kanshow said:
Get them on some paylean to see ifyou can't get them to put more pounds on. Normally, if they were closer to the ideal weight, we'd be feeding something like full tank or depth charge to get that depth & ribshape built in.. but if you do that now, you'll sacrifice a lot of pounds.. So show day, assuming you do NOT have to weigh back.. I would get them to eat and drink as much of whatever they will .. gatorade, unmedicated milk replacer, whatever .. and that will give them some depth..
They look good! Good Luck!!!
Thanks for the nice advice. They both did did gain the last week, around 25# each. We used not only the pay lean but a fat product called Frosting and it really worked well and they loved it. Righty,nthe smaller one of the two, weighed in at 220 and won her class, the lightest class, but still the judge liked her.
Lefty, the one we thought was better, weighed in at 245 and placedt second in her class to one of the champions so we were happy with that outcome. Especially since it is our first time with piggies. Watch out next year...we have learned a few things
Oh yeah, and my nephew got Reserve Champion Novice Showman too!
