Patent ID: 6837189

Claim:
A hog management system comprising: (a) a hog finishing building including a pair of side walls, ends walls joined to the side walls to form an enclosure, and a roof covering said enclosure; (b) a floor area in the enclosure, said floor area partitioned into two separate hog pen areas each having separate living areas; (c) a feeding area located centrally between said hog pen areas, said feeding area divided into first and second separate sections; (d) fencing and gate means for restricting movement between said pen areas and said feeding area (e) at least one holding area wherein hogs can be held separate from the feeding or pen areas; (f) a device for weighing and sorting hogs positioned adjacent the feeding area and arranged so that hogs from either pen area may be separately passed through said device, the device further having a gate means for diverting hogs through one of two exit openings leading into one of said first or second feeding areas or into said holding area as desired.