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17/06/2025

Why You Must Move Your Gilt/Sow to the Farrowing Crate on Time:

1. Prevent Piglet Crushing
The crate restricts the sow’s movement, reducing the chance of her lying on and killing newborn piglets.

2. Better Hygiene
Farrowing crates are easier to clean and disinfect, reducing the risk of infection to piglets and the sow.

3. Close Monitoring
You can easily observe signs of labour and assist when necessary. This helps you respond quickly to complications.

4. Controlled Temperature
Allows you to manage heat lamps and keep piglets warm while preventing the sow from overheating.

5. Stress Management
Moving her 5–7 days before farrowing helps her adapt and reduces stress during labour.

6. Feed and Water Access
The crate makes it easier to monitor feed intake and water consumption before and after farrowing.

7. Better Record Keeping
Farrowing in a designated space helps you document birth time, piglet count, and other details accurately.

8. Improved Piglet Access to Teats
Piglets find and latch onto teats more easily in a crate setup, improving early colostrum intake.

9. Ease of Handling
Gives you space to administer treatments or assist piglets without interference from the sow.

Quick Tips:

– Move the sow to the crate at least 5–7 days before expected farrowing.
– Disinfect the crate thoroughly before entry.
– Keep the crate dry, well-ventilated, and quiet.
– Provide soft bedding or mats for comfort.
– Place heat sources where piglets can access but away from the sow.

15/06/2025

Why I Dock Tails and Give Iron on Day 3 — And Why You Should Too

Every farmer has their routine.
Mine starts before the piglets even stand strong.
Day 3 is not a resting day, it’s a decision day.
One that affects everything from growth to survival.

So what do I do?

1. I give iron injections, because every piglet is born with low iron stores. Without it, they become pale, weak, and stunted. I don’t wait for signs of anemia to act. I prevent it.

2. I dock tails and yes, I know this part stirs up opinions.
But I’ve seen what tail biting can do, wounds, stress, infection, and even de@th. It starts with one piglet chewing, and before you know it, the pen is a mess.

Tail docking is not cruelty when done right and early.
It’s a management decision and on commercial farms where pigs are raised in groups, it makes all the difference.

Here’s what most people miss:

You don’t manage pigs by emotion.
You manage them by understanding their nature and preventing problems before they start.

🛑 I don’t wait for blo0d in the pen to take action.
I act early, and my piglets thank me with faster growth and fewer setbacks.

📽 I’ll be dropping a short video shortly to show exactly how I do it, straight from my pen. If you’re serious about improving your herd, don’t miss it.

Got questions? Drop them below.
Seen tail biting in your farm before? Let’s talk about it in the comments.

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12/06/2025

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER: WHY ONE MISTAKE CAN COST YOU EVERYTHING

In pig farming, some diseases give you a second chance. African Swine Fever isn’t one of them.

It doesn’t spread to humans, but it doesn’t need to. It goes straight for your pigs, fast, silent, and deadly. No vaccine. No treatment. And when it hits, you don’t lose one pig, you lose the whole pen. Sometimes the entire farm.

What makes it worse? Most farmers don’t know when it’s coming. One visit from another farm. One careless shoe. One piece of meat in the pig’s feed. That’s all it takes.

ASF doesn’t give you a warning. Sometimes, the only sign you get is pigs dropping dead, one after another. No time to react.

If you want to stay in this business, biosecurity is not optional. No outsider enters your pen without proper disinfection. No sharing of equipment with other farms. No feeding kitchen waste. And if you're introducing new pigs, quarantine is a must. Don’t bring in trouble with your own hands.

We’ve seen farms that collapsed in 72 hours because they thought “it won’t happen here.”

Protect your pigs like your entire future depends on them, because it does.

If you’ve experienced ASF or you’re tightening your biosecurity after reading this, drop a comment below. Let’s make sure the next farmer doesn’t learn the hard way.

And if you’re serious about running a profitable livestock business in today’s world, follow this page. I don’t post noise. I post what works.

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