I have 80 birthing tubs to date. More will come when I have time to build them. I changed standard mortar tubs to 3x2 size(for my breeding tubs). That change has eaten most of my time and resources since the economy has taken a HUGE dive.
Last edited by suzuki4life; 12-07-2010 at 02:49 AM.
OK, I realize that this is a little old but I had to update Since posting this I have built a 28 bin maternity rack using the Medium Petmate Litter pans. I've been pulling the moms and placing them individually in the rack as soon as I see that they are showing. This change alone has had a tremendous impact on the survival rates of the babies. I'm reasonably confident that I have not lost any babies since placing the moms into the birthing racks I have also started to rotate the females through the male bins as I pull the preggo moms and replace with moms that have weaned off their babies. Otherwise, I still have kept the garage at 65 degrees and continued to feed the DoggyBag dog food from Tractor Supply.
Now you just have to start thinking about your replacement strategy. I try to replace 1/3 of my breeding animals at once. If you replace 1/3 of your animals every 16 weeks you will replace your animals once every 48 weeks (or about once a year). To me, this seems like the most logical way to do it. Feel free to weigh in on this one.
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Since posting this I have built a 28 bin maternity rack using the Medium Petmate Litter pans. I've been pulling the moms and placing them individually in the rack as soon as I see that they are showing. This change alone has had a tremendous impact on the survival rates of the babies. I'm reasonably confident that I have not lost any babies since placing the moms into the birthing racks
