We start hand feeding from day one just to train them to eat when and what we want. Then as they get bigger it is way easier to get them to consume more feed and to put on weight quickly. I would also agree that is worth the money to buy a quality feed and wait until later they get bigger to start a...

Sullivans Sudden Impact is the best for daily use that we have found.

Pigs can not digest oats that are still in the hull. So feeding them is just a waste of money. Oat groats on the other hand are very beneficial.

We started when we brought them home. However we are probably a little bit fanatical about our pigs. I would imagine about 60 days out would be fine as they start to put on weight and get above 150Lbs

Absolutely Love True Trac. We switched from some very high priced joint supplements to True Trac last year and was very happy with the results

In my opinion True Glo is the best product in this category on the market. We switch to it about 5 years ago and have never looked back. We have used a lot of products in the past but this is the best we have found.

If you are raising them as show pigs I would keep them in the barn on the concrete and bedded in shavings except when you take them out to walk. We feed ours true trac as a joint supplement, there others out there you can use also.

This link describes the mis-conception around dippity pig and how to treat what you might be seeing in your pig. Please see the post by hog dog in the thread


http://www.showpig.com/community/forums ... pity%20pig

Can you post pictures ?, Sounds like it could be sunburn or that she scraped her back on door, post or something else. Lots of times when they are burnt or the back has an injury the pain makes them collapse on their back legs

Very good point SwineDad

What are you feeding ? quality show feed makes a huge difference and show pigs need a completely different ration than butcher hogs. If you want to be competitive you need at least 4 things, Pigs with good genetic potential, fresh water, good environment (sounds like you are working on that) and a q...

Have you thought of having a board sell and letting everyone have a shot at them ?

You can feed Fitter 35 7-10 and hold them to little or no gain. Powerfill will keep them at 1LB per day and they will look great doing it.

kgb wrote:I agree it's probably Tylan your local show is talking about. And even then it wasn't them, it was the FDA.

If your local show is indeed banning lysine, they should all be replaced with humans. ... preferably ones that have common sense.

That is too funny !

That would be fine as long as you keep each group on the same feed brand you start them out on and do not switch them back and forth multiple times.

We personally feed Moormans but I have heard a lot of good things about Linder's