Recent content by Thompsonh

(pop)thanks for the info :)

In all judging situations my four main things are, in no particular order, muscle ( amount of muscle/meat), balance ( does the front end of the animal match the back end of the animal), structure ( how they walk, bone structure), and volume ( how large is the animal).  When placing animals, you...

Looks very good. Haste a nice wide chest floor. Would like to see it deeper bodied and have a bot more finish.

Absolute hate canes.  They are bulky and are hard to maneuver quickly.  I am a big fan of whips as they are light and can quickly be moved to the other side of the hog.

I am raising a heifer for our county fair through FFA , and have raised hog successfully for 3 years.  She is a yearling that I plan to AI.  I was curios about the behavior differences between heifers and steers, if any?  Also, are there any other things I should be aware of when raising a...