Currently I have sheep. No scale yet, but I will definitely be getting one when I get my Katahdins (which I hope is soon!). I found this company and three size options for scales on another thread where we were talking about scales... http://www.palletscales.net/ps250_hog_sheep_scale.htm (can't remember the thread, but I bookmarked the link to this company). I am REALLY liking the prices on these compared to the prices of scales at the feed store. Plus it's free shipping!
My question is, what size would you recommend? I will definitely be putting sheep on this scale. I do want to get hogs in the future (probably two Yorkshire gilts and breed them to a Duroc or Hamp boar and then eat/sell the babies when they get big enough), so I do want to get a scale that can easily be used for hogs. This is a sheep AND hog scale, but I was wondering which size would you recommend for using it for both? Obviously bigger is better, but there is a $40 difference between the two larger sizes and the smaller size. However, I wouldn't mind paying an additional $40 for the largest scale if I need to.
Just trying to plan ahead...I love to plan out every single little detail.
My question is, what size would you recommend? I will definitely be putting sheep on this scale. I do want to get hogs in the future (probably two Yorkshire gilts and breed them to a Duroc or Hamp boar and then eat/sell the babies when they get big enough), so I do want to get a scale that can easily be used for hogs. This is a sheep AND hog scale, but I was wondering which size would you recommend for using it for both? Obviously bigger is better, but there is a $40 difference between the two larger sizes and the smaller size. However, I wouldn't mind paying an additional $40 for the largest scale if I need to.
Just trying to plan ahead...I love to plan out every single little detail.