Feeding less than 4lb a day
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:41 pm
After last summer's nightmare I had farrowing, I came to the conclusion I overfed my sows by a lot. I cut them back to 3.5lb per day through most gestation and this past week pulled them back to 2.5-3 lb a day. I want them around a body condition score of 2. Not starving but thin. They all look ok, except I have one heavy muscled gal that is still wide on top.
Is there any detriment to feeding less than 4 lb a day? I want smaller pigs to come out at farrowing, my last go had several 3.5 and 4 lb piglets. The sows seem very hungry when I show up, but they're fine. I don't want to go too far and have the piglets have any setbacks from underfeeding though.
I also picked up some Transrite sow ultra today. Hope it helps to supplement them with that product.
Thanks in advance for any input.
Is there any detriment to feeding less than 4 lb a day? I want smaller pigs to come out at farrowing, my last go had several 3.5 and 4 lb piglets. The sows seem very hungry when I show up, but they're fine. I don't want to go too far and have the piglets have any setbacks from underfeeding though.
I also picked up some Transrite sow ultra today. Hope it helps to supplement them with that product.
Thanks in advance for any input.