How to choose a pig? About external signs of a healthy pig you learn from this publication.
In a Year of a pig (wild boar) about a pig
In a Year of a pig (wild boar) about a pig
2007 on east calendar is considered Year of a wild boar. Just there is an occasion to tell about cultivation of pigs, both in the conditions of a priusadebny economy, and on more large-scale farm.
Pigs possess many unique properties: they mnogoplodny, are capable privodit till 8-10 pigs, and even more than 15. They have a high biological precocity – females are ready to reproduction at the age of 8-9 months at live weight of 110-120 kg. Pigs differ high economic precocity – in 8-10 months can already reach weight of live weight of 100-120 kg. In comparison with other animals of a pig pay forages production gain much better. So, at fatten on 1 kg of a gain of live weight of pigs only 4-4,5 kg of fodder units, and cattle – 9-10 kg and more are spent.
At pigs the highest lethal exit of production. Valuable property of pigs is pantophagy. At their contents it is possible to use more completely a waste of a priusadebny economy, the food remains of kitchens and even vypasat them. And, at last, pigs as any other animal, give a unique product – fat and high-calorific meat. Fat long since is a natsioyonalny product of Ukrainians.
First of all we will consider purchase time. Rasyochet such: having bought a cub from spring oporosa sows, you will grow up it and otkarmlivat during the warm period of year, by autumn the zhiyovotny will already gain necessary weight. For production poluyocheniye you can use deyoshevy vegetative forages and lungs a pomeshcheyoniya. It is enough to construct only a small sayoraychik in the size of 3×3 m with a board flooring and a warm dry bed.
The stern (grain, potatoes, root crops) was possible to you to reserve and to construct the warmed svinaryonik, take a pig who was born in the summer – in an early autumn.
Where to buy a pig? To Luchyosh of all to get it somewhere nearby. To deliver animals from far away risky: at first they will get used to new conditions, it is bad grow, at them stability to zabolevayoniya can decrease. "Local" kid after all predpochtiyotelny.
As a rule, in each "family" 8-10 bratev and sisters 30 – 40-day age. Priglyadites to them. At once hryachka which are usually larger than pigs are appreciable. Some consider, as they will quicker grow the sisters, poyoety for otkorma prefer to take hryachok. They, however, should be castrated.
Now we will remember the phrase: tail hook, nose patch: Such living creatures to us and nuzhna. If the tail hangs, as a lash moreover under it is wet and is dirty, the patch wet, and the animal buries in a laying, hoarsely coughs, to take it it is impossible – with health obviously badly. On the contrary, the tail bent by a hook, mobility, shine in eyes, smooth, slightly pink (at pigs of white color) skin, a thin, brilliant bristle – indicators of health zhiyovotny. It is still quite good to look, as porosyata eat. The one who quickly rushes to a bowl, suffices all that there it is necessary, pushing aside the colleagues, most likely, will be fattened very well. Here it also is necessary to us. Prismotrimsya to it is more attentive.
The pig should have an equal trunk, without a provislost in a waist, a wide back and a breast, the high, direct, widely put legs, without a sblizhennost in joints, easy, with slightly concave profile the head. Not stremites to take an animal with too roundish tuloyovishchy, it is better, if it slightly angular, but long, wide and deep.
The bite can be checked, having subjected to a poroyosenka painless, but procedure unpleasant for it. Take the kid for a back leg, lift, intercept under breasts left ruyoky, press to itself and it is sideways careful razdvinte lips. If the top and bottom jaws coincide – everything is all right, it is normal.
Well, at last, the pig is chosen. Simpatichyony, mobile, such what is necessary. Before putting it in a basket and to bear doyomy, take an interest at the former owner, than fed the kid in recent days, how many once a day gave a forage. Following, at least the first vremya, to already got schedule, you will help an animal to get used to new conditions zhizni. It is important to learn also, whether the hozyayyostvo of the seller on infectious diseases is safe and whether were made to inoculation young growth against plague and an ugly face – the most dangerous diseases of pigs. Vaccination helps to avoid many troubles.
And one more council. If there is a possibility, buy at once two pigs. Together more cheerfully. At the joint contents they will better raise and develop.
(On Hozyain newspaper materials).