Lyons Showpigs

http://www.lyonsshowpigs.com/

They raise quite a few of their own and have a top notch health program for any that are brought in from elsewhere. Great people who know their hogs. Its worth a call and/or visit to see what they have to offer.

The ultimate pig palace: Walking ring adjacent to pen area under roof. Wash pen. Be sure wash pen is situated so that water doesn't enter a pig pen when using. Build for ease of manure removal and re-bedding of pens. Bury water lines where possible to keep pig water as cool as possible AND in case y...

<t>Triple G, we used the Ralco Birthright one farrowing. It's great stuff. If it was readily available (at a feed store within 25-30 miles) then we would probably get set up to use it in some capacity for all the fall back pigs at the very least. Probably use it in other ways as well.<br/> <br/> We ...

<t>If that is the 18% protein about .95 or 1% lysine and about 5 or 5.5 fat % then yes we have had a lot of luck with that feed. Is there other feeds out there as good or better-definately and probably. In this part of the country it is easy to get all fair season for about 1000 hog exhibitors in a ...

<t>I'm guessing she should be eating 2.8 to 3.5 lbs feed per day maybe even 4 pounds. Should be gaining in the range of 1.25 to 1.4 lbs a day. She does sound a little light if the age is correct. I'd say at this age I would tend to stay away from top dresses. If she does in fact have a lower daily g...

<t>We have a litter out of on the verge that was born about 1/23. Sow side is big shot.<br/> <br/> They are unbelievable growers. While in crate they looked like they were going to be thick as heck wide as heck and not small at all but large moderate framed pigs. All 9 in the litter looked like they...

<t>I sure liked Step Ahead at Top cut. We used him last year about this time for summer farrowing. Don't remember the total number of pigs in litter but we ended up keeping one gilt and sold 3 more gilts to other producers for breeding stock. We would have kept all 4 if we would have had space for t...

Is she getting all the water she can drink?

Gravity flow or water from a pressure source? If gravity, is container cleaned often enough and thoroughly rinsed?

swinetime dad

<t>I agree it would be nice if everyone took advantage of all the tools that are out there to ensure best semen quality. I admit I am not as up to date on current technology for semen processing. Also, my current state of mind is pretty good on this issue because our litter sizes were record setting...

<t>Darin, I understand your main point that semen quality is more important than a guarantee. Also, it does seem logical that since showpig boar studs ask a higher price for their semen relative to commercial boar studs that they should invest more money in technology to ensure semen quality is at i...

<t>We had 2 litters of Born Ready, one July litter and one August. Both out of pure bred york(Polar Bear/Rambo) sows. The older one showed at jackpot show a week or two ago at 220 lbs and was reserve gilt overall in one show and class winner in another. Her best attribute to me is that she is as big...

<t>Just my take on the crinkled ears and the crooked noses. <br/> <br/> The only cause of crooked noses that I know of is rhinitis which is a respiritory disease that pigs pick up form their mother's nose while still nursing. Rhinitis can be easily prevented by vaccinating.<br/> <br/> As for crinkle...

<t>Very seldom do you need to "tie off the cord " after cutting. Spayne, use one hand to hold the cord towards stomach of piglet so that the cord isn't pulling from stomach and other hand, fingers, and finger nails to sever the cord so that the cord ends up above the piglets walking surface(just abo...

<t>Hate to be the bearer of bad news but it sounds to me like you have a no-eater on your hands. Son had a york gilt like that once that we were trying to push for summer conference. Just no appetite.<br/> <br/> I've seen piglets before at a very young age that want to romp and get all the other pig...

Gilbertowner, does Spencer feed and Seed in Folsom have any customer service as far as swine feed goes? They look like they're a Purina dealer and if so they probably get an order about every 2 weeks. Just a thought.

swibetime dad