Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is AWESOME!!!

You prove that hard work and determination has its rewards.

WE WANT PICS !!!!!!! As they progress.

Mark

<t>Good Luck!!! I hope everything goes well. I have found myself getting on here to look at the update on this sow. My wife and I were talking about this last night and we're curious if you know or have you asked the breeder of this female if any of her littermate sisters went into production and ha...

<t>This is not a scientific explanation just my thoughts. We had two sows do the exact same thing. One was the sow I talked about in another post that we think had a retained cl the other a york sow that we had no issues with. So I agree with RnC I think the weather has some to do with it. But most ...

So I had a first time gilt have 3 babies on sun the 18th. I thought that this was a small litter, but hey it was a AI litter and there is to many factors to count. She did pass some afterbirth (about a gallons worth) after I went in to check for more babies. I felt nothing. She hasn't been herself ...

<r>Thought I would share an update.<br/> <br/> The sow described in the original post returned to heat this morning. Something was going on but I'm not sure what. First of all, within a week of her finally coming into standing heat her udder development finally started started to subside. Secondly, ...

<r>Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to mother nature <E>:(</E> <br/> <br/> I have a friend who had the same situation with a mature sow. She had cycled like clock work with two other sows for three consecutive months. As soon as he ordered semen and had it on hand for when she was due in......<...

<t>I have had this conversation with two or three individuals the last couple of days and everyone seems to be experiencing the same situation as you. Sows and gilts alike are standing in heat for several more hours than what might be considered normal. We have speculated that it is the fact that mo...

<r>Heres the Latest!!!!!<br/> <br/> Made the decision to shoot her with the lute this evening so as to have her in heat the first part of the week along with another gilt so I can get semen for both of them. After heat checking this morning and her looking no closer than she has for the last several...

We had four barrows on the farm all summer and none of them ever came in contact with her. The barrows are housed in a seperate barn. I talked with the vet yesterday and he agrees this is probably the situation.

Thanks to everyone for their input.

<t>The question is did she cycle after the pg600 shot? If she did not show any signs of heat after the breeder gave her the pg600 shot then it is possible and likely she was already cycling naturally. The PG will only have an effect on pre-pubertal gilts that are not cycling. If she did in fact not ...

<r>Thanks Darin.<br/> <br/> I knew you would know what I was talking about. I was thinking retained cl and said cystic.<br/> <br/> The problem is there has not been an intact male hog on the farm since this sow was weaned until Thursday September 3rd. So unless I have found a new phenomenon and got ...

<t>I want to echo what cajun said. <br/> <br/> First off I have found that penicillin is the drug of choice in this situation. Excede is a respiratory drug if I'm not mistaken. Make sure your pen is the regular pen g and in this situation it is not too much to give 20 cc per day particularly if she ...

<t>We have a cross bred sow that farrowed Jan '09 and we did not breed for spring or summer litters. She has fed extremely well this summer and gained a lot of weight and flesh. As a matter of fact she is probably too heavy. Long about mid july I asked the girls when did we get rid of the last boar ...

We did deworm as normal. I think the pigs were just a little small. It was better then last year at 180 this year we were only 11 pound short! Doing better. His pig did well, just small, she was sound. I had several people tell me I should see if a breader wanted her. If she had gain like the other...

Just got back from checking on her. Her temp is 102.3 102 is normal right? Vet told me to give her 12cc of pen which i did. The second injection site would not stop bleeding, maybe i hit a vein? I gave it in the neck like you are supposed to. I think it finally was stopping when i left. This has be...