They should eat a lot more than that!!! What else are you feeding them?
Talk to pig farmers and do an in depth search, they need more!That's it... besides minimal snacks (table scraps etc).
According to this chart:
https://swine.extension.org/how-much-feed-does-a-growing-pig-eat-a-day/
They should be eating around 15 lbs per day. I have no idea how reliable that (university study - maybe not real world) is.
Talk to pig farmers and do an in depth search, they need more!
Or call extension agent - they can help answer questions too.They have more available there (I have a feeder that holds a few hundred pounds). But this is what they take (demand feeding) per day.
The larger the pen, the more forge the hogs can do, to add to the nutrients.They need more than corn. Corn doesn't give them the nutrients they need.
The larger the pen, the more forge the hogs can do, to add to the nutrients.
1/2 acre per week per 50 hogs, half that(1/4) for 25 hogs, half that(1/8) for 12 hogs, half that(1/16) 6 hogs X 10 lots in rotation, has worked for many small farmer. Larger farms just turn 50 hog out on 5-10 acres & sale off anything that was not in the freezer or breeding stock. My Father ran 5 milk cows, 10 horses with 25 hog/pigs in a 10 acre lot & feed once a day, water all day. My Father worked night shift & did not live off the farms income, so that is a big differences.
When I first checked rain fall some years ago, I was shocked that the east coast gets more rain than some of the Midwest. I forget we do not all live in the same climate, when it comes to rain fall.You live somewhere that gets far more rain that anywhere I've lived. Those numbers would result in a dirt lot with starving animals or a huge feed bill at any of our homes, past or present.
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