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- Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:38 am
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: Farrowing help asap please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2610
Re: Farrowing help asap please
Was she able to get pregnant again and did she carry it to term?
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:30 am
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: Farrowing help asap please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2610
Re: Farrowing help asap please
Do you mean she may never have been pregnant?
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:46 am
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: Farrowing help asap please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2610
Farrowing help asap please
I have a Hereford sow who I induced to farrow on her due date with estrumate on wed. morning 10 am.By thurs. night 8 pm still no labor so I gave her oxytocin after checking to see if any pigs were logged. Canal was free and she started pushing shortly after that. By 2 am She wasn't making any progre...
- Tue May 12, 2015 8:02 am
- Forum: NUTRITION
- Topic: lactating sow ration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1216
lactating sow ration
This will be the first time I farrow in a sow and was wondering if there is any place to find a lactating sow ration recipe? I have talked to my local nutritionists and they tell me that they don't deal much with pigs, and that I should just feed a basic 18 percent grower ration. Is this correct or ...
- Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:53 pm
- Forum: BOARS
- Topic: Help picking red boar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1741
Re: Help picking red boar
My sow is pure but not registered. Unless there is a way to register her litter I want to make the best pigs possible, as long as some are red. No matter what breed
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:50 am
- Forum: BOARS
- Topic: Help picking red boar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1741
Help picking red boar
I have a nice Hereford sow that has good thickness, and feet and legs. What I am looking for is a boar that will give her more length without loosing her width. Is there a Hereford boar that will do that? Or what would be a good boar to cross her with and still keep At least some of the litter being...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:46 am
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: repeating sow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1073
repeating sow
I bought a sow that was bred 2 times with a boar, and since I have gotten her home I have bred her 2 times AI. My question is there any tricks to getting her bred? I did not pay a lot for this sow, but she is very correct. I would like to get at least one litter out of her. She is also very active, ...