Title: Raising Piglets - Off to a Successful Start - Countryside
Headings: Raising Piglets – Off to a Successful Start
Raising Piglets – Off to a Successful Start
Are You and Your Sow Ready for Farrowing Pigs?
When to Intervene While Raising Piglets
What About a Runt Piglet?
What to do the First Day
Heat Lamps and Chilling
Behavior

Content: If you are going to castrate, do it as soon as possible. The young piglets will do better if it is carried out early and quickly. Iron Injections – The sow’s milk is the perfect food for the piglets but it is not a complete diet. The milk lacks iron and often piglets will become anemic. Giving a 1 cc injection of iron on day one and another at two weeks of age will prevent anemia in most cases. Antibiotics – As a preventative, many farmers will give a small amount of antibiotics by injection soon after birth. Doing this can stop any navel infections or infected wounds in the piglets. If you are planning on raising piglets without pharmaceuticals, do some research on natural herbs and herbal sprays that are safe for use with piglets. Heat Lamps and Chilling
Piglets are largely hairless and susceptible to chilling. Using floor warming pads or heat lamps can help with this.