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![Solid floors are difficult to clean - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/56afe56e-5840e84ae4951981318b4569.jpg)
This trick shows how to reduce the cleaning time of the fattening pens with a solid floor. Fattening pigs with a clean pen.
02/12/2016
![Using a tarpaulin to crowd pigs together - TIPS FOR PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/383135e9-58422bf5e49519f97f8b4567.jpg)
This method works especially well in farms where pens are wide or have unusual dimensions.
03/12/2016
![Insemination with no hands - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/014ca4a3-58535682e4951925618b4569.jpg)
This trick consists in using a spring for holding the semen bag during the insemination. Using springs for the sows' self-insemination.
16/12/2016
![Control of the feed weight - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/b9acc661-585363bbe4951905728b4567.jpg)
We need to know, at all moments, which amount of feed are the sows eating, so we will weigh the feed at least once per week.
16/12/2016
![Knowing the sows' age - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/130ee80a-58535d3ce49519676a8b4567.jpg)
Using the year the sows enter in production for the sow's identification number.
16/12/2016
![Planning gilt service - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/19d85ad4-58535c85e49519fb688b4567.jpg)
The strategy involves synchronizing the gilts so they come into heat at the same time, in order to properly manage the number of inseminations targeted for each
16/12/2016
![Supplementing water to lactating sows - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/4cdab507-58536251e4951967708b4567.jpg)
There are different systems for carrying out this water delivery. Probably, the most common one is with a hose, but sometimes, the sows' troughs are not facing
16/12/2016
![Early piglet weaning in their own farrowing pen - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/939ea92c-58535889e495191a638b4567.jpg)
Build a fence to keep the weaned piglets in a farrowing pen. This trick expects to find an accommodation for the early weaned piglets leaving them
16/12/2016
![Cleaning the bowls for milk replacer supplementation - TIPS ON PIGS](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/65813b10-5840ea1ae4951964338b4567.jpg)
A system for cleaning the bowls in a practical, effective, and quick way without splashing all the farrowing pen or soaking the piglets.
02/12/2016
![How to avoid the pigs from lying beside the drinking troughs during the hot season?](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/12-2016/e0b225fb-585354a7e49519f33c8b4567.jpg)
This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.
16/12/2016