I'll beat osage to it but I'm sure if you did a search on holding rations you would find a wealth of information.

kgb might have a really good routine as well.

You are the search KING LMAO

Good read, I guess If I had been paying attention I might of noticed that as well.

Thanks Mark

Just curious but where do you show sows let alone bred sows? I have never shown at or judged a fair that shows sows.

Thanks Mark

id give them kombalk feeds and walk them everday First of all I'm pretty sure this individuals fair is completed so it won't help to feed or exercise much of anything. Secondly, if one is going to get on a board and spam as it appears you are interested in doing you might make sure you know how to ...

<t>I don't know what your target weight is or where your located but it looks like your pretty close to right on track to me. As summer comes and it starts to warm up (regretfully it will unless your way up north) they can and will slow some. We use an ADG of 1.7 for an overall summer gain, at this ...

<t>I am not a vet and I would recommend consulting a vet about an inclusive vaccination program. However, here is Dr. Hendrickson's most current recommendations. 5 and 2 weeks pre farrow with an E coli/Pasturella/Bordetella/Erysipelas. If you call Stoney Creek Vet Service the will help you with the ...

<t>The last three we used matrix on had two sows come in the end of day 7 and the last sow came in the end of day 9. We finished matrix feeding twice a day on a friday evening, shot PG 600 on saturday afternoon and it was friday evening and sunday evening the next weekend when they first stood. The ...

<t>That is going to be extremely difficult. It depends on how old your boar is. I used two mature boars week before last to breed seven sows in about five days. I used the boars about every twelve hours and didn't have any problems until the last day and the one boar was slow to breed the last sow. ...

<t>I was wondering what is available thru the honor/purina program in the form of a grind and mix? My father-in-law has the honor feeds available in southern Illinois from the local FS but he won't spend the money on pelleted feed. Ha has a grinder mixer and his own corn so he wants to grind somethi...

<t>To answer your questions at a certain point which is about 120 to 150 lbs you decide on protein levels based on your pigs needs. Prior to this point the pigs all need about the same protein levels for muscle development. Our thoughts on protein is protein = muscle. If I have a pig that needs to c...

<t>If she is cycling by then it would not be advisable to breed her that soon. Ideal is to breed gilts when they weigh 300+ lbs and will farrow when they themselves are about 12 months of age. So needless to say ideal is to breed them when they are about 8 months of age. the problem with breeding th...

<t>We ususally figure a 1.7 gain from 100 lbs on to show weight. If you figure from today to the last friday before the week of your fair you have twelve weeks or 84 days. 84 x 1.7 = 142 lbs of gain. So theoretically you should have pigs weighing 230 to 240 lbs. Of course you can consider options of...

<t>We use steam rolled oats in our ration to the tune of 100 lbs per ton. We don't necessarily use them to cheapen the cost rather for the lysine content and the added fiber. I think once you talk to your feed mill you will realize they will not help to reduce cost. We are giving $16.00 per bag for ...

Somewhere between 3 and 5 days generally you will start to see signs of her approaching estrous. Including swelling, mucous discharge, ranting (running the fence) and possibly riding other sows if you have any in with her. Good Luck Mark

Just curious how old are the cross gilts and how many times do you think they should have been in?