Newborn piglets are generally bottle fed commercially available milk
replacer for piglets and given starter food until about seven weeks of age, when they are weaned completely on to solid food. All pigs, even nursing piglets, should be offered fresh water daily.
How much do you feed a baby pig?
After weaning, each piglet should receive 3/4 cup of food per day, using at least a 16% protein grower ration. Your judgment comes into play here, but I firmly believe that 3/4 cup per day per pig is the minimum for this age range.
How do you feed small pigs?
First, liquid milk should be offered until pigs are about 10 days of age.
This can be an option also for pigs without a foster sow. Liquid milk should be discontinued as soon as pigs start consuming solid feed. Second, from about 7 days of age, a very palatable dry feed should be offered in addition to liquid milk.
What should you not feed pigs?
What not to feed pigs is anything moldy, slimy, or rotten. Raw meat and raw eggs should never be fed to swine. Feeding raw meat to pigs can transfer diseases such as foot and mouth disease. Eating raw eggs can interfere with the biotin absorption of pigs. SWINE FEEDING GUIDE PREGNANT SOWS
FEEDING LACTATING SOWS
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