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Describe the feeding of the following from birth to weaning. - Piglets - Lambs - Kids

      

Describe the feeding of the following from birth to weaning.
- Piglets
- Lambs
- Kids

  

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Kavungya
Piglets
10 days old - introduced to creep pellets.
5 weeks old - creep pellets mixed with sow and weaner meals.
8 weeks old - weaning.

Lambs
Run with their mothers for natural suckling.
Bucks - introduced to succulent feeds and concentrates.

Kids
Meat goats kids suckle naturally.
Dairy goats, fed on milk artificially,
Given 0.5-1.25 litres up to the third week.
Introduced to concentrates at 3-4 months. Weaned at 6-8 weeks of age.
Kavungya answered the question on April 25, 2019 at 13:37


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