Has anyone raised piglets? Got advice?

Question

What do they eat? How long till they can be sold? Tell me the basics of your experience, and advice, please.

ALSO: What is this thing about mud? Do they need it...or just like it? Why mud?

Answer 1

If they have been taken away from their Mother too soon you can buy Pig starter which is a powdered milk. When they are about six weeks old you can start them on regular Pig chow and hay Preferably Timothy hay. The best time to sell pigs is when they are six months old or around 200 lbs. This is about all I remember because it was a very long time ago. Hope it helps By the way.
pigs are very smart and can find many ways to get out of their pens.P igs skin is very much the same as ours and they can get sun burned. The mud cools them and acts like a sun block.

Answer 2

if the young pids are weaned, yhen you can buy pig feed at a feed store. pifs will eat about anything, food scraps, tomatoes, some meat, but not too much that they can get a taste for it. can even use chicken feed, when they get around 150 to 200 lbs, give them some corn. puts fat on the bacon. be sure to worm them. ask feed man what i mean, but be sure you do it. oh, when i worked on a chicken farm, i raised my own pis, butchered them, and ate cthem. mud? yeah, they like it. if you want to make a hollow and put water in it, they will use it. but you dont have to. also make a three sided shed with roof for shade. dont have to be much. just dont forget the worm medicine. good luck. oh, and a female is easier to raise. sell in the fall at about 200 lbs. they will dress out about two thirds, app.

Answer 3

when they little bottle feed em and when they can start eating go to feed store and get some pig food they will eat dog food also usually wait till they get 100lbs to sell for meat 1yr mmmmmmmmm Bacon Pork Chops

Answer 4

We just dissected piglets in anatomy!! Sell them to a university...you'll make good money!