Crackle, most companies in your area will probably be interested send letters to banks,construction /excavating companies, anyone involved in ag (vets,feed stores,lumber mills that sell saw dust/ shavings for bedding,butcher shops) also look to family's who have or have had children in the past who ...

The Naile is Nov 3rd thru the 20th depending on when the swine shows are during then, you want them around 6 months at showtime, so I'd say born mid to late May would probably be ideal

I normally keep a sow for 4 years before we cull her at our barn , so I guess 5 to 6 litters would be accurate, there are exceptions a really good sow can go a little longer but we normally know it's time to get rid of her by two things noticing her heat cycles aren't as on schedule as they were whe...

My two up and coming gilts first one is a Visonary,went down to see one of the guys I deal with he bred this litter solely for replacement gilts (sow is an Outlier) he had 6 gilts in the litter he didn't even wanna sell her to me ,I had to talk him into it, the other gilt now that you were asking ab...

From what you just said your looking for Cashmere, you may wanna check out Rusty Nuts at Hi Point

It all depends on the types of shows your doing, if your doing purebred shows and competing against other Tamworths,GOS,or Large Blacks then sure but if your competing in a market show you more then likely won't do very well with these old heritage breeds compared to the Crossbreds you'll be going a...

This would all depend on what your plans are for the barn, are you planning on eventually farrowing litters in the barn? If so you will want a lower ceiling height to hold more heat in, If your just using the barn for showstock you could go higher which is always a nice option (example you got your ...

We did pipe when we built our new barn,but the only disadvantage with pipe was there's gaps that the piglets can escape from so when the sows are farrowing we have to have a couple bales of straw on hand to seal up any places piglets can get out, I would think you could run into the same issue with ...

Pigs don't even like other pigs that they weren't raised with let alone other species, they're not like cows, horses, donkeys, goats ,alpacas, or sheep that can be in mixed in a pasture together, swine need their own area separated from the rest of the livestock,I mean I did at one time have an exce...

I've been using Hog Mate I get it online from NASCO seems to work good for me and I don't see an out of date on it

That all depends on what your actually buying (registered purebreds or crossbreds, all my stock is crossbred theres no market for purebreeds in my area) then ya gotta consider how good this guy's stock is and are they worth what they're asking, I wouldn't normally pay more then 1000 to 1500 for a re...

It started 3 nights ago my rooster went missing thought maybe a hawk or coyote,yesterday find a hen right in the driveway between the woodshed and the barn just her guts ripped out her head was there not touched to me that rules out a mink or a coon,locked the rest of the hens up, found the rooster ...

Pumpkin Spice at Wintex, some of the best feet in the game and stout upper skeletal

She'll certainly be big enough but do you self a favor and get her off the sunglo, if your planning on her having a litter you don't want her blown out on show feed keep her more natural, instead get her on a good sow and pig ration ,remember you don't want your sows looking just like your show hogs...

I always go with 12 hour intervals and I never need or use more then 3 doses, (example you notice she's in full bore standing heat 5pm hit her with the first dose,5am second, if still standing hard hit her with the third at 5pm) always seems to work good for me regardless if it's a gilt or a sow, to...