Hi everybody,
we are now proud parents to 6 GOS which are about 3 months old, my questions is that we are feeding them on a Heygates feed at the the moment and they are very happy with it, however we have 2 friends a baker and a fruit seller at the local market who have happily given us their produce in exchange for some much anticpated sausages in a couple of months time.
My question after much reading is do we still have to maintain a feed ration of 1lb per month of age per day -( i.e. 3 months old each pig has 3lb of food split into 2 meals ) or beacuse we are also giving them bread and cakes soaked in milk/water and a nice big selection of fruit and veg everyday whether we should be cutting down on the proper feed.
After reading many articles with some saying the pigs get no nutritional benefit from extras, to some saying be careful or you will have superfat pigs when they go for slaughter i am at a loss and would just like some advice.
This is the first pigs that we have kept and we are all loving it including my 3 yr old daughter, our dalmation and miniture collie, who all come in the paddock at feed time!!! highly recommended and can see that this will be a long term thing we do. Although i appreciate that i will learn a lot as i go on, any help would be great.
Thanks in advance
The Winslow Porkers!!!!!!!!!