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Almost ready #7786014
01/29/23 07:16 PM
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Spent all day prepping the farrowing room for the pigs that are due starting next weekend. Installed a new heater and pressure washed the whole place. A few more odds and ends to finish up the next couple days and we should be in business.

Re: Almost ready [Re: Dana I] #7786051
01/29/23 07:38 PM
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Looks mighty clean in there!


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Re: Almost ready [Re: Leftlane] #7786067
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Originally Posted by Leftlane
Looks mighty clean in there!


I used to work in a farrowing barn. All that crap on the sides of every stall would have been unacceptable. Lol


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Re: Almost ready [Re: Dana I] #7786071
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Nice set up to

Re: Almost ready [Re: Dana I] #7787432
01/31/23 11:19 AM
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Very nice set up. How many sows do you have? Breed?

I have 2 farrowing in the next couple weeks and 2 more in a month. No farrowing crates yet, just using Smidley farrowing huts.


Re: Almost ready [Re: Dana I] #7787555
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Looks like a nice set up.

Re: Almost ready [Re: Michigander] #7788587
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Originally Posted by Michigander
Very nice set up. How many sows do you have? Breed?

I have 2 farrowing in the next couple weeks and 2 more in a month. No farrowing crates yet, just using Smidley farrowing huts.



I have only 7 right now, not nearly enough to justify the money spent building this farrowing room. I have 6 crates on the left and 6 weaning pens on the right. Manure pits with pit scrapers and pit fans under both.

I would like to get back up to 10 or 12. Two of the ones I have now I cannot get to breed, can't even catch them in heat. I do pure bred Duroc along with cross breeds of several varieties. Mostly Hampshire crosses although I picked up a pure bred Yorkshire recently

Re: Almost ready [Re: Dana I] #7789100
02/02/23 12:31 PM
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Do you sell feeders or do you finish them out yourself? If selling feeders what do you think they will sell for.

Im think I should buy some feeders and finish 6 to 8 of them. Start in late spring and will be ready to butcher early Nov. I like big hog 300 to 350 lbs. Fat equals flavor.

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