Greetings!

I have made a on-line cost and return for swine (piglet production= from gilt to weaning)

Just input the number of gilts you want to raise and click compute.

Here is the link on-line cost and return

Doc Nemo, meron din po ba kayo ng Gestation Calculator para malaman kung kailan ang panganganak ng inahing baboy?

Doc Nemo, Are Ivomec and Cevomec are the same brand? Can i inject my 1 week old piglets a Vetrimoxin L.A. eventhough my piglets has no illness?

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Doc Pahingi na din ako, sana may kasama brand ng gamot. doncorleone031@yahoo.com

Medication given in between cheek and teeth are water soluble or paste type medication.  this is not economical because some of the medicine is wasted.

Ivomec is a good dewormer because it is a broadspectrum dewormer and it is for internal and external parasite

 Now i have an idea which dewormer will i buy, Thank you Doc Nemo.

doncorleone:
sounds like your mind is made up,okay,maybe you will need 3 people to help as this is your first time.The drench gun is a syringe with no needle,am I correct.It will have cc  numbers on the side,draw up the proper amount to the proper cc level with no air in the gun,if you have some air bubbles,draw the plunger down some more,tapp the side of the syringe,this forces the bubbles to the top,push the plunger until a little of the medication comes out of the end.With the goats mouth open,the back of the tongue is where the throat is located.Get the tip as close as possible to the back of the tongue,push the plunger slowly until all medication is gone.Hope the goat does not spit it all out,gets very expensive.Remember the goat will be very stressed,and not easy to control.I have never heard of the medication given between the check and the teeth,maybe Doc.Nemo knows.
Good Farming:
mikey

which dewormer do you prefer ivomec or valbazin?

according to our manager,the local vet or vet tech. comes to deworm our goats for us,the goats are dewormed by drench system.Not sure about the shringe,what happens if the goat spits out the medication,all is lost.May be someone has tried it,if so,lets hope they will respond.
There is always the injection system,might be easier.Albendazole-dosage of 10 milligrams per body weight.
Good Farming:
mikey

I have a drenching gun but i do not know how to use. will you please tell me how to use the drenching gun?

follow all directions on the medication,make sure the dewormer is not going into the lungs or big trouble.We use a tube that goes down the goats throat into the belly,pour in the exact amount.Goats do not like the tube down their throats,but it has to be done.Prevention is the best medicine,not always easy during the rainy season.

Can i use shringe without needle?

You may have to email Alamingos Goat Farm and ask them.We do not deworm pregnant does,we deworm the doe(s) 4-5 days after kidding,and the kid(s) starting at 1 month of age.I believe one of the dewormers we use is Fenbendazole (broad spectrum).I do not know personally,if this dewormer is good for pregnant doe(s).Be careful,deworming pregnant animals is risky business sometimes.
Good Farming:
mikey

Thanks mikey for giving me a brand of dewormer. how to deworm the kid(s)? do you have procedures for drenching? how to do it?

What kind of dewormer brand do you think is best most specially to the pregnant doe? please specify the mode of action, the indication and contra indication if any.

Mr Hog,is only trying to have the slyfox,show some guts and post it in english.Who cares what the Slyfox feeds his hogs,nobody in the city knows who raised what animal.The only thing that counts is,MONEY,at the end of the day,how much did it cost me/us to produce it,how much profit was earned.Our white breeding stock is fed our own SECRET FORMULA hehehe.Who cares??What works at one farm is not to say it will work at another farm(s).This year we plan to expand into the native hog market,we will produce both breeds.This is commonly known as a SECONDARY MARKET.My wife and I are looking into free range,all natural product,chemical free.This  is commonly known as speciality/niche market for such product(s).ORGANIC.Sometimes in order to gain in production,one will lose something in return,sometimes its the taste.
Good Farming To All:

GoOd to hear Mickey that you're planning to expand into the native hog market to produce both breeds. What if you crossbred white hog  and native to get an upgrade native? like what you did on your goats(it seems that you are experimenting again) hehe . Yes you are right that when you're going to the market the consumers do not know who raised that animal, But some stall in the market have their own name and reputation that their meat/pork is more juicy than the other. They have regular customer (SUKI), they know where it came from. (I think this is what slyfox means "the secret formula") the seller who have the best formula wins the customer. Many of the hog raiser today have their own mini mart (here, the customer now knows where it came) , some are going to the malls. Most of the consumers are buying hog meat to the malls some are in the wet market.

Support the WHITE hog, support the NATIVE hog, support the low cholesterol GOAT.

I think the white pig tastes alot better then the native.Only because I have invested so much into raising them!and I now the health riskes eating natives.So I will support the whites would you not doncorleone?I now most in the phills like the natives because of the fat.

I am raising both hogs and goats. i only eat hog if it's grilled or lechon. but i noticed that native lechon are more juicy and delicious than the white ones. Like Mikey's quote Support the Goat. we have to be health conscious. hehe

Because he is a grumpy farmer!

All people have their own differences. There are friendly and unfriendly, but here in the Philippines most of the people are friendly. What do you think why native is more juicy than white hog?

Mikey I was just trying to make slyfox mad!

Mr Hog, Why are you trying Slyfox to get mad?  Is it because he had a secret regarding the taste of hog? I think i know what slyfox means, that truth is that native pigs are more juicy than the white hogs. But the problem is natives are small and slow grower. The producers are always looking for some money so they have to make some business, yes you don't intent to change things people change things. But why people change things? the truth is because the influence and giving an idea to make business. The bottom line is MONEY.

kaya mas resistant ang native kaysa lean pig. it has something to do with fat.

Ang ibig mo ba sabihin kapag fatty o mataba ang baboy ay mas resistant ito? 

[Kung mas masarap at mas mura pala ang native, dapat pala na paramihin natin ang mga ito dahil alam natin na mas tatangkilikin ito ng ating kapwa pilipino.]

Breed can also affect the taste of the animal/ marbling of fats and muscle.

For my opinion in theory native have more fats than commercial hogs. But if we say fat most of the time what we think is the white thing which is attach to the skin of the animal.  There are also fats that are within each muscle fiber. And this is bountiful in animals that can exercise more.

Yes, commercial farm always maximize space just to attain good production and less capital.
Some backyards and semi-commercial is designing bigger pens for their animal rather than the usual 1x1 meter per animal.

I remember a backyard in bataan the gate of his farrowing pen is open and the piglets roam their yard digging soil etc and when they are hungry they just go back to their mother to drink milk. This is not a native but a landrace.  The owner said they he have a good success rate in his animal. There are no scouring in his piglet.

Native is a special delicacy and when slaughtered you could not distinguish this to a commercial pig.  The only clue you will get is price because native is much costly than commercial pigs.

KASIM siguro ang tinutukoy nyo na karne na may taba sa gitna Doc Nemo. Sa tingin ko maganda pa din ang ginagawa ng dati na hinahaluan ng feeds ang lamaw na ipapakain nila sa kanilang mga alagang baboy para makatipid na nagmamahalang feeds, kaya lang dahil sa gusto na kaagad kumita ng nag-aalaga at sa impluwensya ng mga dayuhan na mas maganda na magkaroon tayo ng lahi ng baboy na galing sa ibang bansa dahil mas malalaki ito at kapag malaki ay mas mabigat kaya mas malaki din ang kita. Bakit po ba mas sakitin ang mga puting lahi ng baboy kaysa sa native na sariling atin? Kung mas masarap at mas mura pala ang native, dapat pala na paramihin natin ang mga ito dahil alam natin na mas tatangkilikin ito ng ating kapwa pilipino. I'm proud to be a Filipino