When you used the safeguard, did you treat her for 3 days in a row?

Never had any issues with them. Don't think I've ever missed a sow when using one of their boars come to think of it. Great people

Don't know of any rules against it, but you can have it removed and you wouldn't have to worry about it.

He's been around for a while. You'll see him a TON of crossbred pedigrees. He was as popular as any in his prime.

Part of the reason is she only had 5 pigs in her. Fewer pigs usually correlates to bigger pigs at birth.

If you take him a good one, he'll find it

big time

As a whole: Straighter shouldered....wait wait, I mean taller fronted!! :? Narrower and flatter everywhere with even less muscle....wait wait, I mean jerk necked and as sound as a barn cat!! :? This trend to keep making them "prettier" is going to get them too forward in their shoulder and...

They're not showing birthdates anymore because someone got caught showing a pig at a major show that was too old. No birthdate shown for these online crossbred pigs = no way for someone to prove age = no way to get DQ'd because you're showing something older than it's supposed to be. Here's the link...

As mentioned in another post, estrumate is not labeled for swine, so you'd need to consult your vet first. folks sometimes get awful touchy about estrumate. Per our vet's instructions we use 2cc estrumate in the neck 24 hours and 12 hours before the due date starting labor normally 24-30 hours from...

As mentioned in another post, estrumate is not labeled for swine, so you'd need to consult your vet first.

Just because the feed is "brand new" out of the sack doesn't mean it's not from a batch that's months and months old

There are traits you can look at in very young pigs. For example, you can get a really good idea how heavy structured they will be their skull is a pretty good indicator. You can have an inkling about other traits and there are exceptional ones that stand out. Agree with hogdoc ...But it's essentia...

You really don't feel like more people are trying to raise them? Where are those crates you're talking about going? People get out and others jump in obviously, but if I had a dollar for every time I talked to a customer that said they were going to try and raise a litter themselves rather than go l...

IlpigFan wrote:When you say "excess availability" is that because of the time of year or just more people raising showpigs compared to years past.

Definitely more people raising them