Nurse Sows

Hyperprolificacy among gilts and older sows is increasing. One of the measures to take the strain off the dam having to raise perhaps 13 little monsters for 21 to 28 days is to use a nurse sow. I did this successfully myself with the occasional huge litter but the practice is also useful for a sow which for a variety of reasons is struggling to raise even a normal litter and starting to lose visible and tactile condition. The practice tended to fall by the wayside 20 years ago, the argument pre