Vietnamese pigs are becoming increasingly popular among domestic pigs, they are bred for personal consumption, as a business and even in decorative purposes, instead of familiar pets. Thus, the entire world became famous for the Vietnamese Fold Pig, nicknamed Max - the favorite of the famous Hollywood actor George Clooney.
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Perhaps someone maintains the pig in its own apartment will seem wildness, but Vietnamese pigs are suitable for this purpose best: they differ in compact dimensions, calm character, cleanness and do not have a specific smell characteristic of ordinary pigs.
A lot of myths walk about the breed of Vietnamese pigs. For example, it is believed that they can be fed with one grass alone, and that by the second month of the life of the pigs are gaining about 10 kg. But in reality, it is not quite true. Although Vietnamese pigs prefer vegetation food and weight gain quickly, but it will not be possible to achieve the weight of a good imaging from animals, and the standard weight of the monthly piglets rarely exceeds five kilograms.
Let's look at what you can actually expect, growing Vietnamese hanging pigs, and whether it is worth doing their breeding?
Video about growing Vietnamese pigs
It is no coincidence that the cultivation of Vietnamese pigs is considered a profitable and fairly exciting occupation compared to the breeding of traditional pig breeds. It can be noted the following the advantages of the content of Vietnamese pigs:
- cereal feed is somewhat, up to 80% of the diet on fattening can be juicy and green feed;
- the meat of pigs is gentle and juicy with a small layer of sala;
- animal vaccine optionally, they are already distinguished by strong health and extremely rarely sick;
- vietnamese pigs are very rapidly, sex maturity begins with three to four months;
- per year you can count on two supports, in each litter there are 11-13 piglets;
- vietnamese sows are very attentive and caring towards their offspring, therefore, there are no special hassles with growing piglets;
- thanks to a balanced psyche and a calm nature of Vietnamese pigs, they do not eat their offspring, the litter do not refuse, they do not refuse a loud screech in the pigsty from the morning to the evening;
- animals are very clean and distinguished by the "bedroom" from the "toilet" in their cage, so there is no unpleasant smell in the pigsty, and cleaning is much easier.
The cultivation of Vietnamese pigs is considered a profitable and quite exciting occupation.
The disadvantages of the Vietnamese breed of pigs are quite a bit, and they are insignificant. The main thing is to take care of animals from drafts and give them food suitable for their digestion. So, the coarse feed from Vietnamese pigs is poorly digested, and solid grains are outlined with the feces, without bringing any benefit. It is better to cook thick cereal from crushed grain. By cons can be attributed to the excessive caringness of the sow - it is ready to feed the piglets until it stops, which leads to its exhaustion. Therefore, after two months, young people stand on the mother.
Despite the constituerness of Vietnamese pigs, it is recommended that there are no deaths before the end of five months when they achieved mass more than 30 kg. In this case, the offspring will be stronger and healthy.
How to properly contain Vietnamese pigs and care for them
Vietnamese pigs who have the opportunity to spend most of the day in the open air, are distinguished by a stronger immunity and better lead
Due to the small size of the Vietnamese breed, the pigs perfectly feels in small rooms, even if there are several animals in one machine. It is advisable to provide concrete floors in pigsty with lowers, and in the cells make wooden dresses so that the pigs in the cold season did not be bothered on the concrete floor. If you do not make dresses, straws for the litter will need more, and it will leave for its cleaning.
It should be done in pigsty ventilation to provide pigs with fresh air. Without heating, it is possible to do, but newborn piglets must be kept at a temperature not lower than +20 degrees, so in the sower machine it is worth providing heating for the winter.
Video about Vietnamese pigs
Vietnamese pigs who have the opportunity to spend most of the day in the open sky are distinguished by a stronger immunity and better imaging. Therefore, it is necessary to organize a walking pad with a "mud bath" - a deepening, which will periodically be filled with water. Also on the walkway should be a light canopy in case of rain or the sun and somewhat thoroughly covered in the ground logs, which pigs will be able to rub.
As for feeding biscuits, it is not worth throwing them: in summer there is enough two-time nutrition, and in the winter you can feed the animals in addition to the lunchtime. From spring to autumn, the basis of their diet is fresh grass, in the cold season - hay. It is recommended to give raw zucchini, pumpkins, pears, apples and carrots, as well as feed, grinding wheat, rye and barley.
Up to 110 kg for ten months they are able to score Vietnamese pigs, the feeding of which is based on these principles. You yourself can easily calculate how profitable is the breeding of the Vietnamese breed of pigs, given the prices of grain. Yes, and you can even contain them even on small summer cottages, having at least five acres of land.
