How to Make Pigs Gain Weight Quickly: A Comprehensive Guide

Pig rearing, quick weight gain in pigs is the main problem among the majority of farmers. Not only does it shorten the farm cycle, but profitability is also directly influenced. In order to make the pigs gain weight fast, there must be scientific intervention in various areas, such as the selection of breed, feeding provision, husbandry management, and health upkeep. Among all these, the correct application of feed additives plays an imperative part. Additives enable pigs to digest food better, keep the gut healthy, and enhance the overall efficiency of the farm significantly.

Provide a Balanced and Nutritious Diet

A balanced diet nutritionally is very crucial for rapid weight gain in pigs. They need proper and balanced feeding for growth, and the nutrients that they need are energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals.

Energy is the foundation for maintaining general functions and pig growth. Feeds that are made from carbohydrates like grains and corn are good sources of high-quality energy. Corn due to its high energy value and palatability contributes 50%-70% to pig nutrition. Its combination with protein feeds like soybeans meets the requirement of protein and amino acid concentration in growth. Protein is a vital nutrient for pig tissue and cell construction and has a key role in growth, reproduction, and immunity.

In the piglet stage, protein demand is relatively greater, and the diet, in a majority of instances, should contain 18%-20% protein. During growth of pigs, the proportion of the protein demand may be slowly reduced but must be maintained at a certain percentage. The appropriate quantum of vitamin and mineral premixes must be incorporated to supply trace elements such as iron, zinc, copper, and manganese and vitamins A, D, E, and K. They play a vital role in bone formation, the immune system, and metabolism. Supplying nutritionally adequate diets is a firm basis for enhancing pig weight gain.

Use Natural Feed Additives to Promote Growth

During the stage of growth in pigs, even if nutritionally balanced diets are fed, it is still possible for conditions like deranged digestion and absorption, and depressed immunity, to arise. Natural feed additives can then be of specific significance, and Pig Growth Promoter is a first-class performer with the following major advantages:

Promoting weight increasing：Pig growth promoter effectively stimulates pig weight gain. Farm records show that piglets using the product from weaning until the nursery phase end gain at least 1.5kg. In finisher pigs, it enables approximately 15 days earlier to market, with a total weight gain of approximately 10-15kg for the feeding period.
Enhancing estrus and faster birthing: In sows, pig growth promoter regulates the reproductive tract, induces estrus, and accelerates the onset of the estrus cycle. It also accelerates farrowing, reduces labor, shortens labor duration, reduces birthing risk, enhances litter size, and extends the productive life of the sow.
Diarrhea prevention, intestinal improvement：Pig growth promoter is probiotic- and probiotic metabolite-enriched, enhancing the intestinal flora to avoid diarrhea effectively. It maintains intestinal function, promotes intestinal microbiota structure, and inhibits pathogenic bacteria growth. It is particularly suitable for piglets with underdeveloped intestines that are prone to digestive illness to mold a healthy intestinal environment. Enzyme preparations in the product hydrolyze macromolecular feed ingredients too, enhancing nutrient absorption capacity in the intestine.
Enhancing fitness and immunity: Pig growth promoter is amino acid, protein, vitamin, and mineral-rich. The nutrients are utilized directly by the pigs for development and growth, immune control, and immunity enhancement. They are synergistic in function and assist to construct the skeleton at times of major growth to allow healthy growth and restrict the incidence of disease.
Reduction of overfeed, elimination of odors：Pig growth promoter promotes feed conversion ratio, decreases feed loss, and prevents overfeeding. Pig growth booster can remove ammonia and other odors in pigsties completely, improving the agricultural environment. This decreases stimulation to respiratory organs and other systems by toxic gas, preventing respiratory diseases.
Clear usage, optimal effect：Dosage of pig growth enhancer needs to be regulated according to pigs' actual condition during application. Under normal conditions, long-term feeding with 2% daily feed maintains gut microecological balance and promotes long-term healthy growth. Under challenging poor health condition of diarrhea or respiratory infection, raise dosage to 4% to enhance regulatory and restorative effect, resulting in rapid recovery and rapid weight gain. Actual farm experience shows that piglets on this pig growth accelerator from weaning until nursery weigh at least 1.5 kg. In finisher pigs, not only is market fitness hastened by about 15 days, but weight gain is also increased by about 10–15 kg in the rearing period.

Offer Adequate Feeding Management and Schedules

Adequate feeding management is the key to the delivery of pigs' rapid weight gain. Regular feeding schedule has to be developed. Feeding the pigs at fixed times and amounts stimulates the pigs to develop good feeding habits, secretion of digestive juice, and enhances the efficiency of feed digestion and absorption. Generally, piglets may be fed 5-6 times a day. With advancing age, the frequency of feeding can gradually decrease; finishing pigs have to be fed 3-4 times a day.

At the same time, the quantities fed have to be carefully controlled to check overfeeding and underfeeding. Overfeeding is not just wastage of feed but can lead to unwanted accumulation of fat at the expense of meat quality and rate of growth. Underfeeding fails to provide nutritional requirements, causing stunted growth. Also, give pigs free access to large amounts of clean, fresh water. Water is a key component of the pig growing process. It is responsible for all the body's physiological metabolic processes in a pig and plays a leading part in feed absorption and digestion, nutrient transport, and regulation of body temperature. Proper supply of water improves appetite, improves feed conversion ratio, and makes pigs gain weight rapidly.

Provide Good Health and a Clean Hygienic Environment

A healthy body is the basis for rapid body growth in pigs, and good sanitary conditions are the secret to keeping them healthy. Prevention of disease and immunization are the most crucial aspect of pig raising. Develop a rational immunization plan based on local incidence of diseases and phases of pig growing. Implement basic vaccines such as foot-and-mouth disease, swine fever, and blue ear disease in timely manner to impart power to their immunity and prevent epidemics.

Meanwhile, improve parasite control by giving internal and external deworming on a regular basis. This is in an effort to prevent parasites from interfering with pigs' nutritional uptake and inhibiting their growth and development. Cleanliness and proper ventilation of pigsties are also extremely important. Regularly disinfect the pens, eliminate manure and wastewater in good time to prevent multiplication and spreading of viruses and bacteria. Good aeration also expels harmful gases like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, leaving the air pure and reducing respiratory infection rates. This enables the pigs to grow in a healthy and comfortable condition.

Reduce Stress Factors to Increase Growth Efficiency

Stress is detrimental to pig growth, and therefore stress factors must be eliminated if one is to achieve efficient growth. Supplying pigs with living conditions that are comfortable, not being too crowded, and giving each pig enough space to move can reduce fighting and confrontation between pigs and reduce the prevalence of stress reactions. Piglets require on average 0.3–0.5 square meters of space per animal, and finishing pigs require 0.8–1.2 square meters of space per animal.

In routine management, the management should be done gently. During operations such as catching the pigs or moving them from one pen to another, smooth and least disturbing movement should be applied to avoid scaring the pigs. Further, steady housing conditions provided by avoiding drastic changes in temperature, humidity, and light successfully minimize the degree of stress so that pigs can maintain maximum growth performance.

Monitor Growth Progress and Adjust Feeding Strategies

Regularly monitor the growth of the pigs to familiarize yourselves with their growth in terms of time and provide a basis for adjusting pig feeding practices. Weigh the pigs weekly or every ten days and record each pig's weight data and compare them against normal development curves to verify if the growth rate is normal. If there is sluggish growth or any abnormality, instantly pinpoint the probable causes—such as nutritional unbalance of feed, disease infection, or mishandling of husbandry procedures—and put into practice remedial actions.

Meanwhile, maintain close breeding records containing breed, birth date, immunization history, feeding regimen, and measurements of growth. Tabulate and study this data with a view to constantly evolve more efficient breeding procedures, enhance operating efficiency, weight gain speed, and maximize breeding profitability.

Conclusion

Successful gain of weight in pigs is a systematic process with general consideration to diverse factors like breed selection, nutritional supplementation, use of feed additives, husbandry management, health protection, prevention of stress, and growth checking. Rapid growth not only accelerates the breeding cycle and increases farm efficiency but also increases farmers' economic benefits. It also benefits to supply the market of pork in a stable manner. In actual farm operation, farmers need to apply those methods and techniques flexibly according to their own conditions and situations, in continued pursuit of and summarization of experience in order to get maximum income in raising pigs.

If you are looking for a safe, natural, and highly effective solution to help your pigs grow faster and healthier, feel free to contact us now. Lima’s pig growth enhancer is designed to support farmers in achieving better productivity and higher profits. Let’s work together to make your farm more successful.