Farrowing House Design

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cuttergirl1958
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Farrowing House Design

Post by cuttergirl1958 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:37 pm

Has anyone used hot water heat in concrete when building farrowing barn

torf
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Re: Farrowing House Design

Post by torf » Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:28 am

I have an outdoor wood stove and used hot water to heat the farrowing area. Works good.

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Re: Farrowing House Design

Post by Norm » Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:35 pm

Torf,
Do you use heat lamps or other supplemental heat for pigs? Trying to understand how the sows at one temp and piglets at another. The farrowing house conundrum.

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