Pig: Reliable Equipment for Housing, Feeding and Rearing

Pig: Everything for Fattening, Breeding and Rearing

Whether you run a finishing unit, keep breeding sows or have a few pigs alongside another job, feeding, equipment and animal health all work together in the pig house. Here you will find the kit for the whole run of the unit, from the ration through drinker and trough to identification. Everything is built for the punishment a pig house hands out and holds up when animals chew and rub against it.

Feeding, drinkers and house fittings

On the feed side, finishing feed, piglet starter, supplementary feed and mini pig feed cover every age group and every system, conventional as well as organic. For the water supply there are bite nipples, trough nipples and stainless steel drinking bowls, plus heated trough drinkers that keep running in frost. Enrichment material such as bite balls, bite rollers and hessian sacks is part of the basic fit-out today, because it heads off tail biting and keeps the group calmer. A stainless steel rubbing wall rounds the pen out sensibly.

Animal health, rearing and handling

Around farrowing, warmth and hygiene are what count. Heat lamps and radiant heaters hold the creep area at temperature, while piglet feeding bowls and piglet drinkers get creep feed and water to the small stock early. For herd health you will find tooth grinders, disinfection mats, sprays, dosing syringes and thermometers, along with equipment for artificial insemination. For identification you work with ear tags, applicators and marking sprays, and when moving or loading pigs, sorting paddles, pig boards and rattles help you steer the animals calmly in the direction you want.

Frequently asked questions

Which feed do pigs need at which stage?
After weaning, piglets start on a finely ground starter, followed by rearing and finishing feeds with a falling protein content. Mini pigs need a separate, lower energy mix. Protein sources such as soya cake round out a ration you mix yourself.

How do I prevent tail biting?
Offer organic, changeable enrichment material such as hessian sacks, bite rollers or bite balls, and swap it regularly. Add to that enough feeding and drinking places, a draught free house climate and a stocking density that lets animals get out of each other's way.

What belongs in the farrowing house?
A warm, draught free creep area with a heat lamp or radiant heater, a shallow piglet bowl for the first creep feed and a drinker at piglet height. Add birthing aids and disinfectant for a clean start.