Piglets don't eat ingredients? What should be paid attention to in the early feeding and food inducement?

Early feeding is a key step to improve the weaning weight of suckling pigs, which can not be ignored in the process of raising pigs. However, at the beginning of feeding piglets, many inexperienced breeders often encounter the problem that piglets do not eat open feed, which makes many breeders have a headache and do not know how to feed them. Here are some ways to feed piglets.

1. The time to start replenishing

The teaching time is usually carried out 7 days after the birth of suckling pigs.

2. Replenishment equipment

With a round piglet trough, it can be made of cast iron, plastic and rubber.

3. Feeding methods and steps

The main results are as follows: 1) before the sow is quickly milked, put the material trough with the opening material into the trough and take it out when the sow begins to lactation, so that the feeding speed is fast, and it can reduce waste and save cost.

2) taking advantage of the curious and inquisitive behavior of the pig, the piglet will go near the trough to find out. If the trough is far away from the piglet or does not attract the piglet's attention, the breeder will put the piglet to the side of the trough, and the piglet will usually go to the trough to gnaw and occasionally eat the feed into its mouth.

3) the method of inducing piglets to eat.

① takes advantage of the sweet taste of piglets to cut the sweet fruit into small pieces and mix the opening material together to induce food.

② pastes the opening material and spreads it on the sow's nipple so that the piglets can eat it when they are suckling. It can also be fed in a paste according to the proportion of water at 2:1.

③ put a few washed pebbles in the piglet's feeding trough. Because the piglet has exploratory behavior and is interested in foreign bodies, it will arch the pebbles and eat feed unwittingly.

④ hangs a special color plastic bottle above the feeding trough. The piglet will smell the feed when the bottle is arched, resulting in a desire to eat.

⑤ is the best method available to put material into the pig's mouth. The way to wipe the material is when the pig is sleeping, the breeder gently approaches the pig, breaks the pig's mouth in one hand, and dips the paste feed into the pig's mouth with the other hand.

4. Points for attention

1) do not care after the trough is put in. If it is placed for too long, the piglet will lose interest in the trough, arch the material out of the trough and cause waste, and over time the piglet will be excreted on the trough.

2) step by step. Need to be clear is to teach piglets to eat food, not just let piglets eat food, so a few days ago to let piglets smell on it, generally 10 days to eat food, so from less to more, gradually increase the amount.

3) feed less frequently. Supplement piglets, sprinkle every 2-3 hours, 4-5 times a day. After the piglets adapt to the open feed, let the piglets eat freely, add enough feed regularly, and remove the remaining feed in time each time.

4) the mouth of the bag should be fastened in time after the feed is opened. The shelf life is generally 45-60 days to prevent deterioration due to moisture absorption. Maintain material trough and environmental hygiene to prevent feed contamination. Pay attention to keep the piglets warm.