I have 5 gilts and 2 boars available. 4 of the gilts and 2 boars are out of an elite purebred duroc sow (Structure x Bull Dust x Iconic) and Sired by Lockbox(Lean value Sires). 3 gilts are long haired blue gilts and 1 is solid black. There Dam breeds, farrows and Milks second to none. Grandmother of...

I have a Purebred Duroc, Structure x Bull Dust x Iconic, who is bred for her 3rd litter to a pure bred Hampshire, World Class son. She is an absolute maternal rock star, they don't get any better. She got accidentally bred sooner than I needed for our fair. I have 4 - 8 week old Lock Box daughters o...

Your right.....I like him. Tks.

Need opinions on the best, thickest, "maternal" Blue boar.

I will call my slaughter house now. I did try to call 2 different vets on Sunday.......but it was sunday and no one even returned my call. I even called my semen supplier on Sunday, and he recommended the Estromate. I have Lutalyse as that is what I used to induce her Friday night. I tried a new vet...

Sincerely thank you for the advice....very much. But to prove me not so unprepared, I had my vet come this morning to help me go in and pull them. My vet is like...80......so was not sure he would do house calls anymore. He tried for 10 minutes to get inside her and could not, and I had give gilt sh...

Ok. 10 pm last night gave 1cc oxy. She was nesting and pushing, but 6 am tues. and still no pigs.Obvious now she not going to have on her own. I have never done before.....but first for everything. I read of people "pulling them"? Do you give some kind of pain killer first? I will try what...

I got a point maker gilt that was due Saturday. Calculated from last date of breeding. Friday evening, gave her 2 cc of Lutalyse. Wanted to make sure she farrowed on the weekend to supervise. Sunday around noon, she started leaking fluid and pushing, but never farrowed. Sunday night, 9pm gave her 1c...

HeathG.........If your gilts teats look no different than 2 months ago.......I fear she is not bred?

Has your gilt farrowed yet? I have sow who I have to induce every time. She is great mother and farrows well, but will not start on her own? Never had any problems with pigs because I induced her with Lutalyse. I have heard a lot of big breeders just due it automatically anymore on there due date. A...

Have you bought vaccines from www.pbsanimalhealth.com Over in Wooster. I use for pre breed shots FlusureXP/Farrowsure Gold. Covers your influenza`s, parvo, lepto and Ery. Then I use for pre farrow, Prefarrow Shield 9, protects pigs against E coli and scours, and also shot of Circumvent PVC, for pneu...

I sent mine to Litchfield Analytical Services in Michigan. http://www.litchlab.com. Corn I was buying, had 2.7ppm vomitoxin. My gilt came in to heat strong, but stayed in heat 5 days, but would not settle. 3rd time I tried to breed, I used a young boar I had bought and she took, but only had 4 pigs....

Are you feeding a ground feed? I had issues sort of same last year and found out I had Mycotoxin issue. Namely vomitoxin.

See super monster an friends blog from Marie okie. Says he died 6 months ago. Do not think you could go wrong with untouchable? Building quite a track record.

I was just at cutting edge in mid November, picked up some triple crown. Dale talked like super monster was done, but I see still listing him.