callmefence
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Big day tomorrow...she got kinda big 
Any guesses on hanging wieght
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Travlr
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callmefence
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Y'all can't be serious.
I've done a couple that went 370+
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I'm guessing 575
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She's gotta be 900+ on the hoof I'd think, but I don't know much about hogs
lol, all I know about hogs is I bought a home grown one the other day for $3 a pound packaged weight. Best pork we've eaten.
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callmefence
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Me and my uncle just loaded her. No easy task. I really think she's over a thousand.
smartin0022
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567lbs.
Son of Butch
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My guesses the hog 577 lbs hanging and the bull 1,010 lbs
SBMF 2015
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I've seen some 750lb sows she's got to be right there.
If I was Fence I'd have that whole hog cut up in Pork Chops 
seriously though does the meat get tougher or anything when they are that big? The one I bought was right at 200# packaged weight. I didn't ask what live or hanging weight was.
seriously though does the meat get tougher or anything when they are that big? The one I bought was right at 200# packaged weight. I didn't ask what live or hanging weight was.I was going to guess 500 lbs live weight.
GoWyo
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Is that a 6' wide trailer? Six feet of piggy thinking 600 lbs. and 70% for a rough guess of 420# on the rail. Actually I have no idea, but lots of respect for rassling that pig into the trailer. Did you have a ramp and jelly beans for bait or just brute force?
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callmefence
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Depends. This one should be good. She got a few pardons by my Dil. But she's been eating corn her whole life. Best thing about letting them get big is lots of bacon.If I was Fence I'd have that whole hog cut up in Pork Chops
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callmefence
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Come a long and rope came into play.
Pigs can be a real bitccch to load. Freakishly smart and strong.
Son of Butch
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I love Surf n Turf.... ask the butcher to package the lobster separate from the filet mignon steaks from your bull.If I was Fence I'd have that whole hog cut up in Pork Chops
SBMF 2015
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Marshmallows! The show pig kids use marshmallows on a stick to train their pigs to walk.
SBMF 2015
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When we used to cull or move sows they wouldn't get fed for a day or two. Throw a bucket of shell corn in the pen or trailer and they move fairly good.
10 years ago I had a pond built that wouldn't hold water. Had heard if you fenced hogs in it they would seal it and stop it from leaking. So I built a fence around it (1/4 acres) bought six 50 lb gilts and put in it. Never rained most of the summer. Gilt's we're about 250 lbs by then. About the right size to butcher and it was just starting to rain a little every now and then to where they could wallow in the mud to seal it off. Didn't want to get rid of them since it had finally started raining making the dirt muddy.
So my daughter was getting old enough to drive wanting to buy her a car. Told here that I would buy the feed to feed the gilts and a bore . Told her if she would feed them until they all had their litter's she could sell the pigs, sows and bore to make money toward buying her car.
In the end the sows had 82 pigs that she sold for 50 $ a peace and seems like she got $400 a peace for the bore and sows. The pond has never went completely dry since but it has gotten pretty low. Not real sure the hogs helped seal the pond off all that much.
But those sows averaged around 480 lbs. we had one butchered our self. It wasn't very good eating because it was way to big for butchering. Might have been better off having it all made into sauce ages. The pork chops and steaks were tuff, full of gristle and lots of fat.
So my daughter was getting old enough to drive wanting to buy her a car. Told here that I would buy the feed to feed the gilts and a bore . Told her if she would feed them until they all had their litter's she could sell the pigs, sows and bore to make money toward buying her car.
In the end the sows had 82 pigs that she sold for 50 $ a peace and seems like she got $400 a peace for the bore and sows. The pond has never went completely dry since but it has gotten pretty low. Not real sure the hogs helped seal the pond off all that much.
But those sows averaged around 480 lbs. we had one butchered our self. It wasn't very good eating because it was way to big for butchering. Might have been better off having it all made into sauce ages. The pork chops and steaks were tuff, full of gristle and lots of fat.
