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by Wiscofarmer8
Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:16 am
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: How to keep a pig looking fresh while holding?
Replies: 2
Views: 2651

How to keep a pig looking fresh while holding?

How do you do you keep a pig looking fresh while holding them back? Last year I planned on taking my county fair pig to state fair. I had to hold him for about 4 weeks. During the show at state fair the judge expressed that my pig was dry. For the 4 weeks that I was holding him I had him on Showpig ...
by Wiscofarmer8
Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:19 pm
Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Topic: Showmanship question
Replies: 4
Views: 3339

Showmanship question

Recently this past year at the shows I've shown at (Wisconsin), I've seen other showman use their hands to hit the pig to get it moving, or use their hands to drag the pigs head to get it out of a corner or to get it to turn? I was very confused by this, since I've been told my whole life to not tou...
by Wiscofarmer8
Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:21 pm
Forum: BEFORE THE SHOW RING
Topic: Showmanship question
Replies: 2
Views: 4602

Showmanship question

I've recently seen in the shows I've been to that some of the top showman (which I consider are the kids that do many shows during the show season, and are more in the loop than I am cause I only do three shows during the season) have been using their hands on their pig during the shows and showmans...