Author Topic: mould (Read 3599 times)

harry · « **on:** November 13, 2011, 05:18:49 pm »

i read recently on this forum that someone had lost pigs due to mouldy feed.......... does this also apply to fruit etc as i have plenty of apples, a few that are complety brown rotton with some mould on them, is this ok for pigs to eat

robert waddell · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2011, 05:51:41 pm »

they would find mouldy fruit in the wild mouldy grain based feed is different

harry · « **Reply #2 on:** November 13, 2011, 06:14:53 pm »

I did think that, but wasnt sure

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #3 on:** November 13, 2011, 07:33:09 pm »

Always best to check, harry

princesspiggy · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:04:42 pm »

what about tatties that have started to grow?

robert waddell · « **Reply #5 on:** November 26, 2011, 01:00:14 am »

if they are green shoots or tubers they can be poisonous to pigs

princesspiggy · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:13:54 am »

is the whole tattie poisonous once it starts to grow, or just the tubers themselves?

Blonde · « **Reply #7 on:** November 26, 2011, 09:52:00 am »

Quote from: harry on November 13, 2011, 05:18:49 pm

i read recently on this forum that someone had lost pigs due to mouldy feed.......... does this also apply to fruit etc as i have plenty of apples, a few that are complety brown rotton with some mould on them, is this ok for pigs to eat

Rotten fruit and mouldy grain are 2 different things. You can feed wet grain to pigs and if it is kept wet then is will ferment and then it will contain alcohol. If the grain is wet and then has no more water added to it and is kept under a tarp or plastic it will mould up and that is not good for pigs.

Where as fruit gets some fruit fly in it or some rub off the tree or a bird that might peck a hole in it, which breaks the skin of the fruit , this might cause the fruit to drop, or it might continue to hang but the fruit will go bad or rotten on the tree. this becomes unsaleable so becomes pig food.

robert waddell · « **Reply #8 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:04:56 am »

princess any thing to do with potatoes that are green or turns green that will be the Shaw's when growing and tubers that have been exposed to sunlight

Barrett · « **Reply #9 on:** November 26, 2011, 01:53:54 pm »

I always boil my spuds before giving them to the pigs better to be safe than sorry, and it warms there food up on cold winter evenings even the chickens enjoy a nice mashed up spud or two.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #10 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:15:57 pm »

Quote from: Barrett on November 26, 2011, 01:53:54 pm

I always boil my spuds before giving them to the pigs better to be safe than sorry, and it warms there food up on cold winter evenings even the chickens enjoy a nice mashed up spud or two.

I have read that raw potato will interfere with the pig's absorption of other proteins, so spuds really need to be cooked for pigs.

Sylvia · « **Reply #11 on:** November 27, 2011, 09:32:51 am »

WARNING!! Green spuds raw or cooked are poisinous.

You cannot cook the poison out!!

Berkshire Boy · « **Reply #12 on:** November 27, 2011, 10:08:06 am »

A few green spuds will do no harm at all. Like most things only dangerous if eaten in excess.

robert waddell · « **Reply #13 on:** November 27, 2011, 11:15:42 am »

with spuds it is the exposure to sunlight/daylight that turns them green
anybody tried putting green potatoes in soil or peat to convert back to what a potatoe should be