Greetings Earthlings
I am planning a major update over the next few days.
First I have to catch up a little.
Flying to the Phils on Thursday Dec 22
I will write an update on the flight!
durian ice cream is fantastic
if you carry a ripe durian in your car, the smell will be there for days
in the phils people buy when they are in davao. they come on the plane in the cargo and you can always recognize what luggage turnstile is for the davao planes
welcome to the noobs!
Whats pregnant?
pig 15 landrace - missed silent estrus x 2 then had full blown cycle. very disappointed so we decided to use Trumpy in an attempt to get her pregnant. we will use import semen on her second litter - due july 24
pig 17 landrace. sired with landrace...
Here I am again.
Our drive to Banff was extraordinary. The Canadian Rockies are amazing.
We also saw elk, white tail deer, moose,bighorn sheep and beaver.
Inday is now shopping up a storm. I am back at work.
Our egg counts are on the rise and suddenly we have quail laying.
Yes we did sell all of the pigs. We actually kept three gilts and a junior boar. They are 110lbs at 110 days and doing well. We have requests for breeder gilts from the two landrace sows already.
I want to bring eggs over but not sure what breeds are available. I do have some employees with...
I am sitting on highway 95 in northern Idaho. There is a wreck blocking the road a mile up. A good time to catch up.
Newcastle disease has been causing havoc for a few month in the Philippines. We thought we missed it but got the tail end.
It's just part of life.
Syrel has proven to be very...
Bless me father for I have sinned. It has been a gazillion days since my last confession, and these are my sins:
Sorry friends. Life just got away from me. I kept meaning to post but never quite made it before passing out each night.No jail, surgery, kidnappings or other reasonable excuses...
oh heck no
for day old chicks i get $4-8. three week olds $7-10..
2 chickens earn me as much as a sow does over a year, pigs are just cuter and i love the challenge. as long as they pay for themselves
my feed bill is 45% chickens 50% pigs 5% goats
we use about 1.4 tons per month at $950...
with new gilts we expect 8-10 piglets, sows 10-14
for fattener type piglets at 7-10 kg we get $53 per piglet and then $2 per kg. market weight is 95kg and we get $200 should we chose to grow.
for landrace gilt piglets it $85 at 7-10kg, A 65kg pure landrace gilt will sell for $245
5 sows...
we have 5 breeding age sows
4 are pregnant.
1 should get serviced this week
April 29, may 16 and may 20 are farrowing days
it wont be long until we are swimming in piglets
the legbar was dropped to lower priority. we will cicle back to her
My life has been a little crazy but I am back!
I have settled into Spokane quite nicely. I am staying in a basic suite hotel courtesy of my employer. I have about three months on their dime so I will take advantage of it. Work has been long hours. Its nice to be challenged though.
Back on the...