02/26/2026
๐น๐๐๐ช ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ช ๐ถ๏ธ๐โ๐ฉ๐ฝ
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐งช
As we prepare to send our babies out in the world over the next few weeks ๐ฅนโthere is a mixture of excitement and dread. ๐
We understand not everyone comes to our barn with the intention of driving only Eder Showpigs this season, (๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด).
๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค.
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
What is avoidable is turning risk into a predictable wreck.
How you minimize it:
โข ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ. Do not haul home a problem. A sick pig might look cheap, but become very expensive when you have to replace them.
โข๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง. A short break-in protects the whole barn. Do NOT mix pigs from multiple farms in the same pen right after getting them and expect anything good to come of it. Period.
โข๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. If youโre mixing origins and planning to show hard, pigs should be vaccinated for PRRS, Mycoplasma, and Circovirus โ minimum.
โข ๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐: If a pig has not been vaccinated (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด), you need to know โ especially if youโre using a livestock hauler and sharing airspace.
โข ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐. Respiratory rate and effort change before pigs fall apart.
โข ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ โ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐คโ. Ulcers are real. A simple Dual-action Pepcid or Tums can help you see if they perk up after some support.
โข ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ . Stacked stress creates setbacks. Our boars are all castrated long before sale because we refuse to place this risk on our customers.
๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐:
Risk cannot be ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅโ but it can be ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Healthy starts, honest vaccine info, and early intervention keep pigs growing and seasons intact.
Ensure you have access to quality broad-spectrum antibiotics and are prepared for intervention first sign of trouble.
"๐๐ง๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช."
We do this for fun, remember? ๐ท
