how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Only the Tony]

Been nice weather lately...

Bit warm in the afternoons. Still as the saying goes "dry as a popcorn fart" in this area. Only ended up with an inch last go around and watched the fields go from a bit green to back to brown. Mornings have been nice and looks like temps are getting back to seasonal next week. Found some new brush piles to fish on Stockton Monday with the old ones and going to see if friend and I can coax out a few crappie tomorrow morning.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Morning boys and girls. 40° goin to 68° then back to 80° tomorrow.

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.

 

[nbbt]

Good morning, good coffee, and the day b4 the weekend for some of us.

37f/68f is the claim for today.

 

[JimBear]

The next 3 days, especially Saturday, should pretty well suck the sap out of everyone & everything.

Combines will pretty much be fires looking for a place to happen.

 

[Sawdust Man]

The next 3 days, especially Saturday, should pretty well suck the sap out of everyone & everything.

Combines will pretty much be fires looking for a place to happen.

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Be careful.
Don't want to end up in the news.....

 

[Sawdust Man]

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Nother bucket of hogs arrived last night.

82 is a lot of pigs......& there's two more sows that are still cooking their contributions

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[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

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Nother bucket of hogs arrived last night.

82 is a lot of pigs......& there's two more sows that are still cooking their contributions

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Sounds like you are pork poor.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Sounds like you are pork poor.

Getting that way.....

Oh well, they're very eatable and cooler weather is coming...

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

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Nother bucket of hogs arrived last night.

82 is a lot of pigs......& there's two more sows that are still cooking their contributions

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What cross are they?

 

[Sawdust Man]

What cross are they?

85% kune kune / 15% american guinea hog.....roughly.

 

[Only the Tony]

Otters came out to play today. I see them a few times a year on the lake. Too warm for beginning of October.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

85% kune kune / 15% american guinea hog.....roughly.

Cute little things

 

[Hedgerow]

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Otters came out to play today. I see them a few times a year on the lake. Too warm for beginning of October.

Still on the same colors? Or have they changed?

 

[Hedgerow]

85% kune kune / 15% american guinea hog.....roughly.

Ever thought about crossing them up with a traditional British breed..??

Or would they be too big?

 

[Hedgerow]

Something that ends in “shire”... lol

They may not taste any better, but they would probably sell better.

 

[Hedgerow]

The spiral staircase is in place..

Now to get it framed in and last rail up.

180° case.

I’ll try to get pictures of the beam we used to support the floor Joist’s.. 8x8 oak..

 

[Sawdust Man]

Ever thought about crossing them up with a traditional British breed..??

Or would they be too big?

Something that ends in “shire”... lol

They may not taste any better, but they would probably sell better.

We have a couple sows that are 50% (ish) yorkshire....their offspring definitely grow faster...I'm not sure if we've dined on any of those yet, but I don't think so.

You are correct about "real" pigs selling better than these slow growing lard-balls....
The feed conversion with these guys is not great.

If a guy had a few hundred acres of woods for them to forage through, that would be ideal.

 

[Hedgerow]

We have a couple sows that are 50% (ish) yorkshire....their offspring definitely grow faster...I'm not sure if we've dined on any of those yet, but I don't think so.

You are correct about "real" pigs selling better than these slow growing lard-balls....
The feed conversion with these guys is not great.

If a guy had a few hundred acres of woods for them to forage through, that would be ideal.

It’s hard to quantify some of this *s-word..

And what people want is fickle for sure.

For me, it’s yield, and fat content.. not sure how to come up with that perfect mix.

 

[Sawdust Man]

It’s hard to quantify some of this *s-word..

And what people want is fickle for sure.

For me, it’s yield, and fat content.. not sure how to come up with that perfect mix.

Yep
We use gobs of lard, so we need at least some fatties.....but I do sometimes tire of digging through gallons of fat for a bit of protein and wish for a more conventional pig.

I'd really like to try some of the older English breeds like the Old Spots, or Red Wattle.... those are supposed to grow faster and get bigger, yet they still have a good amount of lard.

And then there's what a guys feeds em.... if you have access to corn, you can get a very respectable amount of lord on most of the plain old meat breeds, and they'll stihl grow plenty fast.