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Saturday

PIG FARMING : REQUIRES LESS OF YOUR TIME AND MANAGEMENT

PIG FARMING : REQUIRES LESS OF YOUR TIME AND MANAGEMENT

Pig Farming Guide - Easy Tips For You to Start this lucrative business If you are still undecided. 

A herd of pigs awaiting for vaccination by a veternerian
Pig farming Guide - Easy Tips For You to Start This Lucrative Business If You You are interested in getting your hands on a pig farming guide because you intend to start a small piggery at one of your investment. As much as you want to start a business, you know that you still cannot commit to this, so instead, you are settling on the idea of raising pigs for food or for commercial purposes. Whatever the aim is, you must still know the facts and certain rules that can get you on a pig farming guide.

It is important that you take notes of all good points that were raised on the pig farming tips or guide that you have read in this site earlier. This way, you won't forget anything as you pursue the pig farming venture. Even though, you must still prioritize the health of the pigs. You wouldn't dare eat meat that is infected with diseases that could have been prevented if you have only been religious to your pig farming tips/guide and put all tips in practice.
Grower pigs in their pens after feeding


To begin with, you will need a durable pen(s) where you will build the shelter for your pigs. You will also need water trough and feeder. Enough stack of hay must always be made available and handy to be laid out on the pen to serve as bedding for the animals. When you have completed the other equipment, you can buy the piglets, depending on how many can you handle and grow given the limited time that you can allot for the venture.

The pen can be made from hog panels or hog wire. Before you begin constructing it, make sure that you have consulted with the right agencies at your area to confirm that this kind of venture is permitted on your location. The shelter must be covered and well ventilated.
You can get the piglets from a markets or you can also approach local farmers and ask if they have the good pig stock. When everything is set up and ready, you have to feed the piglets accordingly and give them constant supply of fresh water.
It may be hard at times, but if you are really intent about the matter, you will even learn more about it that can convince you to take this a notch higher and turn this hobby into a full time business.

Contact Ekwu Farms and Agribusiness now for management counselling on Fish Farming, Poultry Farming, Piggery Farming, Ruminants Production, Cattle Farming, Sheep Farming and Goat Farming,Ginea Pig farming, Rabbit Farming, Snail Farming, Bee Keeping (Apiculture), Mushroom Production, Vegetable Crop Farming,Feed Milling and Cash and Food Crop Farming, Processing and Marketing. 

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Thursday

PIG BREEDS REARED IN NIGERIA

PIG BREEDS REARED IN NIGERIA

In Nigeria Pig rearing/ Farming and Piggery industry are still in the low ebb, hence more effort is needed to create awareness on pig, as pig meat pork is a good source of animal protein. The breeds of pigs mostly reared in Nigeria are the Large White, Landrace, the Duroc and the various crosses of the above named pig breeds. Pigs utilises waste by-products from crops or industrial processing. They are efficient converter of waste by-products of crops or industrial processing into meat pork. Pigs does not utilise fibre or roughages since they do not have cellulase, which is an enzyme secreted by micro-organisms in the intestine that help in the digestion of cellulose, ligins and fibres unlike ruminants animals. Pigs are cheaper to maintain as it can feed on a variety of materials hence its economic importance to food security.

Wednesday

Pig Farming in Nigeria

Pig Farming in Nigeria

Pig farming is an untapped area in livestock in Nigeria, as most farmers focus on poultry industry. Some socio-cultural factors as well as religious belief militates against commercial pig production especially northern Nigeria wish are predorminantly muslim inhibited region. Pigs are fast animals,the sow can farrow twice a year with a gestation period of 114 days.A sow can farrow between 8 - 12 piglets in one birth depending on the breed, nutrition and the system of management adopted in rearing the pigs. Good care should be given to newly born piglets to ensure their survival, they should be provided with a source heat to keep the pig pen warm as piglets usually feel chilled due to cold. They should provided with creep feed which is high in protein content. Piglet should be given iron injection or supplement to avoid anaemia. Piglets are weaned as from 8 weeks of age. Weaned grower pigs should well fed. A (gilt) young female pig can be used to breed as it attain 8 months of life. It should be mated as soon as estrous is observed. A boar is taken to gilt/sow pen for mating. Fish Farming, Poultry Farming, Piggery Farming, Ruminants Production, Cattle Farming, Sheep Pig Farming and Goat Farming,Ginea Pig farming, Rabbit Farming, Snail Farming, Bee Keeping (Apiculture), Mushroom Production, Vegetable Crop Farming, Cash and Food Crop Farming and Marketing.