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Miss_N_Ewe

  • Joined May 2009
Pig Feed
« on: May 20, 2009, 02:36:33 pm »
We feed our pigs compound and were told they were fed on fodder beet previously, ( they were grown when we bought them)  we can't locate fodder beet i know other similar products are available similar to turnip etc, does anyone sell it, know who does or can point us in the direction of a supplier?  Thanks

carl

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Pig Feed
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 03:05:50 pm »
hi, do you mean peaks as in peak district?
have you tried chelford market in macclesfield?
they usually have a section selling fodder such as beet etc.
much cheaper than agriculural merchants etc.

gavo

  • Joined Aug 2008
  • Belcoo, Enniskillen, N.Ireland
  • Crazy Pig Lover
Re: Pig Feed
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 03:15:59 pm »
Hello,

I would use this as a supplement to their feed but not as a replacement to the compound pig feed. Fodder beet on it's own would not offer the diet required for your pigs.


Cheers

Gavin


 

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Pig Feed
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 04:08:53 pm »
Exactly what I was going to say.  Fodder beet could replace 1/4 diet of dry sows or fed as a bulk for growers, never as a feed on its own.

 

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