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gregotyn
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Milling grains at home is a good idea for pigs as they like wheat and barley ground up in a mill, the reason is that they like their corn in a state that the body can deal with better than whole grain. for sheep and cattle then rolled barley is also a good way of feeding corn. Most livestock don't take full advantage of grains if fed whole as the feedstuff has passed through the body system too quickly to be dealt with efficiently.
I would not be feeding oats to pigs as their digestive systems are not so efficient at dealing with that particular grain and their nutrients are so much lower than wheat and barley. The thinking behind the feeding of wheat, changed as I was growing up from barley only to wheat/barley mixed, wheat being thought of as too potent to feed pigs, but not true. Oats are generally fed to ruminants in a rolled form.
Most of the barley fed to pigs is as ground barley, but is often fed to cattle and sheep as rolled barley, or ground, or in pellet form. However, if you do this you will also have to feed some protein to pigs, to balance out the low protein content of the wheat and barley,. I would suggest that you do your ground barley and wheat at home , but consult your local feed supplier for a feed supplement to supply the proteins, vits. and mins.- as there are rules governing you, as a home mixer, to holding 'straight feeds' on your premises. Worth asking someone about this-the rules will be somewhere hidden in the DEFRA web site! Best of luck there. But for efficiency of food conversion into meat you should only feed ground corn, (wheat and barley) to pigs, and you should see a marked improvement in your bank balance too!I hope this helps! |
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gregotyn
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That is the important part that you don't feed grains without milling them first! I know what you mean about Wynnstay, I live about 6 miles from their HQ!
There is another mode of attack, contact your local agricultural college, who will have a nutritionalist for pigs or if not will point you towards one, who will "know" what you need to start with and probably know where to get it; ask the council chap who he has on his 'books' who stocks straights and he may ask if you can approach some with whom you may do business, obviously he cannot recommend anyone! When I worked on a pig unit in Shropshire we bought in the concentrate to add to our own milled barley, we used no wheat, but it was being introduced about that time in small quantities, up to 10% and being higher in nutrients was a good feed but as you realise not to be overdone! There are pig feed buying groups scattered about and it may be worth your while asking around. I knew of one in S Cheshire I will ask them as they din't confine their members to be in a designated area, I will ask if they are still going! I would go to a college first to get a ration sorted first and then press on from there. |
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