Thanks for the info doc!  I sent you an email!  thanks again!  and more power!

Oh I see!  So four months by the time I took in the piglets?  So it does not mean, from birth?  And if the allocated Feeds ubos na, extend ko lang ang finisher?  Am I right on this?

We went to ask our source before, by that time (late October)  around 60 days na daw.

Good Day Doc Nemo!

Do you happen to know how old (in days) ang baboy will reach its potential wt of 85 kilos, given I am using ad libitum feeding?   I tried your procedure (for 10 pigs)  5 sacks pre starter, 10 starter, 20 grower, and right now, they're on the 6th sack of finsher, pero the last we weighted the hogs, they fall between 62 - 65 kilos lang.   

Thou maraming gray areas sa 1st cycle namin, kasi hindi namin alam ang exact age of the piglets when we bought them, (multiple sources kasi) and hindi din namin na weight.  But just the same, you happen to know any factor why the result?  I was thinking baka medyo short sa age ang pigs by this time, but they have consumed the allocated feeds nila.

By the way,  FCR nila on the average is 1.85 (if I computed it right), and Im using Vitarich Feeds. 

LW prices sa Bacolod, Negros occidental,  anybody knows?  Sana po bha pwede e check ito?

pwede din po ka hingi?  Thanks po!  ricbits@yahoo.com email ko.

Thanks doc nemo,  we'll do as you told!

Good Day Doc Nemo,

By next week, we'll be purchasing our piglets for the little piggery.  Unfortunately, medyo malayo po ang source namin.  It  will take almost 3 hours travel, where an hour of which is a trip up a rough road reaching our site.

Doc, im afraid baka ma stress masyado ang piglets sa travel time and the travel itself.  You know of a way how we can minimize stress sa piglets when they are transported?  Will it help to give them vitamins after? or before they are transported?  When stressed po ang piglets, anong effect nito sa growth nila? 

Hope to hear your advice on this doc!  Thanks

Thanks doc, hope i get the same results!

Doc Nemo, I read somewhere sa post mo didto that you prefer basing your feeding by sacks bases,  patanong lang po,  sa experience nyo po,  feeding the pigs with the following :

1/2 sck  Prestarter
1 sck Starter
2 scks Grower
1/2 sck Finisher (or more)

Up to how many months sila mabenta, and kilos wise, how heavy do they turn out?   Iam about to start my piggery and just wanted to know.  Thanks po!

Tanong lang doc nemo,  pano ang manure nila, halo-halo lang sa rice hulls?  di po ba maging cause ng health problem sa mga pigs ito?  Can you clear me on this?  Thanks!

I think mas maganda na concrete siya para maging sturdy ang pader mo...

Kung lupa kasi baka may tendency na mabitag ang pader mo kung sumisipsip ng dumi at ihi ang lupa, unless siguro na malalim ang pader mo.

Doc pahingi din po nito!  I need all the references and help I can get.   We're about to start constructing the pen by saturday, and wish to start operation by 10-10-10!  I hope my new venture will work out!  Wish me luck!

sir,

   pede po pki bigyan nyo din ako ng manual kung paano mag alaga ng biik hangang sa ma ibenta ito salamat po.

Good Day Doc Nemo,

Pahingi din po!  pls send sa ricbits@yahoo.com.  Thanks

Good am po!  Anybody who knows a supplier of the AUTOMATIC FEEDERS like the one in the gallery?  (WGF Feeder, the green one).  Wala kasi dito sa Negros eh,  wanted to buy one sana.  If you  have their contact numbers, much appreciated!  Thanks po!

Good Day doc, pwede pahingi din not copy nito?  Thanks!

ricbits@yahoo.com

Good day Doc,  I came across this topic.  I am considering ad libitum feeding, but dont know how much to feed my pigs on their lifetime before i sell them.

For a herd of 6 pigs for example, ilang sacks of prestarter ang e allocate ko, the same with starter, grower and finisher.  Can you help.  thanks

If you want ad libitum feeding you need to have an automatic feeder.

You don't need to weigh the feeds every feeding, pwede nilang tantyahin na lang. or sometimes some farm use a scoop that is one kilo in capacity.  so, every feeding binibilang lang nila yun scoop na nilalagay nila sa feeding trough.

Shifting of feeds needs proper monitoring kung ilan na kinakain ng baboy. In automatic feeder na bibilang nila yun dami ng feeds na nilalagay nila kasi 1 sack ng 1 sack ang capacity ng feeder.

IF they don't have automatic feeder it is either chat down yung every consumption ng kanilang animal per day or they can allocate per sack per pen system.

If meron naman magkakaedad sa mga pen pwede nila pagisahin na lang ang bilang ng kinakain nito. SO, if you have example 2 pens with 10 pigs, it will eat around 1 sack of starter per pig, all in all you need 20 sacks. Kapag naubos mo na yun 20 sack sa 2 pen shift ka na sa grower.


So, if mag aalocate sila per sack per pen you will need to open 10 sacks of feeds and designated siya na ipapakain sa isang pen lang.

I hope you get the idea.