Managing a hog farm is a tough business, and the hog farmer must pay close attention to many aspects of farming in order to keep animals healthy, avoid common hog issues and to maximize profits. Here are just a few of the issues with which many hog farmers must contend and a few helpful solutions.
Sows are typically docile animals particularly when they are put out into the wild and have only each other to be with. However the case is not the same when there are many of them raised in large hog farms where you will sometimes see them become aggressive especially come feeding time, especially if the animals are not familiar with each other. And so from this we can draw a general thought - that sows become aggressive when they feel that they might have to compete for food with other animals with which they don't know well.
One way to help deal with the problem of aggressiveness is to group sows together that have been housed together previously during another stage of development. If you do add new sows to the group, be sure to include an amount of at least 10% or more of the total population. If you are just adding a few unfamiliar sows to the populous, these animals can become quick targets from the larger population. Also, it has been found that sows can be placed together based on their behavioral traits, such as mixed active and confident sows with sows that are a bit passive.
Clean water is an important issue for any livestock farmer, but it's not always easy to keep stock tanks as clean and fresh as possible. Obviously, it wouldn't be feasible to wash out stock tanks every single day, but you can use a natural product such as the Healthy Ponds Stock Tank Cleaner to keep the water fresh. This product is veterinarian-approved and uses natural bacteria to eat away at the organic solids that often pollute stock tank water. You simply add the dispenser, which contains a biodegradable bacteria pack, and place it into a clean stock tank. It then keeps the water fresh for up to 30 days, and then you simply remove the dispenser and refill it with a new pack.
Of course, there are also often issues with the storage and treatment of animal waste on your farm. Basically, you want the waste to be liquefied, but your waste pit or lagoon might have a sludge layer on the bottom or perhaps crusting at the surface. These are caused by an accumulation of waste solids and treating these solids with a natural product that uses bacterial microbes rather than chemicals is a great way to solve these issues as well as preventing them in the future.
A good suggestion would be to use an agricultural waste solution such as Activator Plus - one that you can use to fight against crusting and sludge. Once you use it, solids will then be broken up and turn to liquid. Once the crust has liquefied, you can satisfy normal maintenance needs for waste lagoons and pits, by using Agra Sphere. Now this is one agricultural waste product that is biodegradable and bacteria-based where it works in a way that by simply tossing it into your waste system it then begins to release bacteria able to fight away sludge build-up, foaming and crusting, as well as able to reduce odor and disease-carrying flies which are harmful to the hogs.
Sows are typically docile animals particularly when they are put out into the wild and have only each other to be with. However the case is not the same when there are many of them raised in large hog farms where you will sometimes see them become aggressive especially come feeding time, especially if the animals are not familiar with each other. And so from this we can draw a general thought - that sows become aggressive when they feel that they might have to compete for food with other animals with which they don't know well.
One way to help deal with the problem of aggressiveness is to group sows together that have been housed together previously during another stage of development. If you do add new sows to the group, be sure to include an amount of at least 10% or more of the total population. If you are just adding a few unfamiliar sows to the populous, these animals can become quick targets from the larger population. Also, it has been found that sows can be placed together based on their behavioral traits, such as mixed active and confident sows with sows that are a bit passive.
Clean water is an important issue for any livestock farmer, but it's not always easy to keep stock tanks as clean and fresh as possible. Obviously, it wouldn't be feasible to wash out stock tanks every single day, but you can use a natural product such as the Healthy Ponds Stock Tank Cleaner to keep the water fresh. This product is veterinarian-approved and uses natural bacteria to eat away at the organic solids that often pollute stock tank water. You simply add the dispenser, which contains a biodegradable bacteria pack, and place it into a clean stock tank. It then keeps the water fresh for up to 30 days, and then you simply remove the dispenser and refill it with a new pack.
Of course, there are also often issues with the storage and treatment of animal waste on your farm. Basically, you want the waste to be liquefied, but your waste pit or lagoon might have a sludge layer on the bottom or perhaps crusting at the surface. These are caused by an accumulation of waste solids and treating these solids with a natural product that uses bacterial microbes rather than chemicals is a great way to solve these issues as well as preventing them in the future.
A good suggestion would be to use an agricultural waste solution such as Activator Plus - one that you can use to fight against crusting and sludge. Once you use it, solids will then be broken up and turn to liquid. Once the crust has liquefied, you can satisfy normal maintenance needs for waste lagoons and pits, by using Agra Sphere. Now this is one agricultural waste product that is biodegradable and bacteria-based where it works in a way that by simply tossing it into your waste system it then begins to release bacteria able to fight away sludge build-up, foaming and crusting, as well as able to reduce odor and disease-carrying flies which are harmful to the hogs.
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