So, I have a hog that I am raising for market. He has been gaining weight pretty good...however I still need to pack on quite a few pounds on him. Any suggestions on supplements or anything else I can give him? He is being fed a really high quality feed.
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Apparently he's like a 4-H project for the fair or something.
Unfortunately, you can't really make him pack on the pounds and still look great. But, typically, they do weigh-in before they show, and on a different day. You only need to have him weigh more on weigh-in.
Here's a trick for that...
Keep feeding him a high-quality diet. At the fair, there will be a dairy tent there somewhere. The cows still need milked so that they don't have problems. The milk is just dumped, though.
Make arrangements with one of the dairy cow guys there to take (or buy for a small fee) that whole milk. Just before the weigh-in, feed your hog. Then, give him gallons of whole milk in his feed pan. He should drink almost 10 pounds of it.
The next day he'll be ready for show and will have made weight in the meantime.
However, if your pig is naturally a runt there isn't a lot you can do. That's why they kill the runts a lot of the time.
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Last week or so feed him McDonalds. Any more than a week and u might kill it.
I'm pretty sure there is no supplement for him just feed him treats and his regular feed. DONT OVERFEED HIM he will get sick.
I've heard dog food helps, just the cheap stuff
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