Removing the creep feeders in the evening encourages feed consumption
The goal is to improve the piglets’ starter feed consumption in the farrowing pens.
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The ideal mating/early gestation barn: stalls, feeders, floor, light (2/2)
The views of experienced experts on what the ideal mating /early gestation barn should look like.
The ideal mating area: general design (1/2)
Joan Wennberg discusses with different experts how do they think that the ideal mating area design should be.
How to move piglets quickly and without getting tired
30 years ago, the idea of setting up a conveyor belt like the ones that are (or were) used in poultry farming appeared.
Training gilts for using ESF with minimum effort
The most difficult thing for sows is learning to open doors. Here we show an easy and practical way to achieve it.
The importance of lighting in your farm
One of the main tools to encourage the installation of extra lighting in the mating area is the data analysis, and more specifically the weaning-to-service interval.
The ideal farrowing facilities (2/2): feeding and environmental control systems
This time, Joan Wennberg discusses the different feeding and environmental control systems in the farrowing house with Heraclio Corchón and Javier Lorente
How to make a boot rack from a pallet
There are many types of boot racks in the market, but we can build one ourselves with something available on any farm: a pallet.
The ideal farrowing facilities: number of crates, room size, type of crates... (1/2)
Joan Wennberg discusses the ideal farrowing facilities with Heraclio Corchón and Javier Lorente. They do not always agree, which makes reading this document even more interesting.
Weaning in open housing, an alternative for the management of a production increase
Open housing allow to increase the actual surface per weaned piglet, thus reducing hierarchy problems, and redefining the dunging, lying and feeding areas.
Loading bays on the outside to keep the risks away
Have you ever cleaned a lorry for the transportation of animals? It is not easy. Therefore, we always have to consider them dirty and we will use loading bays on the outside of the farm.
Use of the space in the farrowing pens
Improving piglets' comfort in the farrowing pens by offering them more surface for resting.
Use of sprinklers for cleaning
Save time, work and water when cleaning the buildings.
Clinical case: Control measures in an outbreak of oedema disease
A series of unsuccessful measures are taken until the problem is finally solved.
The piglet's basic requirements: real welfare
Bearing welfare in mind, which should be the size of the group of animals housed in a pen?
Increasing lighting on a pig farm
Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers, and it can be increased considerably with solutions apart from artificial lighting.