Posted by fixerupper on November 16, 2020 at 18:04:13 from (108.161.63.205):
In Reply to: Pigs question posted by jon f mn on November 16, 2020 at 05:47:03:
The only time fat hogs around here are fed fiber is when they want the weight gain to slow down. They were doing this last winter and spring when the packing plants slowed down due to the virus. Hogs can eat concentrated grain just fine. Soy meal and corn are the two main ingredients in a fat hogs diet. Protein should be 18% for little pigs, 16% for 40 lb feeder pigs and on down to 14% or less for fats. Too much protein makes too much fat and gives them the scours. They are mixing in some DDGs here from the ethanol plants but not much, hogs need pure grain. Cattle can utilize DDGs or WDGs much better. If hogs start cannibalizing, iron or magnesium oxide are added to the ration to satisfy an iron deficiency. Animal fat is added also but too much fat will cause the feed to not feed down in bins and feeders especially in cold weather. When I fed hogs the old fashioned way they did eat some bedding but most of the bedding loss was from their feet dragging the bedding out the door. So there you have it coming from an old hog farmer.
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