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  1. jk47

    what do you do with pot belly pigs ?

    I know alot of people with pot belly pigs and people on this site with them. What are they for are they pets or food. Do they taste better then normal feeders or are they pets like dogs are Im just trying to figure out why there so popular
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    support my future poultry company

    I have a great reputation in my community for my eggs and a few stores want to carry my eggs and I need to expand so if you can I would love it if you check out my gofundme page. And if this counts as spam please take my post down I really dont want to hurt my reputation on this forum thank you...
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    got any good recipe for ground goat meat ?

    I got my goat processed the other day and decide to get a bulk of it ground at the butcher so got any good recipes for me to try
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    its time to go to fair again

    im taking my 2 York X to my local fair on mon. I well post pics of my pigs later on but wish me luck getting a good price at auction this year. I also raised a goat,lamb,turkey but that's for another post
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    Should I pursue a career in AG.

    It's my senior year of high school And it's when everyone is asking you what your going to do after your done with high school and I want to get a degree in animal science to work with livestock. And I always hear it takes a special Type of person to become a farmer and I'm starting to doubt...
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    I got my FFA state degree

    I received my degree last sat.
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    Getting more pigs soon

    Should be picking up 2 feeders on march 17 Can't wait to have pigs to care for again
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    its National FFA Week !

    time to to do chapter events and support and encourage the growth of agriculture and the FFA by teaching others about agriculture of all kinds . what is your chapter doing for FFA week
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    taking back my truff from the rodents

    I have killed 20 mix of rats and mice last month. So feeling pretty good. Getting my problem under control
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    what did you get on Christmas

    What did your family or friends get you for Christmas or even your animals in the way of Christmas dinner or birthing new animals on Christmas. My whole family pitched in and got me a $200 dollar gift certificate to my favorite feed store. And some of the does from my high school kidded. I must...
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    lets see your new piglets

    Its this time of year again when alot of us have sow due to farrow between now and January so as we all know we like to show off are new batchs and who dosent like to look at pigs anyways so post up your sows or piglets for all to see
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    one thing no one mentiones when you start out with livestock

    Well I got a cold today and it got me thinking that no one including me really tells a new person that you have to take care of whatever stock you have no matter what. It could be because I raise my livestock at my high school But people get sick and dont go to school someone else has to feed...
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    found a cool video

    its called farmin hard (counting stars parody) by itsgrowingseason search it on youtube I think they did a really good job on it
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    what should a person have on hand when starting out with swine

    Whether there raising swine for meat or pets. People like to know what stuff they need to have when starting out. And if they look at some one that raises swine and they have cabinets full of stuff and equipment just every were. And that might look like theres alot of things they need to buy.but...
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    how are feed prices looking in your area

    have they gone up due to the drought or down because of good harvests I cant say for my area for pig feed the price went down from when I had pigs last march-july it was 19.00 now its 18.75 and for chicken it went up a dollar from 18.00 to 19.00 im hoping pig feed goes down this year so I can...
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    wet feeding vs dry feeding

    I have used both but cant really tell if it does anything as far as weight gain goes I think hand feeding with added water to make a mush increase appetite because they don't need to stop eating to drink. but it seems to but the weight on faster. then my friends who use dry feed in a...
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    what do you use to treat scours

    well just like the title says what do you use to treat or control scours.because as we all know pigs get scours often do to a lot of different things. and we all have a go to product that we use and possibly we can learn and even find something that's better or easer to use. I well go first for...
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    feeding show lambs

    I am going to raise a lamb this March for FFA and I am going to show It but I more want it for meat and I want to get it big and meaty. So my question is how should I feed it and exercise it to achieve my goal also witch is better male or female lambs
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    probotics instead of antibiotic

    The use of the probitcs could be used in the swine industry instead of antibiotics Due to the consumers concern of meat safety And how healthy it is. Now for my personal opinions the use of probitcs would make antibiotic more effective when needed because the disease cant build an immunity...
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    any one raise hereford pigs

    Its one of the breeds I have heard of but have never seen other then drawings has anyone raised them before and if so what do you like about them and pictures
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