Basic nutrition information, show pig, sow, and boar feeding advice
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beacon
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by beacon » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:27 pm
that is posible .when i feed them the pails are empty from last feeding . i do not see much feed on ground .
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trivswine
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by trivswine » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:48 pm
Beacon,
in reference to your question on feed conversion, usually 3lbs. of feed per pound of gain.
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CHOPSTER
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by CHOPSTER » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:00 pm
it looks like you still have about 24 days until show date. am i correct? if you are able to feed paylean, i would start in the next couple of days. you should start to see an increase in avg daily gain.
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beacon
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by beacon » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:12 am
i am going to use paylean .i got to be carefull beacause theses pigs are very muscled. i am going to feed paylean last 14 days with fuild flex. i hope this is corect. thanks
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Oink
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by Oink » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:32 am
I don't think a pig would consume 14 lbs/day. Would they?
I'd take that feed out of their pen and let them get hungry for a few hours (half a day), then introduce the feed to them about 1 or 2 lbs. at a time. Make them WANT that food.
You've gotta play mind games with pigs sometimes.
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CHOPSTER
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by CHOPSTER » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:31 pm
you need to start the fluid flex now. it takes about a month to reach its full benefit.
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by johnnysow » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:43 pm
they have to be spilling there feed im feeding six pounds of feed a day , sow feed 1.5 pounds and power fill 1.5 per feeding gaining 2 pounds a day for 30 days every pig is diferant but thats a lot of feed to be eaten for little gain. we dont have sunglo here but i've heard poeple do good with it.you should do 3 pounds of feed to 1 pound of gain if not need to ajust.