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Thanks for the input.  The main show we are trying to make is the state show in mid Febuary. They have to weigh 225 to make weight. One of the pigs will also be shown in our county show the second week in March---don't know which one yet, as we still have a few more weeks to decide before the...

We have two pigs.  A gilt around 90 lbs. and a barrow around 70 lbs. They are on a locally mixed 18% feed made with a Sunglo premix.  How much steam rolled oats, if any should I be putting in their feed? 

Went to our first cattle show this weekend. I bought a quart bottle of adhesive remover from the supply trailer. It was EZ brand "be gone" and labeled a "green" product. Cost $27.00.  I opened it up and it looks, smells, and feels just like biodiesel.  Does anyone know if this is indeed what it...

Thanks for all of the comments. I think based on what all of you have shared, we'll take the chain type halter off and try the rope one. We were thinking it would make things easier since you can leave those types on and have something to catch her by since we don't have a chute to put her in...

We've had an Angus heifer about a month. She's coming along pretty well---leading good, but still not dead broke. Because she's hard to halter, we've been using one you leave on--the kind with the chain underneath.  She will stand to be brushed all over, but if anyone tries to handle her near...