FEEDING MANAGEMENT

Piggery If the milk supply of the sow is in adequate to feed her piglets, supplement her with a good creep ration. Use a milk replacer. Choose many available brands. Begin feeding a commercial good pre-starter ration when the pigs are about one week of age. The ration of a pigs should be changed at different stages of growth but the shift of one ration to another should be done gradually in order not to upset the normal feeding behavior of the pigs. Always allow a transition period of atleast one week before making changes. A starter ration is given to pigsfrom weaning until two months of age and weighing about 10 to 25 kilograms. The grower ration is next given to pigs when they are 30-35 kgs. Or two months old until they are about 15-20 weeks old. When pigs reach 60kg or about 20 weeks old, a finisher ration is given. In formulating a simplified ration, keep in mind that it should always contain sufficient energy, protin as well as adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals. Cassava, camote,corn, and corn by-poducts and discards from slaughterhouses, which are abundant in some parts of the country maybe used provided they are properly cooked and dried. Dry feeding is practiced in commercial operations for reasons of economy in labor and in feeding equipment. Wet feeding is mostly practiced by backyard producers. Provide clean drinking water at all times.

TABLE 1 Sample 1 Daily Feed Requirement for 10 piglets from 7kg to 10kg. FEED INGREDIENTS Yellow corn Rice bran Copra meal Fish meal Soybean oil meal Skimmed milk Ipil-ipil leaf meal Brown sugar Vitamins-mneral AMOUNT 0.9kg or 900g 0.1kg or 100g 0.1kg or 100g 0.1kg or 100g 0.5kg or 100g 0.1kg or 100g 0.1kg or 100g 0.1kg or 100g 0.1kg or 100g

TOTAL

2.1 kg

TABLE 2 Sample 2- Daily Feed Allowance for 5 pigs weighing 10kg up to 30kg or 21/2 to 3 months old.

FEED INGREDIENTS Yellow corn Rice bran Copra meal Fish meal Soybean oil meal Skimmed milk Ipil-ipil leaf meal Brown sugar Oyster shell powder Salt Vitamins-mineral

AMOUNT 3.0kg 1.2kg 0.7kg 0.3kg 0.9kg 0.1kg 0.2kg 0.1kg 1.9g 9.0g 30.0g

TOTAL

8.44kg

TABLE 3 Sample 3 Daily Feed Allowance for 5 pigs weighing 25kg up to 65kg or 2.5 to 3 months up to 5 to 6 months old. FEED INGREDIENTS Yellow corn Rice bran Copra meal Fish meal Soybean oil meal Ipil-ipil leaf meal Oyster shell powder Salt Vitamins-mineral AMOUNT 3.6kg 0.4kg 20.0kg 0.2kg 0.4kg 0.6kg 28.0g 40.0g 47.0g

TOTAL

9.6kg

TABLE 4 Sample 4 - Daily Feed Allowance for 5 pigs weighing 60 to 65kg to market weight of 90 to 100kg. FEED INGREDIENTS Yellow corn Corn cobs Rice bran Copra meal Fish meal Ipil-ipil leaf meal Oyster shell powder Salt AMOUNT 4.6kg 1.1kg 3.6kg 3.0kg 0.2kg 0.7kg 60.0g 60.0g

TOTAL

13.3kg

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Poultry BROILER/MEAT TYPE Broiler commercial rations are fed to the birds during the first 5 weeks and from then on are replaced by the broiler-finisher ration. All purpose of straight broiler ration is fed from the start to the marketing age of eight weeks. Commercial broiler feeds contain additives considered to be growth promoting substances. Feed additives make the production of broiler profitable and help broiler farmers control diseases. Purchase feeds from feed dealers nearest your place.