Pig Heat Mat Forum

These include our popular sorting panels and electric heat mats feeding and watering equipment and milk replacement feeders.
Pig heat mat forum. Breeding questions sow talk semen management baby pig basics. Our products help sort livestock keep them warm and keep them fed. Post by hllbllyjhn wed sep 23 2020 2 55 am i m was just wondering what everyone s thoughts were about using heat mats under the piglets. Fri mar 27 2020 3 22 am.
With ul csa ce iec and pse certifications our pig heat mat is safe to operate and they save energy too. You would also need a good charging system i doubt a trickle charge would do the job ie trickle charger of 1 watt per hour only during the day for solar would only put in a max of 10 watts per day. Is it a good idea to use them or. Battery powered heat mat lamps would use a fair bit of electricity and you would need a large bank of batteries to keep it all going.
From economic benefits to numerous safety features there are so many reasons professional farmers depend on this durable product year after year. If the exposure times do not align with heat cycles any efforts at breeding could fail due to nothing more than poor timing. If your sow is not in heat it may be possible to encourage a heat cycle to occur. 1 post page 1 of 1.
Power consumption is even lower with the use of one of our heat pad controllers. Pig heating pads provide a solid surface whereas a rubber mat is required under a heat lamp. When planning to unite your sow with a boar keep in mind that the window of opportunity to catch her in heat only lasts between 8 36 hours. Since our very first pig heat mat developed in the early 1970 s farmers have consistently relied on stanfield heat pads to provide supplemental heat to newly farrowed piglets.
Heat pad uses 66 less power than a heat lamp.