Red Wattles are a heritage breed kinda rare ugly as hell they have two pieces of skin that hang off the bottom of their necks like a rooster would have hence their name, I've heard they pack the pounds on quick and the meat is a little darker and more flavorful than other breeds,just check online fo...

Red Wattles pack the lard on fast, old world berk breeding does too

They'll fight to find their pecking order,younger litter will get beat up your gonna have cuts scratches,gotta make sure both litters are heathly so one doesn't.spread something to the other,runts have the toughest time when you do this we try to get 3 or 4 litters born close so when we wean we can ...

If your looking for bone and rib here's two good boars for that, Perry's has WD Roadie he's a Big Affair massive bone awesome rib, Shaffer's has Reaching High a Mile High son really good bone and rib, I also just a had a litter out of Hamby Haven's new boar Old Bay,he's a Big Affair / Bone Thug thes...

I know you said you want a white cross but Shipley's has Stone Calf he's also a MonumentAL son like Muffin he's also Pit bull on his Dams's side some black in him but mostly white plus he's stress negative , I've been thinking about using him on one or two of my girls

Yeah I know they do it for consistency, I raise beagles too with line breeding in them, my only concern was when a pig has the same grandpa on all four sides is it almost to the point of in breeding instead of line breeding ( I guess the best example would be Warfare theirs so many boars out there w...

Put him on 2lbs of his regular feed he still needs to get his nutrition, the rest of what he gets go to the feed store get a bag of straight oats,he's gonna look like he's wasting the oats he's not,a pig will split an oat shell eat the seed and spit the shell out, he won't gain much on oats

I apologize for the way worded my answer, I didn't mean you never raised a litter before was just saying you want to plan accordingly, but if you go with an online sale, some buyers won't bid if you have no delivery options ( if you do even better ) ,either way market show hogs they sell best at fee...

I,ve noticed that a lot of the top exotics available for stud have the same it not very similar gene pools, not all of them do but many do, as breeders do you worry about it much, and another question do any of you from time to time go back to a purebred boar on your crosses to throw something diffe...

Had the vet check him ,he's doing a lot better ,thank you for the input

If someone is gonna buy show hogs off you they want them 5 to 6 months old when they go to market shows they normally purchase them when their 10 to 12 weeks old (40/50lbs), so the best thing to do is research some early winter shows to plan your breeding times accordingly figure 115 days plus 5 to ...

Bottle fed full litters before but this one little guy has me stumped, mom is doing good with the whole litter,plenty of milk, the first morning after the sow had them I noticed this boar piglet was acting lame on his hind legs,brought him in the house,gave him Dumor Colostrum Supplement within 20 m...

I know Tractor Supply carries a multi species clostrum,it says it's for baby pigs it's made by Dumore pretty high protein and fat, comes in a 3lb bag for like 10 bucks

Sounds like an ulcer to me, unless she got into hardware but more then likely an ulcer

Well the NAILE is running from Nov 3rd to 20th so figure your 3-3-3 plus 5 months to get to that prime market weight ( 250 - 275) , last year at our local shows not the Naile the judges were picking heavier hogs ( the one fair's grand went 287lbs so I don't if their starting to look for a more finis...