Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
haha Ok. I was just wondering. I always forget to put a subject in so sometimes I think I sent it but didn't.secuono said:
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drdoolittle
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First off, your little girl should ALREADY have a separate pen from the boys--amale pot belly pig can breed at 8 weeks old! You do NOT want her to get pregnant at too young an age----you'll just end up with more problems than you want.
Here's what I do with my PBPs. I put the male and female together in one pen when I want them to breed----only ONE male (like someone else said, if 2 intact males are together and there is a female around, they wil fight viciously and probably to the death).
The pregnant female pigs get 2 cups of feed 2x a day until about half-way through the pregnancy-----then I start giving them 4 cups 2x a day.
When it's getting close to time for the babies tp be born, I separate the pigs----each female has her own pen---Pots are the most agressive of domestic pigs (second only to the wild boar) and the moms are VERY protective (you just don't know if one momma will eat another momma's babies).
Once the piglets come, I feed the momma her regular 2 cup per feeding ration plus 1 cup of feed PER piglet----so if she had 6 piglets, she would get 8 cups of feed 2x a day; 5 piglets would be 7 cups of feed; etc. I leave the piglet with momma pig NO LONGER than 8 weeks----a male PBP can breed at 8 weeks old! The only way all piglets can stay with mom is if all males are castrated---which I always have done around a week old. My babies are usually eating on their own at 5 weeks.
I feed my pigs 2 cups of feed 2x a day----they need 2 feedings a day, not one. I give the same amount to them whether they are getting mini-pig feed or regular farm hog feed (which is what I feed the ones going to the butcher).
I would NOT try to re-introduce a piglet after you've taken it away. I had a piglet separate from it's mom for only one week and when I tried to put it back with her and it's siblings, the mom tried to kill it----she didn't even recognize it.
My pigs are always in "stationary pens"---these are really nice-size pens actually big enough for a full-size pig. They have individual houses, food and water dishes and wading pools. I try to keep them with at least one other pig over the winter so they can keep each other warm, and the houses are stuffed with bedding and surrounded with bales of straw. Feeding 2x a day is very important in the wintertime and also making sure they have water availble----have to break the ice and refill the water 2x a day.
Here's what I do with my PBPs. I put the male and female together in one pen when I want them to breed----only ONE male (like someone else said, if 2 intact males are together and there is a female around, they wil fight viciously and probably to the death).
The pregnant female pigs get 2 cups of feed 2x a day until about half-way through the pregnancy-----then I start giving them 4 cups 2x a day.
When it's getting close to time for the babies tp be born, I separate the pigs----each female has her own pen---Pots are the most agressive of domestic pigs (second only to the wild boar) and the moms are VERY protective (you just don't know if one momma will eat another momma's babies).
Once the piglets come, I feed the momma her regular 2 cup per feeding ration plus 1 cup of feed PER piglet----so if she had 6 piglets, she would get 8 cups of feed 2x a day; 5 piglets would be 7 cups of feed; etc. I leave the piglet with momma pig NO LONGER than 8 weeks----a male PBP can breed at 8 weeks old! The only way all piglets can stay with mom is if all males are castrated---which I always have done around a week old. My babies are usually eating on their own at 5 weeks.
I feed my pigs 2 cups of feed 2x a day----they need 2 feedings a day, not one. I give the same amount to them whether they are getting mini-pig feed or regular farm hog feed (which is what I feed the ones going to the butcher).
I would NOT try to re-introduce a piglet after you've taken it away. I had a piglet separate from it's mom for only one week and when I tried to put it back with her and it's siblings, the mom tried to kill it----she didn't even recognize it.
My pigs are always in "stationary pens"---these are really nice-size pens actually big enough for a full-size pig. They have individual houses, food and water dishes and wading pools. I try to keep them with at least one other pig over the winter so they can keep each other warm, and the houses are stuffed with bedding and surrounded with bales of straw. Feeding 2x a day is very important in the wintertime and also making sure they have water availble----have to break the ice and refill the water 2x a day.
