These pig-farming myths must never be used again
These pig-farming "rules of thumb" must never be applied
"Cooked feed easily puts on fat"
The traditional pig-farming method is to cook the feed before feeding it, believing that pigs fed cooked feed easily put on fat. In fact, feeding pigs cooked feed is time-consuming, labor-intensive, uses more feed, leads to slow growth, and gives a low feed conversion rate; during the cooking process 20% of the feed's nutrients are lost, and the loss in green feed is even greater. Cooked feeding puts on fat slowly, while raw feeding can greatly reduce energy consumption and labor costs. With scientific and reasonable feeding, the fattening period can be shortened by 3~5 months.
"Slaughter pigs at the winter solstice to make cured meat"
Rural areas generally believe that cured meat made at the winter solstice tastes best, so fattening pigs that could be ready for market before the winter solstice are dragged out until the winter solstice to be slaughtered. The optimum temperature for pig growth and development is 18~23°C, and below 18°C pigs grow slowly. Once winter arrives, the temperature drops, and considering feed costs, fattening pigs should be slaughtered as early as possible.
Feed "the thinner the better"
Thin feed contains a lot of water, which lowers the temperature of the pig's stomach and intestines, increases the pig's consumption of body heat, makes the pig excrete quickly, is not conducive to digestion and absorption, and reduces the feed conversion rate.
Feeding pigs "the fuller the better"
Eating too much affects a pig's appetite for the next meal and wastes feed. The pattern of a pig's appetite: it eats the most in the evening, less in the morning, and the least at noon, and feeding it to nine-tenths full at each meal is best.
Pigs "the bigger the more they grow"
Pig growth follows its own patterns, and pigs over 100 kg grow slowly. So pigs should be sent to market in good time once they reach a certain point depending on the breed, generally best at a body weight of 90~100 kg. If fattening pigs are too heavy, feed consumption is high, raising costs are high, and returns are low.
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I seem to know all of these already
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What the original poster posted is pretty good
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Thanks for providing this!
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The original poster is right, people in rural areas have always thought this way,
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Pretty good...............................
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Not bad! Let's promote complete feed instead! How much of China's feed resources would that save
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Outdated ideas should be changed
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When they heard I was going to raise pigs, an elder in the family taught me: pigs only grow fast after they reach 200 jin, so don't sell them before they reach 250 jin...
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Pretty good...............................
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Support, even though it's very simple, many people have this wrong understanding
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It's rarely used in rural areas now.
The traditional pig-farming method is to cook the feed before feeding it, believing that pigs fed cooked feed easily put on fat. In fact, feeding pigs cooked feed is time-consuming, labor-intensive, uses more feed, leads to slow growth, and gives a low feed conversion rate; during the cooking process 20% of the feed's nutrients are lost, and the loss in green feed is even greater. Cooked feeding puts on fat slowly, while raw feeding can greatly reduce energy consumption and labor costs. With scientific and reasonable feeding, the fattening period can be shortened by 3~5 months.
"Slaughter pigs at the winter solstice to make cured meat"
Rural areas generally believe that cured meat made at the winter solstice tastes best, so fattening pigs that could be ready for market before the winter solstice are dragged out until the winter solstice to be slaughtered. The optimum temperature for pig growth and development is 18~23°C, and below 18°C pigs grow slowly. Once winter arrives, the temperature drops, and considering feed costs, fattening pigs should be slaughtered as early as possible.
Feed "the thinner the better"
Thin feed contains a lot of water, which lowers the temperature of the pig's stomach and intestines, increases the pig's consumption of body heat, makes the pig excrete quickly, is not conducive to digestion and absorption, and reduces the feed conversion rate.
Feeding pigs "the fuller the better"
Eating too much affects a pig's appetite for the next meal and wastes feed. The pattern of a pig's appetite: it eats the most in the evening, less in the morning, and the least at noon, and feeding it to nine-tenths full at each meal is best.
Pigs "the bigger the more they grow"
Pig growth follows its own patterns, and pigs over 100 kg grow slowly. So pigs should be sent to market in good time once they reach a certain point depending on the breed, generally best at a body weight of 90~100 kg. If fattening pigs are too heavy, feed consumption is high, raising costs are high, and returns are low.
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I seem to know all of these already
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What the original poster posted is pretty good
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Thanks for providing this!
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The original poster is right, people in rural areas have always thought this way,
--------------------------------------
Pretty good...............................
--------------------------------------
Not bad! Let's promote complete feed instead! How much of China's feed resources would that save
--------------------------------------
Outdated ideas should be changed
--------------------------------------
When they heard I was going to raise pigs, an elder in the family taught me: pigs only grow fast after they reach 200 jin, so don't sell them before they reach 250 jin...
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Pretty good...............................
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Support, even though it's very simple, many people have this wrong understanding
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It's rarely used in rural areas now.