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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Ann and Rob on March 07, 2013, 05:27:11 pm

Title: Bruised oats
Post by: Ann and Rob on March 07, 2013, 05:27:11 pm

I have a bag of bruised oats which is near its sell by date and none of my horses need oats at the mo.  Can i feed them dry to the pigs or do i need to soak them first?
Ann and Rob
 

Title: Re: Bruised oats
Post by: hughesy on March 08, 2013, 07:57:52 am

They'll eat them dry. I occasionally used to put some hot water with rolled oats or barley in the winter.

Title: Re: Bruised oats
Post by: acrown64 on March 08, 2013, 11:49:23 pm

They will eat them dry although I have always fed my pigs wet feed. They seem to enjoy it more and it cuts down on the amount of water they drink in the day. I always mixed a bag of rolled barley along with the pig nuts and steeped it the night before then fed it to them wet in the morning. Depending on the time of year/size of pig I would sometimes mix in a bag of "yellow meal" rolled maize. They seemed to love this.
I have heard that oats steeped with a mix of water and molasses is a great finisher for pigs also.
Good luck!  :pig: