[FiB]

HI all - have just searched on finishing and got lots of good info thanks - but I am still confused...   I've been told by a few people that I need to stop giving peelings etc 4 weeks before slaughter - is this true and do I need to change from farmgate growers pellets.  The meat is for our own consumption and flavour (and happy pigs)  is the aim.  The pigs have a big field to root in (and I have been moving them along every 3-4 weeks to give them some fresh ground) and seem to be doing well on pellets, apples veg peelings.  Do I need to do anything different in these final weeks?

[Barrett]

Hi Ya, my piggies get fed the same thing right up to slaughter my meat is delicious and the sausages are fab

[HappyHippy]

I agree, mine get the same feed throughout and veg/fruit right up til the end (except maybe cauliflour & turnip as I heard that can affect it - but unless you were feeding loads of it I doubt it would make much of a difference) Pigs that are outside on soil usually have much more flavoursome meat than those on concrete, so I wouldn't worry too much about it

[JulieS]

Me too......all the same food right through for mine   

[manian]

yep
ours eat the same too

[Sylvia]

And mine

[FiB]

Many thanks!  Was worried I had overlooked some legislation (thought it didnt make practical sense!!). 

[oaklandspigs]

FIB,

In the UK, anything from a kitchen is illegal, this would include "peelings" unless all your veg is peeled outside from the kitchen with seperate utensils.  So if your question is a legal one, then it is not legal to be feeding peelings in the first place.