Pig Farming
What is pig farming?
Pig farming is raising and breeding of domestic pigs. It is a branch of animal husbandry.
Pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the suidae family of even-toed ungulates.
Pigs include the domestic pig and its ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) along with other species; related creatures outside the genus include babirusa and the warthog.
Pig is a native of Eurasian and African continent. The juvenile pig (child-pig) is known as piglets.
A place where pigs are raised is known as piggery.
A normal pig will have a big head with a long snout which is strengthened by a special prenasal bone and by a disk of cartilage at the tip.
This snout is what pig use to dig into the soil to find food and is a very acute sensory organ.
Pig is very popular and there is an estimate of 1 billion pig around the world. Pigs are raised primarily for food (e.g. pork, bacon, gammon) and sometimes for their skin.
This is not to say that pig can be reared everywhere.
Pig farming is a taboo in some places i.e. Northern Nigeria, because of their religious belief. The northerner part of Nigeria is dominated by the Muslims, who do not eat. This implies that pig business in the north may not be lucrative as such.

Different Pig Breeds / Species:
There are hundreds species of pig which include American Yorkshire, Aksai Black pied, Angeln Saddleback, Beijing Black, Bangur, Bisaro, Berkshire, wild boar, bearded pigs, and warty pigs.
These species are more common in certain geographical locations than others.

Starting pig farming in Nigeria:
Determine the size of your intending pig farming business
Just like every other thing, the planned size of your pig farm will determine every other decision, the pig pen (housing), the feeding, the labor, even the target market.
For instance If your plan is to have a little pig farm, you may want to use somewhere at your backyard as their pen (house).
This will not be possible with a large scale piggery business in mind.

Make research of pig market in your area:
It is not good in the business world to work hard and create products, then, start looking around for the market (buyers).
Your first assignment is to answer the question; who around here will buy my pigs?
Do they buy them alive or as pork?
What are the forces that determine the market demand?
Do people eat more pork at certain time?
Are there taboo or religious beliefs against pork around here?
Who are the market players now? Is there available space in your market no one is serving yet?
All of these are called marketing research They are basic step top every entrepreneurial trip… and must never be neglected, even in the pig business.

Building your pen (pig house)
Pig pen is an area you have to pay attention to.
Your pen has to be spacious and as neat as possible (in order to avoid insects and diseases).
To start on a medium scale commercially level, you may consider half or a plot of land.
Pigs will naturally love their pen (house) to be divided into four areas:
Where they eat, where they sleep/lie (they love to sleep near each other), where they urinate/defecate (they naturally choose this themselves) and the remainder part of the pen is used to travel from one point to another, to exercise and entertain themselves.
Pigs love to congregate together, so if half a plot accommodates certain number of pigs (depending on their sizes), don`t expect that a plot of land will naturally accommodate multiply by two of what half plot accommodates… it will accommodate more… because they love to lie and be around each other, so the more pigs, the less space… to an extent.
The best practice when constructing your pen is to make it square, not rectangular.
Though rectangular pen can be used, it`s not going to give you the best in your pigs` management.
It is as well advisable to let the floor of your pen drain very well and not be clay or poorly draining floor.
This is because pigs have pointy hooves that bear much weight.
A clay soil may not cause much problem in the dry environment, but can quickly make life tough for your pigs when the environment is wet because it can cause injury, feed wastage can contribute to illness.

Should you consider concrete pens?
Concrete pens could be used for pig farming in Nigeria.
Concrete pens are good because they alleviate the problem of mud/footing that can be caused by the clay or web floor, but also present their own problems… they hold heat during hot months and could result in joint injuries and illness.
Finally, when constructing pens in your piggery, you have to assume they are all big… market size.
This is important because, when the pen is too big, more pigs can be added to the pen, but what happens when the pigs in your farm are too much than the pen?
How easy it is to break down your pen and reconstruct another one?
What some pig farmers will do is to keep their pigs in such an unconducive environment, so making them sickly and dying… affecting the overall pig farm success.

Getting healthy piglets (pig-children) for your pig farming in Nigeria:
What will you consider before adopting a child? Her health, her history, etc.
When planning to get your piglets, make sure you find out the best sources around you.
Your piglet must be healthy and a few histories about their parents may be of good help.
Just like human, piglets are likely to take some of the traits of their parents, sickness, the number of children they bear, etc.
You also need to be sure that they have been given the appropriate vaccines.

Pig feed; how pigs eat in the pig farm:
When it comes to how much human being eats, it varies, depending on many factors… your age, your sex, the nature of your work or whether you exercise or not.
So it is with piglets and pigs.
Some people suggest feeding your pigs twice in a day. While this may be a good standard, other factors have to be considered.
The age of your pig or piglet, the breed (specie) of your pig, amount of grass they have access to and other wild food (such as acorns) available, weather, how warm their bedding is and how much exercise they are getting.
Now, you can see how the rate and quantity of food pigs eat can vary.
But as a matter of supposition, piglets can be expected to eat 1lb of pig pellets per day for every month of their age, 2lb of pig pellets at two months, 3 lb. of pellets at three months, 4lb at four months,
Then after four months, 4lb a day should be sufficient.
Young pigs need a diet high in amino acids so that they can grow proportionately more muscle tissue, so there should be more lysine in feed for younger pigs.
After three months, young pigs could be put into adult food that will have lower levels of protein.
Too much lysine in the diet can be detrimental to growth in heavier female pigs.
Aside from concentrates (the feed you buy), you can offer your pigs other foodstuffs like grass, fruit, vegetable and other human food they eat (please, be sure they eat certain food before you`ll give them, so as not to hinder their growth… especially when they are very young)

Pig diseases and the solution:
Animals get sick, just as human do. The difference is that, you may not easily know when the pigs in your farm are getting sick, except you pay attention.
Since every sickness starts with symptom, you will be good to have an experience person near you… such as a veterinary doctor.
You will be able to contact him/her at any time and say, “my pigs are looking this way”, “my pigs are not eating”, “my pigs` skin is too reddish” etc.
Aside from sickness, you will need the service of a veterinary to give appropriate vaccine whenever necessary.

Below are some of the diseases piglets, hog and pigs may encounter:

Mulberry Heart Disease (vitamin E deficiency). Though vitamin E is widespread in feed stuffs including vegetable oil, cereals and green plants, the usual problem with Mulberry Heart Disease occurs when farmers use some polyunsaturated fats diets which destroy the vitamins. Vitamin E is very important for optimum function and metabolism of the nervous, muscular, circulatory and immune system.
Abscesses: this is the pockets of pus that contain large numbers of bacteria which enter the body through damage to the skin.
The Bacterium Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae (APP).

The truth is, there are tens and more diseases that can attack the herd (a group of pigs) or individual pig and you as a Nigerian pig farmer have to be prepared.
Mycotoxicosis, Agalactia, Navel Bleeding, Endometritis, Retroviruses, Erysipelas, Anaemia, Anthrax, Arthritis (joint infections), Oedema Disease, Atrophic Rhinitis (AR), Osteoporosis, Biotin Deficiency, Penis Bleeding, Brucellosis, Cystic Ovaries, Rabies, Peritonitis, Botulism, Pale pig syndrome, Blue Eye Disease, and probably 100 more.
As a pig farmer in Nigeria or anywhere else, you may have to have a little, special pen for the sick pigs or piglet’s reason been that, some diseases are contagious.

For more information on pig farming and other agricultural services, call the following numbers; 09059102364; 09059102364
www.farmkonnectng.com

Hello do you know where I can get pig growers mash to buy?

Farmkonnect:

Pig Farming
What is pig farming?
Pig farming is raising and breeding of domestic pigs. It is a branch of animal husbandry.
Pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the suidae family of even-toed ungulates.
Pigs include the domestic pig and its ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) along with other species; related creatures outside the genus include babirusa and the warthog.
Pig is a native of Eurasian and African continent. The juvenile pig (child-pig) is known as piglets.
A place where pigs are raised is known as piggery.
A normal pig will have a big head with a long snout which is strengthened by a special prenasal bone and by a disk of cartilage at the tip.
This snout is what pig use to dig into the soil to find food and is a very acute sensory organ.
Pig is very popular and there is an estimate of 1 billion pig around the world. Pigs are raised primarily for food (e.g. pork, bacon, gammon) and sometimes for their skin.
This is not to say that pig can be reared everywhere.
Pig farming is a taboo in some places i.e. Northern Nigeria, because of their religious belief. The northerner part of Nigeria is dominated by the Muslims, who do not eat. This implies that pig business in the north may not be lucrative as such.

Different Pig Breeds / Species:
There are hundreds species of pig which include American Yorkshire, Aksai Black pied, Angeln Saddleback, Beijing Black, Bangur, Bisaro, Berkshire, wild boar, bearded pigs, and warty pigs.
These species are more common in certain geographical locations than others.

Starting pig farming in Nigeria:
Determine the size of your intending pig farming business
Just like every other thing, the planned size of your pig farm will determine every other decision, the pig pen (housing), the feeding, the labor, even the target market.
For instance If your plan is to have a little pig farm, you may want to use somewhere at your backyard as their pen (house).
This will not be possible with a large scale piggery business in mind.

Make research of pig market in your area:
It is not good in the business world to work hard and create products, then, start looking around for the market (buyers).
Your first assignment is to answer the question; who around here will buy my pigs?
Do they buy them alive or as pork?
What are the forces that determine the market demand?
Do people eat more pork at certain time?
Are there taboo or religious beliefs against pork around here?
Who are the market players now? Is there available space in your market no one is serving yet?
All of these are called marketing research They are basic step top every entrepreneurial trip… and must never be neglected, even in the pig business.

Building your pen (pig house)
Pig pen is an area you have to pay attention to.
Your pen has to be spacious and as neat as possible (in order to avoid insects and diseases).
To start on a medium scale commercially level, you may consider half or a plot of land.
Pigs will naturally love their pen (house) to be divided into four areas:
Where they eat, where they sleep/lie (they love to sleep near each other), where they urinate/defecate (they naturally choose this themselves) and the remainder part of the pen is used to travel from one point to another, to exercise and entertain themselves.
Pigs love to congregate together, so if half a plot accommodates certain number of pigs (depending on their sizes), don`t expect that a plot of land will naturally accommodate multiply by two of what half plot accommodates… it will accommodate more… because they love to lie and be around each other, so the more pigs, the less space… to an extent.
The best practice when constructing your pen is to make it square, not rectangular.
Though rectangular pen can be used, it`s not going to give you the best in your pigs` management.
It is as well advisable to let the floor of your pen drain very well and not be clay or poorly draining floor.
This is because pigs have pointy hooves that bear much weight.
A clay soil may not cause much problem in the dry environment, but can quickly make life tough for your pigs when the environment is wet because it can cause injury, feed wastage can contribute to illness.

Should you consider concrete pens?
Concrete pens could be used for pig farming in Nigeria.
Concrete pens are good because they alleviate the problem of mud/footing that can be caused by the clay or web floor, but also present their own problems… they hold heat during hot months and could result in joint injuries and illness.
Finally, when constructing pens in your piggery, you have to assume they are all big… market size.
This is important because, when the pen is too big, more pigs can be added to the pen, but what happens when the pigs in your farm are too much than the pen?
How easy it is to break down your pen and reconstruct another one?
What some pig farmers will do is to keep their pigs in such an unconducive environment, so making them sickly and dying… affecting the overall pig farm success.

Getting healthy piglets (pig-children) for your pig farming in Nigeria:
What will you consider before adopting a child? Her health, her history, etc.
When planning to get your piglets, make sure you find out the best sources around you.
Your piglet must be healthy and a few histories about their parents may be of good help.
Just like human, piglets are likely to take some of the traits of their parents, sickness, the number of children they bear, etc.
You also need to be sure that they have been given the appropriate vaccines.

Pig feed; how pigs eat in the pig farm:
When it comes to how much human being eats, it varies, depending on many factors… your age, your sex, the nature of your work or whether you exercise or not.
So it is with piglets and pigs.
Some people suggest feeding your pigs twice in a day. While this may be a good standard, other factors have to be considered.
The age of your pig or piglet, the breed (specie) of your pig, amount of grass they have access to and other wild food (such as acorns) available, weather, how warm their bedding is and how much exercise they are getting.
Now, you can see how the rate and quantity of food pigs eat can vary.
But as a matter of supposition, piglets can be expected to eat 1lb of pig pellets per day for every month of their age, 2lb of pig pellets at two months, 3 lb. of pellets at three months, 4lb at four months,
Then after four months, 4lb a day should be sufficient.
Young pigs need a diet high in amino acids so that they can grow proportionately more muscle tissue, so there should be more lysine in feed for younger pigs.
After three months, young pigs could be put into adult food that will have lower levels of protein.
Too much lysine in the diet can be detrimental to growth in heavier female pigs.
Aside from concentrates (the feed you buy), you can offer your pigs other foodstuffs like grass, fruit, vegetable and other human food they eat (please, be sure they eat certain food before you`ll give them, so as not to hinder their growth… especially when they are very young)

Pig diseases and the solution:
Animals get sick, just as human do. The difference is that, you may not easily know when the pigs in your farm are getting sick, except you pay attention.
Since every sickness starts with symptom, you will be good to have an experience person near you… such as a veterinary doctor.
You will be able to contact him/her at any time and say, “my pigs are looking this way”, “my pigs are not eating”, “my pigs` skin is too reddish” etc.
Aside from sickness, you will need the service of a veterinary to give appropriate vaccine whenever necessary.

Below are some of the diseases piglets, hog and pigs may encounter:

Mulberry Heart Disease (vitamin E deficiency). Though vitamin E is widespread in feed stuffs including vegetable oil, cereals and green plants, the usual problem with Mulberry Heart Disease occurs when farmers use some polyunsaturated fats diets which destroy the vitamins. Vitamin E is very important for optimum function and metabolism of the nervous, muscular, circulatory and immune system.
Abscesses: this is the pockets of pus that contain large numbers of bacteria which enter the body through damage to the skin.
The Bacterium Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae (APP).

The truth is, there are tens and more diseases that can attack the herd (a group of pigs) or individual pig and you as a Nigerian pig farmer have to be prepared.
Mycotoxicosis, Agalactia, Navel Bleeding, Endometritis, Retroviruses, Erysipelas, Anaemia, Anthrax, Arthritis (joint infections), Oedema Disease, Atrophic Rhinitis (AR), Osteoporosis, Biotin Deficiency, Penis Bleeding, Brucellosis, Cystic Ovaries, Rabies, Peritonitis, Botulism, Pale pig syndrome, Blue Eye Disease, and probably 100 more.
As a pig farmer in Nigeria or anywhere else, you may have to have a little, special pen for the sick pigs or piglet’s reason been that, some diseases are contagious.

For more information on pig farming and other agricultural services, call the following numbers; 09059102364; 09059102364

pls sir i need to buy piglet how much does it cost .

A piglet of 6-8 weeks cost #10,000 (10 kg)

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Anybody in Osun that has pig for sale should call this number 08056986860.

God bless for this helpful write up, pls I want to ask, what can one have as a minimum amount in going to the pig business, thanks

nagod5:
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nagod5:
Tonnes of cassava, ginger, turmeric, yam, pkn, pko etc for sale at a very wonder cheap price. Note, you dont have to spend your money on transportation, we do that for you. And also we deliver the goods before you pay. What a rare and great offer. Waiting for you to place Order. See my signature to contact

How much do you sell your Cassava?

Startup guide: https://www.practicalbusinessideas.com/pig-farming-in-nigeria/

plot of dry land built and structured for pig farming for lease

location: isashi/iba ojo lagos

call the owner directly 07088883003

in case you need a first generation breed like this 4weeks old below,contact me on popoolababajide@gmail.com or 08137297425,only for serious and interested buyers,the farm is located in ogun state.

Farmkonnect:
A piglet of 6-8 weeks cost #10,000 (10 kg)

Can you send to Delta?(Asaba prisely)