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What is the best age to buy pig to fatten?

  • 29-03-2012 11:23am
    #1
    Gilally
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭


    We want to buy a couple of pigs and are having trouble locating any to buy in our region. But just wondering what age piglet should we be looking for?


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  • #2
    cloudroost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭cloudroost


    I typically buy at around 8 weeks old. Make sure they are weaned and eating meal - Find out what type of meal they are eating and get some of it to start off with.


  • #3
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Weaners seem scarse at the moment. We got ours at 10 weeks last year and they did great, killed at 28 weeks at ~75kg each.


  • #4
    Gilally
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭Gilally


    That is the thing we cant seem to find any! We are in Leitrim/Sligo Donegal market and I have searched donedeal, farmers journal and nada.

    Anyone else know of anywhere I could look?


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