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Raising Pigs: Uno Ezekiel D. San Juan Arjay Bautista Grade VI - Diamond TLE6 - Teacher

The document discusses raising pigs for income. It describes that pigs grow quickly from 3 pounds at birth to 225 pounds in 6 months. Raising pigs provides small income for families with land. The key aspects of raising pigs are having adequate shelter, feed, vaccinations and interacting with the pigs daily to monitor their health. Selling pigs can be at livestock markets or butchering them at home. With 10 piglets costing $2,000 and $1,000 per month in feed over 4 months, the total income would be $150,300 and profit around $90,300 over the period.

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Raising Pigs: Uno Ezekiel D. San Juan Arjay Bautista Grade VI - Diamond TLE6 - Teacher

The document discusses raising pigs for income. It describes that pigs grow quickly from 3 pounds at birth to 225 pounds in 6 months. Raising pigs provides small income for families with land. The key aspects of raising pigs are having adequate shelter, feed, vaccinations and interacting with the pigs daily to monitor their health. Selling pigs can be at livestock markets or butchering them at home. With 10 piglets costing $2,000 and $1,000 per month in feed over 4 months, the total income would be $150,300 and profit around $90,300 over the period.

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Raising pigs

Uno Ezekiel D. San Juan Arjay Bautista


Grade VI – Diamond TLE6 - Teacher
Raising Pigs
It's interesting, fun and a learning experience to raise a few pigs. Raising a few pigs
may also provide some income on a small scale for families who live on a bigger lot.

Pigs grow fast. They grow from about three pounds at birth to market weight (225
pounds) in about 6 months. It takes some 10 months from the time the sow conceives
until her pigs reach market weight.

They can be sold alive at a livestock market or perhaps processed into pork for home
use at a local livestock slaughtering facility. The most important products from hogs
are hams, roasts or lechon, chops, bacon, and sausage.

Raising pigs is a very popular enterprise in the Philippines because there is a


proliferation of backyard producers which dominate the swine industry and a healthy
viable commercial sector. Despite the crises facing the swine industry (such as the
spread of foot-and-mouth disease), still many people are venturing in this enterprise.
Large White Landrace Duroc

Hampshire Berkshire Pietrain

Swine or Pig Breeds


Where
your Pork
comes
from?
What do I need?
Pig pen
- TO GIVE EACH ANIMAL
SUFFICIEN T SPACE, SH ELTER,
AN D ACCESS TO FOO D AND
WATER
Starter pig
- AROUND 12 TO 20 KGS
IN WEIGHT
Feeds
- U S E L O C A L LY AVA I L A B L E F E E D S
T H AT A R E L E S S E X P E N S I V E B U T C A N
B E N U T R I T I O N A L LY C O M P L E T E
W H E N P R O P E R LY P R E PA R E D
Vaccines
- TO S T IM U L AT E A N I M M U N E
R E S P O N S E W H IC H W IL L
P R O T E C T T H E P IG S A G A I N S T
L AT E R N AT U R A L IN F E C T IO N
Lockable
supply
box
- ANY BOX TO LOCK
YOUR FEED AND SHOW
SUPPLIES
Feed
scoop
- PLASTIC FEED SCOOP
WITH 3 QUART CAPACITY
Show stick
- TO HAVE CONTROL OF
THE PIG/PIGLETS
Feed
bucket
- NEED THIS FOR MIXING
FEEDS
Clip on
feeder
- HARDER FOR PIG TO
FLIP OVER
Brush
- USE TO CLEAN PIGPEN AND
PIGS
Watering
device
- FOR KEEPING YOUR PIGS
HYDRATED
Daily Task List For
Raising Pigs
 
Task #1: Pen Inspection

This is usually the first thing you do in the morning. Search the perimeter of
the pen, to see if your pigs have not burrowed in areas they shouldn’t and
that they are not digging any escape routes etc.

Task #2: Check Water

All this entails is you filling up their waterer, for the day. It is recommended
that you have one in your pen, that will last at least 24 hours each time you
fill it up. If you can find one that lasts for more days, then all you have to do
is just check to make sure it still has some water. Also every 3 days or so,
dump out all the water and rinse, before refilling.
Task #3: Check Feed

Feeding the pigs with good quality and nutritious food is the most important part.
Good food not only help to keep the pigs healthy, but also help them to grow
better and gain weight faster. Again, this is as simple as filling up the feeder with
enough feed for at least a day. How much you put will depend on the size of the
feeder and the number of pigs you are raising. Keep the feed protected from
moisture and rodents, by storing it in enclosed places with lids like garbage cans.

Task #4: Interaction

It is also important that you interact with your pigs daily. The whole family can
help with this, doing whatever each one enjoys. From playing with a hose, to
raking out the pen and removing any of the waste which is usually in the same
general area. If you have wood chips throw it over the waste, that will help
neutralize the smell.

Task #5. Monitor Health

Keep an eye out for any health issues. The most common one is worms, and the
symptoms include blood in the stool, coughing, pale skin and diarrhea. Not all
pigs will get worms, however try to be prepared and know before hand how you
are going to treat them.
Marketing Practices
 
The practices employed by the key players in the marketing of pigs includes
handling, transporting, slaughtering/butchering, packaging, storing and
processing. Handling and packaging were performed by all the market
participants while transporting was performed by the traders and
wholesalers-retailers. Storing was done by wholesalers-retailers, retailers,
and processors while processing was only done by processors.

Marketable hogs may be sold to middlemen who usually act as buying or


selling agents, direct to meat processors without the intervention of a
middleman, or in auction markets where animals are sold to the buyers who
offers the highest acceptable price per kilo liveweight or per head.
Potential Income, Expenses
and Gains
 
# of piglets bought – 10 piglets at Php 2,000.00/piglet
cost of feeds – Php 1,000.00/head/month
length of animal raising project – 4 months
selling cost – 90 kg/head at Php 167.00/kg base on PSA report

Computation:

Total Income = 90 kg/head x Php 167.00/kg x 10 heads


= Php 150,300.00

Total Expenses = cost of piglets + cost of feeds + cost of labor

Cost of piglets = Php 2,000.00piglet x 10 heads


= Php 20,000.00

Cost of feeds = Php 1,000.00/head/month x 10 heads x 4 mos


= Php 40,000.00

Total Expenses = Php 20,000.00 + Php 40,000.00


= Php 60,000.00

Profit/Gain = Total Income – Total Expenses


= Php 150,300.00 – Php 60,000.00
= Php 90,300.00 in 4 months
= Php 22,575.00 per month

With the assumption that labor is free since work done by members of the family and existing small piggery
in the backyard.

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