crosses???
- maxwellfarm07
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crosses???
beside hamp york cross what other good crosses are there that match up
- SMQ419Showpigs
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My favorite cross for making showpig females is York X (Hamp X Duroc). Breed them to a pure hamp and you get half belted and half blue butts. You can take that one step farther and breed the sow to a pure york again. Making them 3/4 York 1/8 Duroc, and 1/8 Hamp. Usually there offspring when mated pure hamp will have lots of blue but very rarely do you get a sow that carries the black gene.
To get a really good all purpose crossbred you need to use 3 breeds.
To get a really good all purpose crossbred you need to use 3 breeds.
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