks for the help
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What breed of piggies do you have? Mine are quite finiky too. Going to buy a garden shredder tomorrow and see if I can add all manner of veg to the mix (at 1/4 feed value). Mine love apples, bananas (without the skin, picky buggers!), grapes, melons. They also love tomatoes but it tends to scour them. They dispise cucumber.
Morgan
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Hi Morgan
We have Heinz 57 variety at present, sourcing different breeds this side of the pond seems to be hard, although i have just been put in touch with a guy with 2 saddlebacks who might be interested at breeding, so fingers crossed for the future. Fed the pigs a couple of cups of the distillers mash this morning with their dry fed and no problem, they yummed it up, well their mother has been known to enjoy a pint or 2!! They love most veg, picking out their favourite things first and go mad for bananas, the 2 girls wolf them in one go but Colin peels his then eats the skin first and then the flesh, thought it was a one off at first but no thats how he likes them !!
cheers Ginny
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Morgan dahhhhlng you should be feeding the cucumber very finely sliced in brown bread with the crusts cut off. A la Buckingham Palace. ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
Posh Piggies, huh? ;) ;D ;D
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Hmmmm, just looking at my little aristocrats....they are a lovely red/brown....but I don't think they'll pass as corgis. Perhaps I should bring my Tamworths to balmoral next time I get the ol' gilt edged invite! Tally Ho!
;)
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Tamworths a very regal pig ....
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I've just emailed our local brewery to see if they have any distillers mash going for free! Don't know if that's a bit cheeky, but nothing ventured nothing gained as they say!
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Thats a really good idea, we did the same for the veggies, approached all the local factories.
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Isn't it terrible that to make any sort of money on pork, you either have to feed sh*t meal, or go around cap in hand. I do wish consumers would remove their heads from their posteriors and realise what crap pork they are getting from supermarkets.
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Our pigs love brewers yeast and spent grain and will always go for this first before picking out their favourite fruit and then veg.
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Sausage and cash, my feelings exactly.
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not really related to yeast but was hand feeding my pigs some apples today and got the notion that if i hand feed them they will associate my hand with food and will always want to nibble on it resulting (when they get older 11weeks now) in me or some else losing a digit. any thoughts on hand feeding.
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Like horses, feed from the flat of your hand, not using your fingers - sure way to get 'em bit! ;)
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Don't worry relic, we've done it from the get go. They're very smart creatures. When we hand feed them (like Doganjo said) the take the food, if we go to rub them they never try to nip.
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cheers guys. only started hand feeding yesterday and they are letting me rub them on the nose still fairly nervous tho.
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successfully feeding mash at each mealtime now and they love it, although they do smell like they have been in the pub too much! left large yellow bucket in thier paddock by mistake and quick as a flash Pinky shot off with it on her head, the other two hot trotting behind licking up what she was spilling ... wish i'd had me camera !
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For pigs and mash an interesting viewpoint here .....
http://www.lacef.fr/postbox-contents/contents.html
Pigs on the zider
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Brillant!
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Great story, sure made me laugh.
Relic, I sat out in a pile of straw today and had four Tamworths swarming around me looking for rubs. Truly wonderful creatures these pigs!
Morgan
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they are after getting very friendly Morgan. i give them a little whistle and they come running over. can give them a rub on the back (no belly rubs yet). they also love to munch my trainers.
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My pigs have now got to the stage when they collapse when getting rubbed - I love it!
The shoe chewing I'm not so keen on!
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MM best to stop the shoe chewing now if you can. (Not sure of the best method). Otherwise when they get bigger they can upend you. Very messy if you fall in the pig !"£"
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I've been giving Snuffle a good shove and shout and it seems to be working, but you're right its not a good habit especially if he does it to the children.
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Sorry my comment came across as a bit bossy. Not meant that way
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It didn't and you were absolutely right! He bit my foot again today - the little blighter! He got a big telling off though!
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Well I walk around in permanently aerated wellies if the piglets dont eat them the sows tread on them and I rip them pulling my foot out.
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Insulated builders boots are great. Good solid soles, steel toe caps...and as comfortable as slippers. Not bad for €35 !
Morgan