I need your advice on my pigs pregnancy.

Thanks for the help everyone.

She sure looks it to me... Course I don't own pigs... @misfitmorgan @Mini Horses @mysunwolf @Wehner Homestead @farmerjan I'm sure there are others. Good luck with her!

I think she looks pregnant - but also looks like she might have a skin condition. She doesn't have a whole lot of hair. Hope someone else chimes in because I wouldn't know what to do about the hair loss...

frustratedearthmother said:

I think she looks pregnant - but also looks like she might have a skin condition. She doesn't have a whole lot of hair. Hope someone else chimes in because I wouldn't know what to do about the hair loss...

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She has plenty of hair, her hair color is very very light. She’s came a long way since I rescued her. Thanks for the comments everyone!

Latestarter said:

She sure looks it to me... Course I don't own pigs... @misfitmorgan @Mini Horses @mysunwolf @Wehner Homestead @farmerjan I'm sure there are others. Good luck with her!

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Thank you!

I voted, Yes , she looks pregnant. Not only is she developing an udder, but she is getting looser and puffy looking in the vaginal area.
Some questions. You said she is a rescue? Any idea how old? What she may have been running with/exposed to? Has she been wormed? It is not advisable to worm her this close to farrowing, but do so after the piglets are a week old and she has come into her milk. You can use a pour on directly along her backbone and make sure she is not wet/rain so it doesn't run down her sides. It won't kill the baby pigs to ingest a little, but it will do her more good if it has a chance to be absorbed through the skin for a few hours, rather than her getting wet. One that she can ingest in feed or milk/liquid would work if she likes to eat a "swill" with a liquid in it. Give her a little so she gets it all, then finish feeding her the rest of her normal amount. Or you can use injectible, but unless you have a chute that you can immobilize her in that is not as easy.

If she has any kind of lice, or skin condition, a pour on or something in her feed will also help. Sometimes they get a "mange" and that is harder to deal with.

She looks to be bagging up, so I say yes she’s pregnant! Also her back end is very swollen, holy moly! Start reading up about farrowing so you know what to expect. Best of luck!

@farmerjan is it ok to give pregnant or nursing sows ivermectin? When I worm feeder pigs, I get the horse, apple flavored ivermectin and put some on a slice of bread. I mash the edges of the bread together and toss to the pigs. They gobble it right up. But I didn't know if that would be ok for this sow or her piglets.

Ivermectin is approved for pregnant cattle, so I see no reason not to use it on other pregnant animals. But I have not read the fine print in years, so would definitely suggest someone do that before using. We do very little worming of the cattle anymore. Sometimes we will worm the weaned animals we are keeping before going into winter, and we will worm the occasional cow that may look thin and often the bought animals since we don't know about them. My son uses the drench on his sheep when he works them and they are sometimes preg and sometimes not. I would not do it within a week or two of farrowing as it is just that much more "stress" on her system. Let her farrow, get settled with her piglets for a week or so and nursing good, then do it.