Show Pig

[geniebell]

We are in Central Calfornia, in the foothills east of Fresno. My son shows pigs at 2 fairs each year, Fresno and Chowchilla...well, he has shown at Fresno for 4 years, and he just started showing at Chowchilla this year. What fun! Love fairs! OH OH OH, he had a good looking girl for Chowchilla! Max weight for market hog at the fair is 280. Pig weighed in on 5/11 in the evening at 285. Weigh day was 5/13 early afternoon. We weren't worried...it's an hour and a half drive to the fair...We drove down 5/12 around 10am to beat the heat. She was fed and watered 5/12 in the morning...then a drink when we got to the fair, then nothing till after weigh in. She was ONE pound over-weight...ONE pound . Talk about disappointing. Pigs will typically lose 3% on the trip...not Pig! For reals...we should just keep her and breed her...she was easy to put weight on...and she HELD ON TO IT no matter what.

 

[jk47]

Boy im am glad the del mar fair dosent have a max weight only a min. Weight and that is kinda dosponting one pound over weight
Well theres always next year

 

[geniebell]

Boy im am glad the del mar fair dosent have a max weight only a min. Weight and that is kinda dosponting one pound over weight
Well theres always next year

Oh! How nice not to have a max! We struggle with it every fair, but this is the first time we were not able to get the hog down. Sooo disappointing! She is a gorgeous pig and put together well . She would have done well in market...ugh. But yeah... The boy does 2 fairs a year, so the next pig will get here in July

 

[jk47]

Well good luck for the july fair