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by oldbrickhouse
Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:36 am
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Help Adding Top End
Replies: 0
Views: 4830

Help Adding Top End

I am looking to add a little more Top End on the sides. Barrow is square front and rear, good belly depth, not to wide for the frame. Currently on L611 - 1lb, L685 - 1Lb; L698 Slop - .5lb and 4 OZ of Full Figure. Current weight is 185'ish as of yesterday (my scale weighs heavy). Weigh Date is 7/21. ...
by oldbrickhouse
Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:17 am
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Pig won't eat all her food, HELP!
Replies: 3
Views: 3469

Re: Pig won't eat all her food, HELP!

How often do you feed in the heat. Sometimes going to a three a day feeding helps by breaking down the total feed amount. Also, if you wet feed, sometimes the supplements can have fats and other things that sour in the heat if water is added. I have had experience with pigs not cleaning up what was ...
by oldbrickhouse
Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Fat vs Protein vs Lysine
Replies: 2
Views: 4985

Fat vs Protein vs Lysine

Can someone explain how these three items effect the growing period in the early stages of a show pig's development? Pigs that are currently in the 50-70 lb range. My understanding is a higher protein is desired but also for the lean show pigs these days energy (fat) is required for proper muscle de...
by oldbrickhouse
Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:43 pm
Forum: NUTRITION
Topic: Lindner feed
Replies: 2
Views: 5591

Re: Lindner feed

I too live in Ohio and fed Sunglo. I did experiment with Linder this year and I still can't say I saw a difference. What was it about the feed quality you didn't like or saw?
by oldbrickhouse
Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Topic: Help with walking my pigs
Replies: 4
Views: 3419

Re: Help with walking my pigs

From my experience they do mellow out as they get heavier. Some of our pigs would make the quite sprint but them calm once let out of their pens. They are still fairly lightweight. For training purposes, I do think it is best to start with a sorting board along a fence if you have a fence to guide t...
by oldbrickhouse
Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:09 pm
Forum: AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Topic: Help with walking my pigs
Replies: 4
Views: 3419

Re: Help with walking my pigs

Pigs are still young with your show being in September. What has worked for us is have someone walk along you with a sorting board on one side while you walk the pig up along a fence of some sort on the other side. Continue this for a while and see if it helps. The person with the board needs to be ...