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Pig Farrowing Crate

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NAWAC is reviewing pig crate standards. Farmweld manufactures pig equipment - Feeders Farrowing Crates and Gating for large integrators family farmers builders and contractors. Farrowing Crates Hog Slat The bottom of the fingers are rounded and recessed to insure no rough edges. Pig farrowing crate . Crates are dip painted blue. A pig farrowing crate includes sow locating frame piglet fence piglet incubator manure dropping floor trough for sow and supplementary feeding trough for piglet etc. The far most common housing of sows during the periparturient period and during lactation is the farrowing crate Fig. The farrowing stall the second important feature of the farrowing crate - is meant to control the sows body movements while lying down. At the same time farrowing crate has a great influence on the lactation and energy recovery of the sows. The farrowing pen helps prevent floor born diseases. This is because the piglets are protected by the farrowing wings whic...