2LearnBreed
Piétrain
Sus domesticus
A breed of Pig
Belgian breed of domestic pig.
- Family
- Suidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Pig generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Meat
- Mature weight
- 120–350 kg
- Gestation
- 114 days
- Temperament
- Intelligent and sociable; can be pushy at feeding time
- Forage
- Omnivores that need a balanced pig feed, even when they root and graze. Never feed kitchen scraps or meat, which is illegal in many countries because it spreads disease.
- Housing
- A dry, draught-free ark or house with bedding, shade and a wallow in hot weather. Use strong fencing or electric wire, since pigs root under weak fences.
- Good to know
- Pigs root up ground, so rotate paddocks or give them a dedicated area. Pale pigs burn easily and need shade or mud in strong sun. In many countries pig keepers must register their holding and record every movement.
The record
Breed facts
Production
- Litter size
- 10 pigletsBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Daily weight gain
- 700–800 gBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Appearance
- Colours
- White with black spotsBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- Population
- 1,412 breeding females, 1,228 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Uses
- Kept for
- Sire lineBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Piétrain
- Slug
- pi-train
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Suidae
- Genus
- Sus
- Species
- domesticus
- Cultivar
- Piétrain
- Wikidata QID
- Q956817
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48