FoxF wrote:buckibri,

Have you seen the boars at NIBS? I am intrigued with Oneofakind from Burzloff's. This is a little bit off my radar being from Michigan.

No, I've not been to Bill's place I just know he is a good man that knows hogs better than most and he puts semen in the bottle.

<t>Do it all the time and prefer that type of breeding.<br/> <br/> <br/> % of pigs from the different boars will depnd on many things including insemination timing/ovulation and life and motility of the individual boars semen.<br/> <br/> <br/> In your example of aHamp sow bred with HAmp and York Sem...

3cmacho wrote:how long is seman good for if kept in cooler and roted 3 times a day

if you have access to a good microscope take a look. That is the only way you know.


Life of semen depends on the boar, the extender and the care of the extended product. Many variables.

Over the past few years I have been looking for a larger framed yorkshire boar to help keep the "Yorkshire" traits in our herd. I have seen many fat toads that ultimately don't put the traits in the females we are looking for. My question is; who is still out there producing larger framed...

When I first started posting here piggy came down on me pretty hard a few times. I PMed her and asked her what the deal was and she told me that she doesn't mean to be hard on people it just comes out that way sometimes. Maybe thats what happened with primeswine. Everybody on here gives advice acco...

not so much pelvic area. Im saying that when i put my hand in it was hard to get in but didnt feel bones like her pelvis. i have reached many gilts and sows and never felt this before like i can only get in so far(like hand only ) and there is like a wall when i get hand in she is very uneasy she d...

I've always let the sow/gilt have their first pig before exploring.


When you describe her as tight, are you typing about her pelvic area?


If so, how tight?

Luke30 wrote:I heard alot of folks talk him up earlier in the breeding season, just wondering how his pigs were turing out?

Finished a litter born last summer. He added muscle bone and top shape. Frame size maintained, thanks.

Will be keeping some gilts from the litter.

We like our Yak II pigs a lot. He just sired the Grand and Res Durocs @ Houston Livestock Show and the Res Champion Duroc gilt @ Ok City youth Expo. We will be selling YakII pigs on showpig.com April 19th. Have a Yak II gilt on a Bone Up/Changing Time sow that is solid. Looking for an opinion on a ...

if you wish to add bone take alook at White Fox at Shipley's. The picture of him he has on the web site is pretty convincing.

there is no reason to remove the gilt from the boar during her heat cycle if she is the only gilt you are breeding.

Semen will live about 24 hours in the female regardless of source.

<t>Yes she should be sold unless you strictly be terminal with her pigs in the future. <br/> <br/> Can try to limit feed intake the last 30 days to limnikt pig size.<br/> <br/> <br/> I'm dealing with the same today. HAve farrowed 3 gilts in the last 3 days with zero help, big litters of good strong ...

Some gilts and sows need to finish farrowing before allowing pigs to nurse comfortably. So the idea of taking the pigs and keeping them warm is a great idea.

May also need to clip teeth before nursing.

Have had sows for 40 years and at least 10,000 litters.

It is doubtful you will see any solid white pigs from that mmating.


Have no idea the inheritance of wattles.

<t>every hog line is different when it comes to the resuts of inbreeding. I have taken lines for several generations inbred with success but have also found most of the genetic warts that come along when you line up some genes. <br/> <br/> <br/> What you doing with that genetic relationship is not t...