PEN SETUP – PEN TEMPERATURES
PEN TEMPERATURESHow to Prepare Your Pen for Temperatures Changes Keeping your livestock project comfortable in all temperatures will help weight gain and overall health and wellbeing. It’s important to be…
PEN TEMPERATURESHow to Prepare Your Pen for Temperatures Changes Keeping your livestock project comfortable in all temperatures will help weight gain and overall health and wellbeing. It’s important to be…
BACKYARD PEN IDEAS FOR NON-LIVESTOCK BACKYARDS! So your child comes home and wants to raise a market project. You happen to live in a neighborhood with a nice backyard that…
BEDDING 101Wood, Pellets & Hay Oh My! There are many benefits for adding a bedding material in your livestock pen. Bedding serves as a cushion from the hard ground or…
PEN SETUP- GATES & SHADE STRUCTURES There are several ways to create a strong gate and shade protection for your market project. Options include building from scraps in the yard…
FENCING & PANELS 101Fencing Options for Goats, Sheep & Swine A good rule of thumb for selecting a fence design for a project pen is to select the proper fence…
HOW TO WEIGH GOATS, SHEEP OR SWINE One of the most important steps in market project management is weighing your animal. Feed amounts must be adjusted by knowing the weight…
HAY NEEDS FOR GOATS & SHEEPTHE STORY OF A RUMINANT Market goats & sheep need high quality hay to complement their grain ration. A diet of grain alone can potentially…
HOW TO PICK OUT A MARKET PROJECT FOR 1ST TIME SHOWMEN Every year, some unsuspecting parent is suddenly faced with the request “Hey Mom & Dad! I want to show…
ITCHY SKIN SPRAY When you find your pig or goat itching to the point of hives, scratches and cuts, here is a mixture that works to reduce the itch and…
HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT SIZED PIGSuccessful Steps for Meeting Show Weights Feed management begins the day you select your pig. Starting off with the correct weight will be the…