Aussie Breno

On ‎4‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 9:46 AM, Robert24 said:

Depends what you are looking for. My wife bought a 100% duroc mom pig from the government in Khon Kaen. But the issue there is that they have a queuing system, so you need to find a way to get into that queue.. Otherwise there are many farms selling mom pigs, key is to have the right plan how you want to develop your specie.

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Hi Robert would you have a three or four gilts that you could sell to me and if so what is your location .

thanks  " Brendan "

On ‎3‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 9:54 AM, IsaanAussie said:

Very interesting information and obviously important for larger scale farms. Mine has only ever housed a maximum of 100 pigs. I also work on group averages for the  co-housed batches of 4 sows that are seldom kept past parity 4, so I use a different set of parameters. Being independent probably allows me more options? Feed cost reduction is the remaining target. That target is 35% reduction against commercial feed cost for the same performance. That will drop my cost of production to under 50 baht.

To date I have run comparative trials on growers, finishers and the breeding herd with promising results. Not very scientific nor over an extended time but good enough to know I am heading in the right direction. Coupled with producing and using probiotics for gut health and fermenting certain feedstocks to improve digestibility, it has been a slow and careful path. 

The obvious questions are on what scale can it be done and at with labour implications? In my case it is a one man operation, me, and the equipment used is simple and labour intensive. Hardly applicable to the operations you guys run. Still of interest maybe. 

 

On ‎4‎/‎4‎/‎2017 at 1:39 PM, Ace of Pop said:

Even Pigs get bored there.Good idea.?


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Hi Isaan Aussie , would you have any contacts on where I could purchase a couple of good breeding stock gilts , we are an hour south of Khon Kaen but don't mind driving a while to get good stock.  cheers

On ‎9‎/‎3‎/‎2015 at 2:39 PM, nutterz64 said:

Hi Allgeier, Good to see you wanting to expand your farm. However, you might struggle to do it this way for many reasons not the least of which is that most sellers of piglets will only sell an entire litter... not ones or twos.

My advise is to either;

1. buy an entire litter of the pairing you want, raise them as finisher pigs, keep the two gilts that show good growth, body form and temperament and then sell the rest for profit.
2. Buy two gilts from a good breeder.

Option 1 will probably cost you about 15,000 baht (assuming 10 piglets @ 1500 baht each) plus food at about 38,000 baht whilst they are growing. Option 2 is going to cost you about 20,000 baht (10,000 baht each for a highbred Gilt). This is the least expensive, quickest and safest way to start your breeding programme.

Either way is fun and an education but always remember that with pigs there are no guarantees with anything. Just make sure to have fun with it and never stop learning.

all the best

Peter

Hi Nutterz I would like to buy two Gilts preferably in pig ,I live not to far from Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) could you please give me some advice or a contact on where I could look to buy them , I want good quality breeding stock ,though we are not starting a pig farm (just an interest.)

On ‎3‎/‎26‎/‎2016 at 11:28 PM, Sheryl said:

Not Korat but pretty close by - I just built something similar in Prachinburi. Inclusive of interior floor tiles (+wall tiles in bathroom), toilet, shower, sink, septic tank, electrical wiring and circuitboard etc it came to 450 K. Fence around the perimeter, windows and screens, and water pump additional. This was using fibro-cement roof tiles and, except of course for the bathroom, "mai chala" for the walls (backed on the inside by gypsum boards). Completed only a month or two back so prices are current. Would have been more if had gone for brick or cement blocks instead of mai chala. It is a 1 bedroom (i.e. bedroom and separate living room plus porch) about 50 sq meter total size, elevated with ground floor a cement platform but otherwise unfinished (will eventually have kitchen there plus garage for car).

P.S. the windows and screens (including screens for front and back doors) were expensive. Came to 24K for about 14 windows and 2 doors. Don't forget this aspect as if you are not planning on air con, you'll want to have plenty of windows and screened doors to maximize cross breeze. Even if you have a/c, can decrease electric bills much of the year if you can leave the doors open during the day, which with screens you can.

Hi Sheryl , would you have some contact details for builders, electricians etc. Thanks