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by maribethrice
Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:27 am
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Weight gain
Replies: 1
Views: 2356

Weight gain

Need help gaining weight. I need my barrow to gain 2.6lbs a day for the last 20 days to be at a decent weight for show. I’ve been feeding him 4lbs of the 611 scud missle and 4lbs of the 819 buy Purina. He doesn’t always clean the feeder up but he does pretty good. He also gets 8oz of heavyweight mix...
by maribethrice
Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:18 pm
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Need help gaining weight
Replies: 3
Views: 3139

Re: Need help gaining weight

They have been wormed They started picking up weight good for a week My barrow gained 18lbs in a week and my gilt gained 14lbs. But now it seems like they won’t eat as much as they were. I was wondering if lowering the fiber would help.
by maribethrice
Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:26 pm
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Need help gaining weight
Replies: 3
Views: 3139

Need help gaining weight

I have two fair pigs that were gaining good until a couple weeks ago. I thought it was because we got a heat wave but they’ve only been gaining a pound a day. I’ve been feeding them Purina 819 along with Moorman eatmoor, Purina heavyweight, and paylean. I’ve got 24 days until the fair and I’m really...