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- Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:42 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Boar stud semen quality
- Replies: 8
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Re: Boar stud semen quality
I realize most boar studs will work with you if the sow didn't settle. The issue is that puts that litter of pigs a minimum of 21 days younger. When you have a market for a certain age group of pigs 21 days can sometimes put you out of that market. If you can sell the targeted age pigs for 500 a hea...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:50 am
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Boar stud semen quality
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4476
Boar stud semen quality
Just curious which boar studs have the most sophisticated equipment to ensure semen quality is good before shipping? We inspect what we receive under microscope but with the price of some of these boars it would be nice to know a little more about it. I'm not asking anyone to bash the ones who don't...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:55 am
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: show pig history
- Replies: 14
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Re: show pig history
It kinda goes like this: it all started with the biggest fattest pigs win, then the leanest frailest greyhound pig would win and then the smallest no necked toad with big legs and belly packed full of who knows what wins! This is an interesting topic as the showpig world has always went from one ext...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:42 am
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Swollen gland
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1335
Swollen gland
Anyone had any luck getting swollen glands behind barrows sheath to go away?
- Sun May 09, 2010 7:24 pm
- Forum: BOARS
- Topic: Black Attack & Super 8
- Replies: 3
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Black Attack & Super 8
I know both boars have had alot of success, what type of sows do they work on and where do they need protected?