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No doubt. I never intended to breed him either way. He was supposed to be castrated when we picked him up. I know that he has the second testicle because I can feel it directly behind the scrotum, it just never descended into the correct location. That's why I thought I may be able to do the...

Just picked up a couple of weanling LaMancha/Alpine crosses, brother and sister. These are our first goats. The male was supposed to be a wether, but one of his testicles never descended, so the lady didn't band him. I've castrated piglets in this shape with a razor blade, but they were a week...

If you've spent any amount of time with these animals, you should be able to drive them from one point to the other with minimal trouble. Using a rake handle to extend your reach, just stay between the hogs and any area you don't want them to go. When driving hogs, you're job is not to make them...

Our county show is December 15th with the regional and state shows the second and third week of January, respectively. We've got four butcher hogs going to slaughter next Sunday. When they're gone, the three barrows will move into the big lot and that's when we'll really start working they for...

Ok, I'm going out on a limb here because it appears that everyone on this forum own PBP. I have full-sized Duroc/Hampshire crosses that my kids are taking to the county 4-H show. We've never shown hogs before instead just raising them for butchering, so there are several nuances of the...