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Misfitmorgan. It s funny, my buddy that I do all this stuff with is kinda a fly by the seat of your pants kinda guy and we always seem to be behind the 8 ball in the end. So we’ve found out that just as we are finishing up still this year we need to order our piglets now for the spring. LOL...

Misfitmorgan; Just want to say thank you for the excellent information, we came up with about the same thoughts and we upped the feed based on current weights and some studies on temperatures from Iowa state university and came up with 8 pounds per pig per day at temps of 20 degrees...

Thank you, the leanto has three sides and a partially opened front definitely changing it to a closed shed like structure with a carpet door they can come in and out of, deep hay bedding and a complete raised floor. Hopefully this will keep them warm enough to get to weight over the next 4 weeks.

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Hello, Just need a little more advice, we got our piglets late this year and have another month to go, they are outside with a leanto structure for protection from the elements and have done well so far. It is starting to get colder and the weather will be 30's and 40's for the next couple...

I have a couple restaurant owners asking to buy our ram lamb, anyone know where to start with this to be on the right side of the laws?

Thanks for the info, we have run into the selenium issue already and supplement it but will talk with vet on the injectable and trying it before breeding. We'll be trying the flushing also, we do notice and have been told by others are sheep are "well fed" so the flushing should not be a problem.

We bred twins on all the ewes a few years ago so hopefully we will be good to go. Also thanks for the hint on location.

Thanks For flushing is this the same as graining upto four weeks before breeding? This was suggested to us this spring and we are going to try just letting them grass feed for the summer then grain feed with hay and pasture for the last 4 weeks prior to breeding. Does this sound like what...

hello all, been working on a herd for two years now with a buddy. My question is why do we seem to breed only males, and why did the first year we get twins and now out of 9 ewes we only bred two sets of twins? Is this just luck / chance or is there something we can do to improve our odds of...