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confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by llhorseygal61 » Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:32 pm

Hi I'm a confused about what is winning now I thought the judges we're looking for a lot of muscle big bone wide base with a small amount of cover on them. last year at two of the fair the pics at won where nice hogs but they looked like they were on steroids. they didn't have any cover on them at all just massive muscle could someone send me some pictures the Grand Champion Hogs so I know what to do. I dont know if show try and put cover on them or not. Thanks very much.

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Re: confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by bcbully » Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:05 pm

Depends on the judge. Maybe someone can help you if you can tell us who your judge is...
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Re: confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by SPRINGBRANCH » Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:42 pm

llhorseygal61 wrote:Hi I'm a confused about what is winning now I thought the judges we're looking for a lot of muscle big bone wide base with a small amount of cover on them. last year at two of the fair the pics at won where nice hogs but they looked like they were on steroids. they didn't have any cover on them at all just massive muscle could someone send me some pictures the Grand Champion Hogs so I know what to do. I dont know if show try and put cover on them or not. Thanks very much.
The number one thing we heard at the majors on 2015/16 was too much cover. In other words more muscle definition and mass. has some great pigs with more than enough mass, that if i would have had less cover on by 10# would have been in the running. we ALWAYS ask the judge what he'd change about our pig.

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Re: confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by midwest77 » Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:23 pm

SPRINGBRANCH wrote:
llhorseygal61 wrote:Hi I'm a confused about what is winning now I thought the judges we're looking for a lot of muscle big bone wide base with a small amount of cover on them. last year at two of the fair the pics at won where nice hogs but they looked like they were on steroids. they didn't have any cover on them at all just massive muscle could someone send me some pictures the Grand Champion Hogs so I know what to do. I dont know if show try and put cover on them or not. Thanks very much.
The number one thing we heard at the majors on 2015/16 was too much cover. In other words more muscle definition and mass. has some great pigs with more than enough mass, that if i would have had less cover on by 10# would have been in the running. we ALWAYS ask the judge what he'd change about our pig.
The couple of county fairs I have gone too, I would back this up. The ones that have won are the ones with a lot of muscle but they are still loose enough in their joints to motor around with ease. Also, these county fair were in the Midwest. Hope this helps.

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Re: confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by Cedarlanefarm » Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:15 am

How do you loose a little too much cover ?

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Post by DFSP2014 » Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:55 am

Higher protein feed with paylean will do the trick. Don't add fat if you need to lose cover.
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Re: confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by llhorseygal61 » Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:22 pm

We have got our barrow on fitter35 champion drive 18% honor show chow 708 and calf manna. We cant get paylean here without ordering it. And we walk him 45 minutes at night. He is firming up some. Hope this helps.

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Re: confused what type of pigs are winning this year

Post by SPRINGBRANCH » Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:57 pm

you can try a starter feed, the high protein and lysine will harden it up.

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