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Last week weight gain

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:01 am
by J Cooper
Hello I’m not gaining enough weight per week that I’m wanting to. Last Wednesday my Pig weighed 160 pounds and this Wednesday he weighed 168 pounds. I am feeding 5 pounds of 816 show chow,1 pound of rolled oats and 12 ounces of heavy weight split at 2 different feedings.The borrow looks great wouldn’t change nothing about him super square. He’s is out of Breaking Bad [Thompson Brothers] x Dirty Love’n x On target off a Cobb sow. What else can I do to help this barrow gain weight ?After this bag of 816 I have two bags of magic bullet lined up.

Re: Last week weight gain

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:03 am
by J Cooper
26 days until show

Re: Last week weight gain

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:31 pm
by kgb
I would drop the rolled oats to 1/2 lb per day. There is already a large inclusion of ground steam rolled oats in 819.

Re: Last week weight gain

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:39 pm
by kgb
And increase 819. If he eating that much feed and calories for Heavy Weight. Something else is wrong

Re: Last week weight gain

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:34 pm
by J Cooper
So today I started 2 lbs of 819 4 OZ of champion drive, 4 OZ of heavy weight and a little pay lean 3 times a day I was wondering could his pen be to big 8x24? Also he was sick the week before I weighted him.

Re: Last week weight gain

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:56 pm
by kgb
No his pen is not too big. But being sick does impact weight gain