Gilt preparation and achieving your breeding target

A visual guide

Future gilts removed from the finishing herd at 60kg (15 weeks) Increase Ca, PO4 and lysine	95 to 100kg 190 days Truck drive for a minimum of 15 minutes. Place all gilts into a pre-oestrus group – 20 minutes a day boar exposure
	Record the date of the first oestrus Note gilt which cycles within 10 days Note gilt which cycles between 10 to 28 days Cull all gilts which do not cycle within 29 days post boar exposure
	If breeding target require extra gilts mate at the 2^nd oestrus. Ideally delay breeding until the 3^rd oestrus
	Ideally mate on the third oestrus post-boar exposure. If breeding target has been met delay until 4^th oestrus
	If sufficient gilts have been available to reach the breeding target mate any 4^th cycling selected gilt. Do not delay after the 4^th oestrus