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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: 20.5 to 23 kg at 8 weeks old; 50kgs at 16 weeks
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2012, 12:57:29 am »
Quote from: SallyintNorth on November 18, 2011, 02:58:43 pm
Quote from: robert waddell on November 18, 2011, 02:54:54 pm
sometimes with a x you get more vigour    with only 5 to feed there is no fighting for a nipple and your weights are good for the age as long as they continue with the growth :farmer:

Thanks robert.  That's pretty much what we thought.  She's had loads of milk, but whether she'd have twice as much if she had 10 piglets, (or three times for 15, gawd help us all!  :o) I don't yet know.

I'll keep track on their weights and keep you posted. It's good to know how what you're doing compares to a norm.  :)

I did say I would keep you posted - the boar weighed 50kgs at 16 weeks.
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: 20.5 to 23 kg at 8 weeks old
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2012, 09:17:10 am »
They won't fit in the lamb crate soon  ;D
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robert waddell

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Re: 20.5 to 23 kg at 8 weeks old
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2012, 09:38:45 am »
our lamb weigher goes up to  130 kilos and is a squeeze to get them in at that weight :farmer:
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