Introduction
Pigs are an animal that is used as food/vegetables and is also a commercial crop for livestock farmers, entrepreneurs and traders.
PIGS DEPEND ON THE FOLLOWING THINGS
1. A strong pen is friendly to them
2. Cleanliness is very important in a pig pen
3. Good food mix
4. Good treatment and prevention
5. Water and Nutrition (access to essential foods for them)
CHALLENGE
IN PIGS FARMING THERE ARE ITS CHALLENGES BUT THEY CAN BE SOLVED BY TAKING SEVERAL THINGS.
In pig farming there is the challenge of piglet mortality which reduces the profitability of the pig business by reducing the number of adult pigs for sale but good care of piglets prevents deaths caused by problems such as:
Respiratory problems
It is a death caused by the mother when she lays down a young pig. This challenge can be solved by trapping them or having large pens to raise the children.
Cold
Piglets are particularly susceptible to cold in the first two or three weeks. This is because they have little fat to protect them.
It is advisable to keep them warm, provide them with bedding and use heating devices such as heating pads if you have placed them in a cold-walled or floored house.
The best way to care for piglets
A sow can give birth to 12 piglets. The following method will help reduce the number of piglet deaths:
1. If the pig has a wound, spray 5% iodine solution on the wound to prevent infection.
2. Place bedding (dry grass or tree bark) in the resting place to keep them warm or use heating pads.
3. Give them an iron injection on the third day after birth to prevent anemia.
3. Lubricate the piglets’ teeth within 24 hours to prevent damage to the teats when they suckle.
4. Tag or pierce their ears to identify them and keep records if necessary, just like cattle breeders do.
5. Weigh them when they are born and keep records that will help you know their growth and development.
6. Castrate the males at the third week, those who are not suitable for breeding using the open method if you see fit.
7. Give them a medicine to prevent worms, there are also natural medicines such as charcoal powder and ashes, there are also professional ones, contact veterinary experts.
8. Wean them in the eighth week or when they reach 14 to 20 kg, this will help them become independent and grow quickly.
Weaned Pigs
1. Weaned pigs should be placed in groups of 10 to 12 depending on their weight or size in an area where they will be able to feed themselves.
2. Separate the older ones from the younger ones to prevent fighting.
3. When weaning them, remove their mother from the babies to reduce discomfort.
4. Piglets from different mothers should not be kept together as this causes fighting between them and
5. When mixing piglets from different mothers, apply used car oil or cooking oil to their skin to remove the recognizable smell so that they do not fight.
BENEFITS OF PIGS RAISING
The main benefit of pigs is that they are a food product but they are also a product that can increase your income as an entrepreneur / businessman.
My goal is to explain how you can raise them and make a profit, the following steps are important to consider.
GIVE YOURSELF A CAPITAL OF 4 / 3.5 MILLION FOR 50 PIGS
. PLANNING A BARN ESTIMATED AT FIVE LUCKY (800,000/=).
Here I am talking about a rectangular U-shaped barn with a long bottom.
An area measuring 50 by 50 meters will be more suitable to ensure the safety of your pigs and good growth.
1. Find used galvanized sheets at a price of 5000, for example 20 sheets of 10 feet / 10 = 100,000/=
2. Find 10 feet of 2000 each, you will get 100 pic
galvanized sheets = 200,000/= 3. Find poles and stakes of 1000 and 2000, 1000*70 and 2000*3 = 120,000/=
4. Find chagalawe / moramu trip 10*3000 = 30000/=
5. Cement bags for floors and feeding holes 5 *18000 = 90,000/=
6. 4 types of nails, nch 6 kg5, nch 3 kg5 nch 5 kg10 and nch4 kg10, Hinges and komeo =100,000/=
7. Payment of a technician 75000 mason and 75000 carpenter =150,000
THEREFORE TOTAL IS 790,000/= ESTIMATED IS 800,000/=
PURCHASE OF STARTING PIGS.
Small pigs are the best to start with because they will give you many children and for a long time. Take for example MILLION 2.5. Small pigs are sold for 50000 or 40000 depending on the location and the agreement. 2.5 million gives you 50 or 55 babies. So you can have 50 females and 5 males. Later you can add five males to borrow or breed for breeding.
FOOD PREPARATION
The pig feed mix and its costs can be estimated to be sufficient for three hundred thousand for one partner for those 50 pigs, for 300,000/=, which will include treatment / prevention, nutrition, pig foods can be fine rice bran, maize bran, mashundu, leftovers of vegetable scraps or safe food leftovers.
MANAGER’S PAYMENT AND INVESTMENT AREA
In this section, the upper or lower estimates for your work manager can be paid 100,000/= or less, and for the owner of the area, it is only an agreement or you can get it fairly or rent it for three hundred thousand, 300,000/= for two years.
SO THE TOTAL COST OF PRODUCTION OF 50 PIGS WILL COST YOU 4 MILLION OR 3.5 MILLION BECAUSE I HAVE USED THE ABOVE ESTIMATES AND IF YOU ENTER INTO REALITY AS AN ENTREPRENEUR IT MUST BE REDUCED TO 3.5
N:B Remember that earlier I gave an analysis of 40 pigs that is why the estimates were at 3.5 or 3 million.
INCOME OR PROFIT FROM FARMS OF PIGS
Pigs are quick profits and I am sure, if you go through the above analysis of 50 pigs you will get a profit as follows
Pigs give birth twice a year and give birth to more than 50 babies, that is, they give birth to 12 or eight babies.
So take 50 pigs * 5 babies, that is, make your 50 pigs give you five babies for sure
Pigs 50*5 = 250 if you add the 50 capital you have 300. Take a pig crop of 250 and sell it for 200,000 per pig which is a very normal price. You will get 50 million. So the first crop within the third quarter of the year will generate 50 million and the next six months will give you another 50 and more to complete the second crop this gives you the certainty of generating 100 million of the crop within one and a half or two years if you give yourself a timeframe work but remember that we have done it with the calculation of the lowest crop where we have looked at the loss of mortality if deaths do not occur and the crop becomes large you will be sure to generate 150 million in two years.
In the calculation of the crop you can really think that it will increase and cost you a lot the answer is no until you reach the point of sale they will not cost you more than 7 million is 7 million out of 150 million something useless?
NB. anything requires focus and a sincere commitment as well as involving professionals and experienced people to achieve the goal. Brothers, everything is possible with YOUR READINESS / YOUR COURAGE, TRUST. AND YOUR DESIRE.
take a pen and paper and do your own calculations for your capital and how you can. If you do not get a profit, call me. If you get a profit, call me for more information and more help.
POINT TO NOTE, also for those who need to do this project, they do not have a place or certainty of food and nutrition and strong professional and productive management. contact us for more help.
20 Pigs
can cost you two million when you start a project and give you a profit of at least 20 million for the first generation and the second generation, you will get a guarantee of a total of 40 million if all costs do not exceed 5.5 million.
10 pigs can cost you one million and a point when you start a project and give you a profit and give you a profit of 10 million for the first generation, if you add it to the second generation, you will get a guarantee of having 20 million if all costs do not exceed 4.5 million.
5 pigs can cost you five hundred thousand and a point when you start a project and they will give you a profit of more than 5 million for the first generation and the second generation, they will give you a total of 10 million if all costs do not exceed 3 million.
Remember, I have made all my calculations with high estimates, so if you go to reality and follow the principles of entrepreneurship, they must be less than 5 or 10 percent of the total I gave
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