Vietnamese pigs: weight at 6 months and factors affecting weight gain

For meat production, the choice of pig breed is important. If the animal quickly gains kilograms with normal care, then this allows you to provide the family with a delicious meat product in a short time. No wonder they grow a Vietnamese pig, whose weight at 6 months is about 50-60 kilograms, and by the year it is almost a centner.

Importance of weight control

Vietnamese lop-bellied gained popularity thanks to:

• rapid puberty;
• delicious and tender meat;
• strong immunity;
• unpretentious content.

If this breed of pigs is raised, then they should be able to control weight gain. Pay attention to the mass of piglets that have just been born. Both underweight and its rapid increase indicate he alth problems in the female. Weight gain in piglets is monitored monthly. You need to know the weight norms in order to determine why there is a slow growth of muscle mass. Everything plays a role: appetite, content, number of hours of sleep, activity of behavior.

Loose weight often indicates piglets are dewormed or infected.

Up to a year, you should correctly determine the amount of vitamins, minerals when feeding. When bellied useful elements are in abundance, they quickly put on weight for up to six months. But a further set indicates an increase in the amount of fat in pigs.

Average weight of Vietnamese piglets by months

Starting to control the mass of Vietnamese piglets is necessary from the moment of birth. Babies weigh up to 600 grams, but not less than 350. If at first the cubs gain weight by natural feeding, then weight gain depends on the food prepared by the farmer.

1 month

One mother's milk is enough for piglets for the first 10 days of life. Then comes the turn of the introduction of complementary foods. Together with mother's milk, monthly cubs are given cereals, eggs, hay. Be sure to need an additive in the diet of cereals, legumes, vegetable products, thanks to which piglets gain weight. Iron injections are needed at this time. By the end of the 1st month, a newborn piglet increases its mass by almost 10 times, reaching 4-5 kilograms.

2 months

When growing Vietnamese piglets, it is necessary to focus on the average weight of 2-month-olds of 10-12 kilograms. Weight gain is not as fast as in the 1st month. If the calf continues to receive mother's milk, then the feeding ration is the same as for adult pigs.

3 months

The rapidity of mass gain at this time increases. Loose-bellied piglets mature quickly. Due to hormonal changes in the body, they get fat. Pigs gain 300-400 grams per day, reaching 15-20 kilograms by the end of the 3rd month. It is during this period that it is worth including more vitamins and minerals in the diet.

4 to 7 months

The weight gain of pigs from the 4th month of life increases. Often livestock breeders grow them up to 30-35 kilograms, sending them to slaughter. It is believed that after 6-7 months of life, the Vietnamese should not be grown, it is unprofitable. Indeed, when a pig is slaughtered at 5 months, the meat yield is up to 80%. The product has a pleasant delicate taste, a minimum amount of fat. Already after 6 months, a fatty layer begins to form in the bellied breed. Therefore, it is worth fattening animals for bacon.

From 7 months to a year

When they want to get as much meat with dense fat layers as possible, they keep pigs for up to a year. The body weight of the bell belly grows by 10 kilograms per month. Therefore, at 12 months, a boar weighing more than a centner is obtained. Females may be slightly smaller.

Adult weight

Pig offspring left for breeding after 1-1.5 years of life gain little weight. On average, growth can reach up to 120 kilograms. It is necessary to feed adult pigs with more cereals, minimizing corn and legumes. They control how many kilograms the animals grow each month by varying the percentage of proteins in the diet. After farrowing, the female loses weight, gradually catching up with its norm.

Factors affecting weight

A feature of the Vietnamese breed of pigs is that their small stomach and small intestines hardly digest coarse fiber. Therefore, when fattening animals, you should give them:

• steamed grain;
• fresh greens;
• pumpkin, zucchini;
• bean hay.

Food for pigs must be balanced. Depending on what they want to get from a pig: meat or lard - include a certain amount of carbohydrates, fats, proteins. All products are crushed so that they are easily digested by animals. In summer, the amount of feed is reduced, increasing it in winter. Pregnant pigs, females during lactation are fed more intensively. To increase appetite, adults are given fried rye or s alted oats.

Regular walking of pigs contributes to better digestion of food. If it is necessary to reduce the build-up of fat, then corn, wheat, barley are excluded from the diet. An important role in the increase in the weight of pigs is played by the conditions of detention. Warm rooms with mandatory ventilation are prepared for animals.It is necessary to exclude drafts, sudden changes in temperature.

Supplements containing vitamins A, E, group B, minerals, trace elements speed up the metabolism.

Supplements containing growth promoters should not be included. Drugs worsen the taste of meat, negatively affect its quality.

When a Vietnamese pig is slaughtered

Private farmers start slaughtering Vietnamese pigs after 4 months. The yield of gourmet meat will be within 80%. At the same time, the delicacy has a marble structure with thin layers of fat.

Industrial meat producers slaughter Vietnamese bellies after they reach the age of six months. It is at this time that they get 50-60 kilograms of tender meat with a minimum amount of fat. If you give more corn and barley, then the layer of fat will reach more than 3 centimeters. The correct organization of animal nutrition is reflected in the quality of meat.

A month before the slaughter of pigs, nutrition should be strengthened. An animal gaining weight faster, in the diet of which half is oats, wheat, corn and peas. The grain must be ground and given with porridge. So useful elements are better absorbed. Pigs that have crossed the age threshold of 8 months are left to breed. Breeding the Vietnamese breed is profitable. Ease of care, strong immunity allows you to raise animals economically successfully.

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