Ang tendency kasi ng animals eating low density is that the will tend to eat until mapuno ang tiyan,

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yes, 15 heads / pen po sir
An option of feed through din (there are some limitations ang "continuous" feeders na ganyan when serving 30 heads na - in my opinion, hindi yun enough.  Yung farm namin sa Cebu ganyan originally 1:30.  Marami grainger ang SG kasi hindi makakain ng husay.
An option of feed through din (there are some limitations ang "continuous" feeders na ganyan grainger when serving 30 heads na - in my opinion, hindi yun enough.  Yung farm namin sa Cebu ganyan originally grainger 1:30.  Marami ang SG kasi hindi makakain ng husay.
1.) Can't simulate sun movement on the software I'm using... 2.) As for sunlight, I plan to install a curtain system which would also protect them from the cold at night (our area has a high elevation and is quite foggy at night) grainger 3.) Thanks for the feedback on the feeders, will probably buy 2 feeders instead of 1...(^_^)
Pwede nyo po ba ma-elaborate ang karanasan nyo sa 1 autofeeder :30heads? Ito kasi iniisip kong arrangement sa gagawing growing pen. Ang 15head capacity pen ko ngayon ay may dedicated auto-feeder bawat kulungan. dahil sa mahal nga ang autofeeder iniisip ko na gagamitin ko para sa dalawang pen.
Kasi we found out that the ad libitum scenario sa feeding is not that effective if high density diet (diets na mataas ang energy at amino acid level) ang ibinibigay.  Ubra lang siya sa mga low density diet (mababa ang energy and amino acids).
Ang tendency kasi ng animals eating low density is that the will tend to eat until mapuno ang tiyan, then basta lumuwag na ulit ang tummy nila, kain ulit sila.  They do this to eventually satisfy their energy grainger requirement for the day. 
Ang disadvantage nito, yung feeds mong nilagay sa autofeeder get exposed to the elements (birds, rodents, flies) at kung pangit ang design ng autofeeder, minsan makokontaminate eto ng tae at urine.  Another napapansin grainger namin na issue ay mas mataas ang slow growers/runting cases namin.
A possible grainger explanation to the SG ay dahil merun social structure ang pigs, the bullies will tend to eat first.  Ang mahihina nalilipasan na ng gutom o kaya magtitiaga sa tubig.  Lalo tuloy silang naiiwan ang laki.  Hindi rin basta-basta nai-identify ang may sakit sa mga naka autofeeder kasi yung may sakit na nakahiga lang lagi ay hindi mo mapapansinagad.
1)  na enough ang space for all the animals (kung 30 sila, dapat kaya na sabay-sabay silang kumakain) kahit na near harvest size na sila.  Mas malapad na kasi sila by that time. 2) high density diet - kasi we calculate na lang ang kayang kainin for the day and try to give it one time (its about 2.5kg per head per day sa finishing stage, mas less than that pag younger). 3) dapat tama ang lalim at lapad ng feeder - dahil nga yung feeds ay inilagay ng lahat (so dapat capable eto ng a little over 2.5kg per animal space). 4) madaling linisin, hindi masirain at madaling irepair if needed 5) merun grilles or harang para hindi mahigaan ng pigs ang labangan. 6) ang design ay hindi prone na magtapon ng feeds 7) madaling lagyan ng feeds - kasi mano-mano ang paglagay
As you can see, we try to make it "one-day-one-eat"...meaning one time lang binibigay ang feed (usually umaga) na kailangan nilang ubusin for the whole day.  Realistically, nauubos/linis ng pigs ang labangan (feeding grainger trough) before maglunch time.
3) dapat tama ang lalim at lapad ng feeder - dahil nga yung feeds ay inilagay ng lahat (so dapat capable eto ng a little over 2.5kg per animal space). 4) madaling linisin, hindi masirain at madaling irepair if needed 5) merun grilles or harang para hindi mahigaan ng pigs ang labangan. 6) ang design ay hindi prone na magtapon ng feeds
Baka puedeng kang makagawa ng design na yong rebars na spacers or dividers ay hindi kayang akyatin ng biik or baboy at ang ulo at leeg lang nila ang puedeng pumasok sa loob ng labangan habang kumakain.
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