Title: 6 Essentials For Piglet Care - Hobby Farms
Headings: 6 Essentials For Piglet Care
6 Essentials For Piglet Care
Provide warmth, bedding and milk for your newborn pigs, and you’re on your way to a healthful hog operation.
1. Provide Warmth
2. Pile Up Bedding
3. Feed Properly
4. Address Rooting Behavior
5. Control Parasites
6. Prevent Anemia
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Content: Control Parasites
Our pigs live outdoors and are moved to new land on a regular basis, so parasites aren’t typically a problem for us. However, if your pig will be in one spot for long periods of time, you should consider administering a dewormer. Consult a vet for advice. 6. Prevent Anemia
Some vets recommend iron shots to prevent anemia in piglets, but these can result in diarrhea and other side effects. Some farmers choose to forgo the shot, instead putting some dirt in the piglets pen to allow them to root around and obtain iron from the dirt. Goat’s milk has the most highly available iron uptake of animal milks; however, it’s still not adequate, so we use the dirt method on our farm. Other practices common in large-scale pig operations include docking tails, clipping needle teeth and castrating boars. These are areas you might want to research further to see if they make sense for your farm.