What Are the Rural Pig Farming Methods? Practical Breeding Tips Shared

Pig farming, in the end, is a trade of high input, high risk and low return; when the market is good you can make money, when the market is bad you will want to cry. Below, let us take a look at the methods suitable for rural pig farming

Method one suitable for rural pig farming: the cooked-feed thin feeding method

The method refers to cooking the feed and then mixing it with water into a porridge-like consistency to feed the pigs. Advantages: first, after the feed is cooked, the crude fiber is softened, which to a certain extent improves the digestibility of the roughage; second, it reduces the volume of the feed and increases the pigs' feed intake; third, it has the effect of killing bacteria and parasitic eggs.

Its disadvantages:

First, after most feeds are cooked, their nutritional value decreases; for example, the nutritional value of feeds such as corn, barley and bran drops by about 10%, and in particular many vitamins are destroyed;

Second, after green feed is cooked, if it is not handled properly, it can also cause nitrite poisoning;

Third, boiling feed also consumes firewood or fuel, reduces the sources of roughage, and is not conducive to the development of the pig industry;

Fourth, cooked feed requires rooms, pots, stoves and other equipment, which increases the cost of pig farming; fifth, cooked feed spoils easily and must be fed as soon as it is cooked, which takes a lot of labor and gives low efficiency. This method is still very common in the vast rural areas at present, but it is already completely unsuitable for the specialized pig-farming households that have developed in rural areas.

Method two suitable for rural pig farming: the raw-feed wet feeding method

The method is, before feeding, to mix the crushed concentrate, roughage and other feed in the prescribed proportions and total required amount, add chopped or pulped green feed and water (generally the feed-to-water ratio is 1:0.8-1, and it is best when a handful of the mixed feed squeezes out a drop of water), mix evenly while raw, and then it can be used to feed the pigs. Advantages: first, this method is simpler and more scientific than the cooked-feed thin feeding method; second, it saves firewood, labor and equipment, and can reduce the cost of pig farming; third, the pigs grow and develop quickly, are sturdy in build, have glossy coats, and are highly resistant to disease. Disadvantages: first, wet feed is not suitable for storage, and still needs to be prepared and fed meal by meal; second, wet feed easily freezes in severe winter, and is still difficult for larger-scale pig-farming households (farms) to adopt well; third, it cannot further improve labor efficiency.

Method three suitable for rural pig farming: the dry-feed dry feeding method

The method is to mix the crushed concentrate and roughage evenly in proportion and put them into an automatic feeder, letting the pigs eat freely; feed can be added once a day, and a separate water trough is set up for free drinking. With this method of feeding pigs, apart from adding feed once a day, the pig farmer only needs to add some green feed at ordinary times and clean the pen in time. It not only greatly reduces labor intensity and improves work efficiency, but dry feed is also closer to the nutritional needs of pigs. In addition, when pigs eat freely, unaffected by human interference, it can further promote the growth and development of the pigs and increase their daily weight gain.

The simplest method of rural pig farming

First, the main food of pigs is corn; break it into corn kernels, grind them into powder, add water and cook it, and it is ready. Some other forage can also be added and cooked together. A stone mill can be used, but nowadays this is generally not used; you can buy a grinding machine for a few hundred yuan, which is not expensive! This is the main source of food in winter

In autumn, sweet potatoes and sweet potato leaves can both become food for piglets; before the sweet potatoes mature, some sweet potato leaves can be picked first, but they cannot all be picked

Swiss chard needs to be planted in larger amounts; why is it that when planted during the transition between spring and summer, after it grows you can pick the leaf edges and it can keep growing alternately for a long time, and the cycle is also short