MS Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "February 2004, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities...
Anybody have a source for those 1 lb. plastic tubes/bags that you buy sausage in from the grocery? Is some sort of tool needed to fill and seal them? (I don't...
Are you talking about chubs that come out of a quarter million dollar packing machine? I'd try Koch or Harbro for one pound hand stuffed sausage bags with a ...
Gunthorp Farms
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Feb 3, 2004 3:47 am
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I am wondering at what age you are breeding guilts (guilt's age, not yours..). I always waited for the 3rd heat and bred at the 4th heat period. Someone told...
Sloping Hill Farm
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Feb 3, 2004 3:59 am
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As long as the gilt is healthy and showing normal growth.. vaccinations current. I breed mine at 2nd heat cycle (first gilt breeding is almost always AI.. all...
My rule of thumb is 8 months of age and 300 pounds at breeding.....400 pounds at farrowing. Anything smaller or younger tends to have small first litters and...
Gunthorp Farms
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Feb 3, 2004 5:46 am
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My concern was and is size. With the 4th heat they are just over 9 month old and a bit stronger. We always use ai, so boar size is not my concern. Thanks for...
Sloping Hill Farm
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Feb 3, 2004 4:26 pm
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... We have four pigs which during the warmer weather are out on pasture all the time. We don't feed them grain per-say. During the winter they are mostly in...
I went into my freezer today and found some pork neck bones. Does anyone have a recipe that uses these that they would be willing to share? Melody Peterman...
Melody, Two ways that we have found useful for neck bones... the first is to simmer the neck-bones in just enough water, with a diced onion in it to become...
HI Pete Here's the thumbnail of what I'm GOING to do (it's not completely impelmented yet) - check back in 6 years and I'll let you know if it works as...
... raise dairy ... Salatin type ... get them out ... incorporate pigs ... they would ... about them ... had turned a ... defeat the ... appriciate any ... I...
Bill, how does a person make sure the mineral supplement is sufficient? Sorry if you've already mentioned that and I missed it. Also, how cold a winter can...
... sufficient? Sorry if you've already mentioned that and I missed it. Laurel, Sorry but I don't know much about balancing diets with cull products. I was...
Thanks, Bill, that answers all my questions and more I didn't know I had! This message will be saved. Sure appreciate your time. Laurel :) ... Laurel, --[cut:...
Greg, Koch had exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the source. amg On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:46:32 -0500 "Gunthorp Farms" <hey4hogs@...> writes: ...
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to a new and exciting board! MiniFarmAnimals is for those who love miniature farm animals. Anything...
Hi everyone, Sue normally writes to the list, but now it is me, Johan. I don't know if feeders have been discussed before but here goes: We are feeding liquids...
We feed waste milk to our weaned pigs on a regular basis. Our feeders are home-made and low tech but work fairly well. I got some pieces of 6" PVC pipe from a...
Hi! Thank you very much for your response. I'm sure your plan must work and sometime I will try it. Do the pigs not attack the pvc? I have in the meantime had...
I am looking for a source for Tamworth pigs in my area. I am in the Kamloops area of the Southern interior of BC Canada. Hugh [Non-text portions of this...
Johann, No real problems with them bothering or chewing the PVC. The occasional pig will try to lay in the trough while feeding - not sure that a divider would...
Just wanted to thank everyone for the great information. Spring is on it's way and I'm running out of time for farm and family, email has to go! Take care. ...
... recipe ... Hi, wow that's sounds exactly the way I want o raise them...organic grain is sooo expensive and I feel that historically pigs were on the land....
Hi Guys, Just a quick question: At what age do you prefer castration of newborn piglets? I've had a number of different opinions and thought it would be nice...
At least 3-4 days old (no stress during colostrom\initial nursing and building strength in the abdominal walls.. especially if using the "pull" method)... Less...
