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What are the constants one must know in order to calculate the theoretical number of plates each pig will provide?
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Zero, meaning, you need to know nothing...
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Considering the growth rate of domestic swine, if we can drag this out a few months the size differential will decrease dramatically, so the sorting by size will be easier.
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I think you're right: pig integration becomes much easier when all the pigs are of the same size.
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You may have to do a separation to maintain the pigs at approximately the same size. As they grow, the male pigs will tend to increase the space between themselves, and will spend most of their time in the ground state, entering an excited state only when food is available. If the male and female pigs are allowed to mingle they will all remain in the ground state unless food or other external stimuli are applied: however at certain intervals throughout the year the female pig(s) will enter an excited state, followed by the males entering an excited state, a spontaneous reaction will occur, and in a few months the size issue will be present again.
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carl.nott appears to have a simple enough solution, but I would refine it slightly in order to keep the pigs edible. Instead of using KCN, euthanize them in such a manner that their meat remains suitable for consumption.
For a completely famciful yet utterly stupid method, read on:
1. By whatever method deemed suitable, attach a chunk of ferrous metal to each pig...or perhaps feed a (very) high iron diet.
2. Install a partition near one end of the pen whose bottom is off the ground and is high enough for small pigs to pass but not high enough for any larger pigs to pass. This may be made adjustable in order to sub fractionate pigs.
3. Coat the floor of the pen with dimethiconol (Dow corning 1401 fluid).
4 Install an enormous electromagnet at the end of the pen past the partition.
5. Turn on electromagnet.
If you've set the partition low enough, you ahould only get the smallest pigs. Drop the partition to the ground (zero gap), turn off magnet, remove smallest pigs. Raise partition to next deisred level and repeat the process.
And that's why I'm in R&D!
For a completely famciful yet utterly stupid method, read on:
1. By whatever method deemed suitable, attach a chunk of ferrous metal to each pig...or perhaps feed a (very) high iron diet.
2. Install a partition near one end of the pen whose bottom is off the ground and is high enough for small pigs to pass but not high enough for any larger pigs to pass. This may be made adjustable in order to sub fractionate pigs.
3. Coat the floor of the pen with dimethiconol (Dow corning 1401 fluid).
4 Install an enormous electromagnet at the end of the pen past the partition.
5. Turn on electromagnet.
If you've set the partition low enough, you ahould only get the smallest pigs. Drop the partition to the ground (zero gap), turn off magnet, remove smallest pigs. Raise partition to next deisred level and repeat the process.
And that's why I'm in R&D!
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Hmmm....
I think one will get the best results using the professional tools mentioned by lmh....
I think one will get the best results using the professional tools mentioned by lmh....
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If you show them a piece of pork sausage?
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The pigs don't come out. I don't know what's wrong. Please help me...
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Well Uwe, did you contact your MegaPigTechnology rep (lmh)? What have you tried doing to separate your pigs? You know we need to know where you've been to recommend where to go next, e.g. we need information to effectively recommend solutions. Also, if you're dissatisfied with MegaPigTechnologies, the professionals at SwineSep may offer superior solutions to problems of porcine proportions, and they might have the answer to your problem...

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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Hilarious! Thanks for the laugh bisnettrj2 & Uwe...Happy Monday!
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Are you sure that you actually had pigs? Did they get lost in transit?The pigs don't come out. I don't know what's wrong. Please help me...
Are you using a large enough gate to allow the pigs to enter the pen? They may have gotten stuck in the entrance.
Did your pigs bunch up inside the pen because there was something that attracted them and prevented them from moving on?
Did you have a pig food (slop) of sufficient strength to entice the pigs to move through the successive pens?
Are you using the correct system to visualize the pigs if they do come out of the pens? Check to see that the lights are on and that you are using the correct colors.
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"Are you sure that you actually had pigs? Did they get lost in transit?"
I had many pigs last week...
"Are you using a large enough gate to allow the pigs to enter the pen? They may have gotten stuck in the entrance."
The gate was large enough last week.
"Did your pigs bunch up inside the pen because there was something that attracted them and prevented them from moving on?"
Possible, but I don't know what it is. What do you suggest?
"Did you have a pig food (slop) of sufficient strength to entice the pigs to move through the successive pens?"
I think this was OK.
"Are you using the correct system to visualize the pigs if they do come out of the pens? Check to see that the lights are on and that you are using the correct colors."
I don’t have lights. I checked the pigs after returning from the pub. It was pretty dark, but I think I still should have gotten a signal, if the pigs would have come out.
I had many pigs last week...
"Are you using a large enough gate to allow the pigs to enter the pen? They may have gotten stuck in the entrance."
The gate was large enough last week.
"Did your pigs bunch up inside the pen because there was something that attracted them and prevented them from moving on?"
Possible, but I don't know what it is. What do you suggest?
"Did you have a pig food (slop) of sufficient strength to entice the pigs to move through the successive pens?"
I think this was OK.
"Are you using the correct system to visualize the pigs if they do come out of the pens? Check to see that the lights are on and that you are using the correct colors."
I don’t have lights. I checked the pigs after returning from the pub. It was pretty dark, but I think I still should have gotten a signal, if the pigs would have come out.
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I assume your pigs are getting bigger by the moment? It sounds like you got the pigs into the separation mechanism, but then they became too large to leave the mechanism... this is like reverse size exclusion, where the bigger things are being retained too long, instead of excluded....
Or maybe they found something really enticing, like some pretty sows or some primo grub (active sites) within your separation mechanism, and they are intractably bound... Quite the devil of a problem...


Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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That doesn't necessarily mean that you have pigs this week. Go back and check your pig procurement procedures.I had many pigs last week...
Are you still using the same gate? Have there been any changes to the gate or has anything happened that would damage the gate?The gate was large enough last week.
This is hard to answer because the cause of the pig congestion may be due to your specific pig matrix. What else goes in with the pigs?Possible, but I don't know what it is. What do you suggest?
This is not acceptable. You must check to be sure that your slop formula is exactly the same as the slop that worked in the past. Double check all components, measurements, etc.I think this was OK.
If you don't have lights, how are you detecting the pigs? Can you run a test pig through your system so that you know for sure that it comes out the other end and can be detected?I don’t have lights. I checked the pigs after returning from the pub. It was pretty dark, but I think I still should have gotten a signal, if the pigs would have come out.
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