


The weaned piglet


Gestation in stalls

Conditions for breeding at fattening

Conditions for breeding during weaning

Conditions for gestating sows in groups

Fattening conditions

Group formation of gestating sows
The aggressions can provoke lesions and exclusion from feed for the weaker animals.

Definitions

Husbandry of groups of growing piglets
Space/comfort, after feeding and nourishment, is without doubt a limiting factor for the establishment of a quick, and above all, solid hierarchy.

Material for the manipulation activities of the pig: better to face the problem than ignore it!
Pigs must have permanent access to a sufficient quantity of material to enable proper investigation and manipulation activities, such as straw, hay, wood, sawdust, mushroom compost, peat ...