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- Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:28 am
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Farrowing House Design
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2959
Re: Farrowing House Design
I have an outdoor wood stove and used hot water to heat the farrowing area. Works good.
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:32 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Seperating show pigs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3182
Re: Seperating show pigs
Separate pens and separate exercise times.
- Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:45 am
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Hauling with a suburban
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3220
Re: Hauling with a suburban
I have seen the results of people pulling to much trailer with not enough vehicle. Do your family a favor and continue to pull the trailer with the F-350. It may be a pain in the but to take 2 vehicles but you all will arrive safely at the destination.
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: How to get duroc to be darker
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8044
Re: How to get duroc to be darker
Iodine and sunlight
- Tue May 16, 2017 4:46 pm
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: DDG's in Sow Ration: Good or Bad
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2230
Re: DDG's in Sow Ration: Good or Bad
DDS can be bad for mycotoxins.
- Fri Apr 21, 2017 5:43 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Upper weight limit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3889
Re: Upper weight limit
They all go in by declared birth month. There have been some interesting size differences but that is the case in most classes even pure bred registered animals.
- Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:02 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Upper weight limit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3889
Re: Upper weight limit
Age is the limiting factor not weight on our County breeding show. January first is the oldest a pig is supposed to be.
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:53 pm
- Forum: BOARS
- Topic: Which Boar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3418
Re: Which Boar
Flash Flood at Top Cut will add base
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:40 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Keeping pigs still during weigh ins
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3211
Re: Keeping pigs still during weigh ins
At weigh ins you can tell the pigs that go through the scale on a regular basis vs the ones that were taken out of the pen and loaded on the trailer. Sometime a pig an get freaked but generally if the kids have worked with them a lot they are much calmer going through scales.
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:41 pm
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: Best way to dry up a sow?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2364
Re: Best way to dry up a sow?
Just move them to a solid pen where they can't see or hear the baby pigs.
Coolio
Did anyone use Coolio from Top Cut and if so how do is babies look?
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:10 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Question 1/2 ton truck pulling a low profile trailer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4715
Re: Question 1/2 ton truck pulling a low profile trailer
How old is your truck if it still has a 350 in it? How are your springs and shocks? What is the weight of the trailer and what is the towing capacity of your vehicle. I have seen people pulling very large campers with mid sized SUV's and it has ended badly for them especially on the interstate at hi...
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:03 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Clip on feeders?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4206
Re: Clip on feeders?
Get heavier clips at the hardware store as they hold up better.
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:50 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: 20,000 for a 50# gilt?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8216
Re: 20,000 for a 50# gilt?
I would rather sell one than buy one.
- Sun Oct 16, 2016 12:28 pm
- Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
- Topic: Hog Barn???
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9722
Re: Hog Barn???
I put eaves on my shed and runs come out from there. My sows are always outside until it is time to farrow.