Facilities and Equipment

Provide the pig house with the proper equipment such as feeders and drinking troughs are best made of concrete although other materials may be used. Some people use discarded automobile or truck tires cut in halves.

Age and Size of Animals	Pen Size/ Dimension (cm)	Height of Ceiling (cm)	Height of Door (m)	Feeder Space (cm)	Partition Wall (m)
Before Farrowing
Gilts	2.00	3.0	1.0	35-45	1.20
Sows	2.70	3.0	1.0	45-50	1.20-1.50
After Farrowing
Young Sows
Solid Flooring	4.12	3.0	1.0	35-45	1.20
Slated Flooring	3.00	3.0	1.0	45-50	1.20
Mature Sows
Solid Flooring	5.62	3.0	1.0	45-50	1.20
Slatted Flooring	3.96	3.0	1.0	45-50	1.20
Herd Sows	2.70	3.0	1.0	40-50	1.20-1.50
Boar Pens with Matting	6.00	3.0	1.0	40-50	1.20-1.50
Area
Weaning Pen
Solid Flooring	0.40	3.0	0.6	20	0.75
Slatted Flooring	0.20-0.30	3.0	0.6	20	0.75
Growing-Finishing
23-60 kg	0.60-0.70	3.0	1.0	25	1.0
60-90 kg	0.90-1.00	3.0	1.0	27-30	1.0

• In bigger operations, farrowing stalls are important to reduce piglet mortality due to crushing of piglets.
  

• Heat lamp or electric brooders are needed for survival of newborn pigs. In places where the use of heat lamps is not possible, a box lined with old sacks or thickly bedded straw, rice hull or saw dust can keep the pigs warm and comfortable.