I am about to start rearing pigs and I would like to get some details about feeding. I would prefer the information in the following order;
• How much creep feed should I give to each piglet, the age of starting the feeding and age to start them on sow and weaner meal?
• How much sow and weaner meal should I give to each weaner and up to what age?
• How much pig finisher do I give up to slaughter weight of 60-70kg?
• How much sow and weaner meal do I give to the sow?
Piglets should be offered creep feed from seven days to weaning time at 21 days by providing 0.2–0.5kg/piglet/day of the meal. Upon weaning at 3-5 weeks, weaners weighing 11-13kg should be continued on the starter diet until they reach 18kg.
Thereafter, introduce sow and weaner meal from eight weeks at the rate of 0.6kg/piglet/day gradually increasing the feed to 2kg by the time they attain 16 weeks with an average weight of 30-40kg. From this point, introduce the finisher at the rate of 2.5kg gradually increasing the feed level so that they are consuming 3kg by the time they are 24 weeks old with slaughter weight of 60–70kg. Dry sows and gilts require 2.5kg a day of sow and weaner meal.
Give an extra 1kg/day one week before serving gilts and sows and one week after service. Give lactating sows 2.5kg a day of sow and weaner meal for maintenance and 0.25kg a day extra for each piglet being suckled.
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