Flooring For Weaned Pigs

Depending on the individual wishes of the pig farmer nooyen offers supercoated plastic tri bar or tri cast slats or a combination possibly also with a concrete section.

Flooring for weaned pigs.

Thermal comfort for little pigs in cold wean to finish barn. Nooyen weaning products piglets are particularly sensitive immediately after weaning. They are comfortable and hygienic achieving the proper disposal of slurry. The floor should be sloping away to the rear to facilitate cleaning with water.

Per piglet 0 3 0 5 sqm. The new premier nursery floor has a bright lime green color for easy scour detection of pigs up to 120 pounds. Made of high quality plastic triangular rod and cast iron. Flooring must be suitable for the size and weight of pigs and where no bedding is provided must form a rigid even and stable surface.

By feeding surplus garden vegetables table scraps and some grain they ll grow up to 200 pounds in 20 weeks. The advantage nursery floor is for pigs up to 150 pounds and has 1 4 gap perimeter that is easy to power wash clean. Hog helper mats insulate slatted floors which eliminates chilling drafts resulting in a warm surface that provides better creep comfort. It starts with our sow platforms and nursery flooring systems made of state of the art polypropylene to ensure long term durability.

Growket modular flooring systems for farrowing and weaning are combined to adapt to different pen designs. There is a wide range of slats of various sizes and surfaces. Six week old pigs already weaned can be bought by mail. Excelerator nursery floor is a high impact virgin polypropylene slat for pigs up to 75 pounds.

A flat solid floor is usually made from cement but not polished to avoid slipping or from hard soil. Using a double layer of mats in the center position raises the sow for easier access to teats for nursing. Per boar 6 8 sqm. Our plastic and cast iron slats have been on the market for 30 years and they are under constant development and optimization.

For pig welfare and health flooring must be smooth but not slippery and designed constructed and maintained so as not to cause injury or suffering to pigs standing or bedding on it. Wean to finish from weaning to slaughter in a same phase improves animal health because stress caused by the moving to the finishing facilities is. Aco funki offers a complete flooring program for pig barns. In a high quality and easy to clean shed you can ease this transition which helps you to prevent a teat dip.