Posted by Notjustair on December 27, 2014 at 15:58:38 from (70.195.64.163):
In Reply to: OT bony Gilt posted by Keith Molden on December 27, 2014 at 14:47:38:
I farrow to finish. This time of year I make sure that there are always range cubes (you know, the 22% ones for cattle) in the trough. After they are done with their ground corn and get bored they will munch on them. I grind my own feed and bump up the protein a bit during the winter. Bagged feed is pricey - if you can store bulk have the coop grind you a batch ( or a close neighbor - I do custom grinding for one neighbor).
If you are going to breed her don't let her gourge herself. I made that mistake when I first started as we never farrowed growing up. She will put on fat and a fat gilt won't settle as many in a litter. She needs 5-7 pounds of feed a day as a full size sow. Give her enough so that she cleans it up shortly before you chore the next day and is eager to see you, but you don't want to pork her out. With the glut of hay this year I bed with brome and they eat some of that. Do you have chickens? My favorite sows get eggs as a treat - shell and all. My oldest sow will do just about anything for an egg right from the chicken house. I butter up the upcoming breeders with eggs, too. Good protein. Anything that will boost her protein will be good - especially when a cold snap is coming.
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