its not complicated! boar studs of all sizes need to see champions at all levels out of their boars. if they don't sell good semen they wont sell semen for very long therefore wont see champions. success sells!

KGB, im feeding powerfill, champ drive, depth charge and Heavy weight, for a total amount of about 4 pounds a day. I just started adding paylean. about 25 days from show day, by what im reading now I should not be feeding paylean??

if she is getting an udder she is bred but may only have twins. if she isn't putting on an udder at all I would say she is open. we have a cross gilt that is 2 weeks out yet and she is putting on an udder but does not have a big belly so we are anticipating a small litter out of her. usually gilts w...

just wondering if there really is much difference between the Ultracare line of feeds and the HSC 309?
also at what weight is it time to get off of the Mecadox and onto ctc/denaguard? is it ok to mix these 2 drugs?
thanks in advance for any help

I have never had that happen nor have I even heard of it. I would make a phone call to the stud service you used and probably never use their sevices again.

yes be patient.

i am with Kathy on this. this year we have a spot gilt that has been a real pain. I finally threw in the towel and told my 9 yr old daughter that from now on just let her go straight to the wash pen and after bath just let her go wherever she wants(even if that's back to her pen). used this method f...

grinding own feed mix with 1.1% lys 18% prot and shooting for that 5-6% fat range. what I am unsure of is what to use for a fat source. any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks

I saw Trash Talk at Shaffers open house and was very impressed. I am just curious what his babies are looking like. I only breed a few sows and was not able to get semen out of him in the fall. Thanks for any feedback

to echo all other responses it can be done without a boar but once you use a boar for heat checking you wont ever want to Not have a boar. next question about when to breed- you can really go crazy on this issue b/c every sow is so different and if your not sitting in a lawn chair by the pen 24/7 yo...

just wondering if anyone has seen any hostile takeover babies yet? what are your thoughts? thanks

I agree with a lot different things being said but just wanted to add a thought. If your willing to buy a pig sight unseen then that is really your own fault if something is not what you thought with the pig. Its not really obligation of the seller to tell you if his toes might not be even. If you d...

We have about a week old litter of 8 Ball (Superman X Split Second) X Preacher. The pigs are pretty well exactly what i was expecting as far as they are all very nice and are all black with most having some white feet or belts. The part I was not prepared for was the down ears. I am very pleased wit...