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- Sat May 03, 2008 8:41 am
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: multiple sows in heat
- Replies: 4
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<t>How old is the boar? I have used older boars twice a day for a two or three days in a row with no problems. I wouldn't recomend doing this with young boars below about a year old. Wait the same that you would when AIing and breed each sow once a day. Don't get in a hurry and start breeding them a...
- Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:10 am
- Forum: REPRODUCTION
- Topic: Semen Collection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6948
<t>I had a shipment of semen this past fall. When I received the semen I opened the box within 15 minutes to use some. It felt cold and so I checked the temperature. It was at 51 degrees. I called the boar stud that I got the semen from and told them about it. They said great (which surprised me) an...
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:09 pm
- Forum: BOARS
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<t>135 days to 250 is extremely fast. I don't think there are too many pigs that will do this unless they were pampered the whole way and even then it is uncommon. There is nothing wrong with 160 to 170 days to 250. The idea that Roc On should have been cut is simply stupid. I'm not trying to say he...
- Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:46 pm
- Forum: BOARS
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<t>I will agree with VIP and Fire and Ice but I don't agree with Johnny Cash. He may not be worth what Lean Value paid for but he has sired some very good pigs. He just has to be used on the right kind of sows. I know Rick Whitman used him some and is putting quite a few gilts back into his herd. Th...