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Total hog novice here so please keep the snark to a minimum. I am genuinely curious about this. We are picking up our first feeder pigs this week and I have some questions.
Everything I have read says not to feed meat to pigs. What I am trying to figure out is why? Arent they omnivores? And most feed I see at the feed store seems to have meat in it. It just says no brains (for mad cow), or no ruminants. Does that mean it has chicken in it? is it just no raw meat?
We raise our own poultry and I often cook a whole chicken and after taking it all apart I have a mess of bones, skins, and general bits. If its cooked, couldnt I feed it to my pigs? (And Would the bones choke them like dogs? )
Our pigs will be living in a moveable house with a big yard that is our vegetable garden (so they can turn it for me). So they will be getting lots of scraps, clover, weeds, etc etc etc in addition to their feed/corn.
Is there a handy list somewhere with the things NOT to feed hogs?
Thanks for your help!
Everything I have read says not to feed meat to pigs. What I am trying to figure out is why? Arent they omnivores? And most feed I see at the feed store seems to have meat in it. It just says no brains (for mad cow), or no ruminants. Does that mean it has chicken in it? is it just no raw meat?
We raise our own poultry and I often cook a whole chicken and after taking it all apart I have a mess of bones, skins, and general bits. If its cooked, couldnt I feed it to my pigs? (And Would the bones choke them like dogs? )
Our pigs will be living in a moveable house with a big yard that is our vegetable garden (so they can turn it for me). So they will be getting lots of scraps, clover, weeds, etc etc etc in addition to their feed/corn.
Is there a handy list somewhere with the things NOT to feed hogs?
Thanks for your help!