<t>One that REALLY needs to be considered in this conversation is Purple Reign at Winmor farms. Looks great and his pedigree is outstanding. His full-sib gilt sold for $28,000? at Indy. Winmor has some litters from him weaned now. Might want to call and ask about him. Semen quality on him has been e...

Has anybody seen this boar or used him?

I saw that boar quite a few months ago. I really liked him.

I would like to know if anybody has settled sows/gilts with Super Monster semen over the past 30-60 days?

Ditto on Big Stick. He worked perfectly for me.

<t>Some people use a syringe to shoot it directly in the mouth. I have always taken about a quarter lb of show feed pellets, put it into something nonporous,( like a large cottage cheese container)drizzle it around, mix it up good. I top dress that on their feed and they inhale the pellets like cand...

<t>Thank you Darin. I would guess the stud will make it right. I have slides to send to them as well. I study boars for months before choosing. I had the perfect gilt for this particular boar and it makes me sick that the semen is no good. <br/> <br/> You can get your money back, but it does not rep...

<r>Darin - After evaluating the second dose, and counting 217 sperm cells on the slide, only 13 percent were normal ( 28 out of 217). 62 percent were Proximal Droplets. The remaining percentages ranged from coiled tails, bent tails, detached heads, distal droplets, head defects and midpiece defects....

Generally considered to be immature cells. Consensus is that they cannot fertilize. Often times rest (not collecting) will help the problem. Frequent collection makes it worse. This will be more common in the showpig breeding busy season as boars are collected with more frequency. You've got a chan...

Darin,

What causes this? Heat?

Ugh. Just used the first dose.

I just had some semen looked at by my vet. 72 percent of the sample had proximal droplets.

What are the chances of this semen settling my gilt?

Has anybody seen Triple X or his pigs?

triplej wrote:we had a litter of on the edge back on a big time sow the litter was very good. The last time i saw 2 of the gilts was about 2 weeks ago and all i can say is wow!

How old are they?

How are those On the Edge litters looking? Any updates?