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| Okay drove 4 hr one way to Alexandria, La this past Saturday, to take P2, Pa-Pa, Hubby and myself to the Purnia Show Chow Clinic. OMG!!!! We got to view the swine and cattle, wished we could have done the poultry and the sheep and goats (hate to say this), did not want to do. Anyhow they suggest to weight your animals every week? How often do you weigh your animals and with what?
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On animals that we want to track growth on ie. the beef calves right now, but this summer we weighed the pigs, lambs, and goats weekly with a weigh tape. It gave us a better idea of their rate of gain and how far they come in a week.
There are two types of people:Those who can walk away from the farm and those who cannot. Those who can walk away should not walk but run to a much easier lifestyle.
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| I only weigh for my own info. This year I had the opportunity to aquire this scale: http://www.usedscales.com/ps-250_vet_scale.htm I LOVE IT!! Of course, it only weighs up to 660 lbs, but that will do my goats and calves no problem. I weighed my goats in June and just weighed my doelings and bucks today. Its great to know their exact weight and I'm happy to say that every single doeling born this year will be in easy weight/size to breed next month. It is so easy to use and read.
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I tried to weigh our sows but they kept complaining that the scales were wrong ;) They also hate mirrors...
I have a very good method of weighing hogs. Works as well as any other:
Hog-Weighing Method:
(1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse.
(2) Put the hog on one end of the plank.
(3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced.
(4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.
Don't worry about weighing your hogs. Just monitor their condition and feed them accordingly. Read this: http://www.thepigsite.com/stockstds/23/body-condition-scoring
Brian Wright
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I've heard it recommended that you weigh no more often than once a week. Or evaluate the condition of your animals. When I'm concerned about an animal's weight, I will weigh about on a weekly basis and adjust feed accordingly. It is more of an issue in the winter than any other time of year, of course.
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