snowandpigs

hi forum ,, anyone know where to order in thailand those plastic pig herding boards ???,, can make but want the real thing , i used overseas and work a treat when herding and sorting stock ,,any help be great ,, chris

hi scotty ,, thoongfoned has given you a lot good basic advice for start ,,just a idea if you want to take it further,,, have you any pigfarms close run by farangs ,, local pigfood shop might be able to help with this info,, if so be good idea to call and ask if can go have a look and get to see first hand a set up and in lingo you can understand while shown ,,anyway hope goes well for you ,,

new topic ,,, has anyone got info on best rain guard hoods ect for over cups ,,what works best ,best price and where to source,,any help appriciated,,regards

india,google it

thanks ,, anyone else got any info a bit more informative

Found this place in Malaysia.

http://www.yanzcorp.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=40&Itemid=84

With rubber being so popular here one would think you could get supplies locally.

thanks farmer jo for ref site ,,all the best ,, chris

1/2 year highlight last week. The sow give birth.

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hi ,, well done ,, piglets look very happy and content,always nice to see a new litter ,cheers for update on how sow got on ,,cheers chris

new topic ,,, has anyone got info on best rain guard hoods ect for over cups ,,what works best ,best price and where to source,,any help appriciated,,regards

india,google it

thanks ,, anyone else got any info a bit more informative

new topic ,,, has anyone got info on best rain guard hoods ect for over cups ,,what works best ,best price and where to source,,any help appriciated,,regards

Your trees buddy ,good luck.

u can lead the horse to water but u cant make the bastard drink eh 55555

cheers cobbler for the good luck wish ,, think we all need it at the moment with how market is looking ,, live and hope ,,

Snowandpigs useing gas or hormones on the trees is like this. Liquid latex is like the life blood of rubber trees. The trees use the liquid to make the tree strong,make the wood strong. Forcing more out of the tree than it can give naturally will destroy the tree. Its the same as if you donate blood and they suck more from you than your body can produce. You will die if done regularly.

I have seen some farms, gass or use hormones on trees when the tree is 25 or 27 years old. They will get a lot more rubber from the tree.They accept the trees will be probably worth nothing as the timber wont be strong . Also they accept they will have to clear the land when the trees are dead and pay for it themselves. This is the tradeoff for getting more rubber .

I dont know if you can understand the wood buyer telling you gassing is ok,or somebody else pass the message to you and got lost in translation. Or maybe somebody told you this because they want more money today and never mind the future.

Im not trying to insult you,just give advice.

Cheers Cobbler

hi ,, i don't know the firm science of gas or not to gas ,,havn't read any creditable papers on long term tests done,,all i reason with i didn't go into rubber growing with the end game selling the trees as a factor ,, my outlook is to gain a return from farming them now not 20 or so years in future when i'll propably be dead anyway ,,doing gas latex has all the advantages i'm looking for ,, it suits me down to the ground to do all the work myself ,tried cutting but eyesight at night no good , no more paying for unrelieable workers a fair percentage of harvest every month ,, we gain far more latex for our efforts be it a poor price per kg at this time ,, cutters have been a big problem most seasons ,, even had one lot of cutters,the father in law who was doing chemical drink the stuff and kill himself ,,stories plenty have put up with ,, other thing i like about gas is very little harm done to trees bark ,,trees look a sorry sight after a few years getting hacked at ,esp by some cutters who don't give a butchers ,, back to selling trees, i hit sister in law up again about use of gas ,, she buys for plywood ,, says has had no props with wood from long time gased trees, thats her take on it for what its worth ,,, me i'll keep gasing ,,whatever method we each prefer to use i just wish us all the best with price climbing not to long away and markets settle upwards ,, but thats farming ,, regards

hi ,, if anyone interested i have a well breed 100% pure landrace boar and 100%pure duroc weaners for sale ,,the L.R Boar is near 8 months and just starting trianing for A.I ,, he is of a very good temprament a nice nature ,is a good looking pig, his breeding is from betagrow sow with ponchantor stud farm boar sperm ,, he has been grown as backup for our 14month old L.R boar with exactly same breeding line ,as we have no problems and very happy with stumpy's proformance young P.K is supplus to our requirements ,, i'm asking a very realistick price in 20,000baht ,viewing welcome ,,,, ,,as mentioned above i also have a litter of pure duroc for sale ,, both boars and sows at the moment ,, they wwill be ready at 6 weeks old early next month ,,sow breeding is from asia farm udon/boar from ponchantor stud farm ,both parents can be viewed ,, i have priced these at resonible 4000baht ,,, all inquiries welcome and anyone new to pig farming or thinking of starting be glad to help anyway if can ,,, ,i am based in Bandung,, regards chris

looking good, I see that you have the pigs out with the rubber trees, that was always our plan but it did not happen that way in the end. would have loved to pump all that waste water

onto the trees........

chers ,, yes great to have all the shade ,,leaves bit of a problem at the moment but small price to pay ,,, our waste goes down to nong ,, the gets pumped down rows every now and again ,, system works well ,, regards chris

snow and pig:

Where is this Bandung.?

Can i ask you why you have the Durocsow? Only to get a Boar, or what is the reason?

I would like to keep 2 female LR + Duroc to be a sow. . But everybody say it's bad to have the Duroc inside the Motherline. The Duroc is short. This i can see.

Or there is again i miss a part.

hi allgeier,,bandung is 70ks east of udon thani,takes about a hour from there ,all on good roads ,,, yes we mainly have the duroc sow so can do all breeding infarm ,, any line need to bring in we get sperm from ponchantor(ponchai) farm south of bkk ,keeps risk down but are not fool proof, sow in pic(DeeDee} this is her second litter ,i have young boar from her first, same father as litter ,,found through experience always have backup for your boars ,,esp since we supply a fair amount of sperm for A.I to the local region plus our own needs,,the duroc sows next litter will be duroc /L.R for finisher piglets, then will see what we need next after that,,found you have to think at least 18 months aheadfor breeding in this business ,,,i liked your pics of your due sow ,, be keen to see how get on ,, all the best, chris

hi ,, if anyone interested i have a well breed 100% pure landrace boar and 100%pure duroc weaners for sale ,,the L.R Boar is near 8 months and just starting trianing for A.I ,, he is of a very good temprament a nice nature ,is a good looking pig, his breeding is from betagrow sow with ponchantor stud farm boar sperm ,, he has been grown as backup for our 14month old L.R boar with exactly same breeding line ,as we have no problems and very happy with stumpy's proformance young P.K is supplus to our requirements ,, i'm asking a very realistick price in 20,000baht ,viewing welcome ,,,, ,,as mentioned above i also have a litter of pure duroc for sale ,, both boars and sows at the moment ,, they wwill be ready at 6 weeks old early next month ,,sow breeding is from asia farm udon/boar from ponchantor stud farm ,both parents can be viewed ,, i have priced these at resonible 4000baht ,,, all inquiries welcome and anyone new to pig farming or thinking of starting be glad to help anyway if can ,,, ,i am based in Bandung,, regards chris

hi,, would like to do new general forum post with attachments ,, anyone help with what steps need to go through,, only can see reply this topic ,or direct message to members in messages,,,,cheers

hi ,, can't seem to see how to post new posts with attachments on pig site forum ,, can you run me through it ,, sorry to be a pain ,, cheers

can anyone tell me if the common lemon grows here in udon thani ,, ??? if so where to get young trees from ,, cheers ,,

hi names chris from udon region,,, new on here and bit on pig forum ,, do both rubber and pigs ,, like to report we(the wife) were payed the 1500 per rai from govnt yesterday ,, has happened at long last ,,, any help with costs much appriciated at the moment with trees,,,,, saw comments on here about gas hormone use in trees ,, how it buggers the trees insides for later sale ,,, ,,we have started this practice this season and more than happy with it ,,, the sister in law runs a business that buys trees for harvest and preps for plywood market ,, she says no problem with trees been gassed for long period in its life ,,,she in fact prefers this to buy than tree thats been scared badly through cutting ,, ,,lot of wastage on outside i suspect ,,, this is info given from tree buyer so hope helps ,,, anyway i'll be long toes up before our trees are ready for the chop so not a factor were i sit ,,,,,

hi , yes your sure right of importance of plenty of heat for piglets ,, even when get a little older before weaning ,,bandung at the moment have had some chilly lows in nights,,, have 30 sow setup and glad to chat to like minded farangs in same business,,, regards chris

hi forum,,good input from site as always ,,, anyone looking to buy piglets in udon , nong khai, kong kean area's ,, I have quality litters available at fairly short notice ,for further details please call chris on 0885386465 ,cheers, have a good day all

hi, i would like to put all our paper work on p.c ,in english, anyone know of good simple small pigfarm software i could order online ,, cheers for any help can give ,, snow

Are there any Collingwood supporters that I should be aware of?

Not they we are aware of. There maybe some hiding in the corridors of this forum

collingwood side by side , 2015 flag in the bag,,,,

Hi Snow and welcome to the forum. Yes, I have found it to be very helpful. Would love to catch up. I am not far away in the Phen District. Close to Ban Tat. PM me when you would like to meet. I will be away for about a week from the 6th July but otherwise I am around.

Peter

hi peter, my contact email is < email address removed as per forum rules > , drop me your ph number and will give you a bell to organize a meet some time ,, cheers snow

hi again peter , have sent you PM with my contact details ,, snow

Hi Snow and welcome to the forum. Yes, I have found it to be very helpful. Would love to catch up. I am not far away in the Phen District. Close to Ban Tat. PM me when you would like to meet. I will be away for about a week from the 6th July but otherwise I am around.

Peter

hi peter, my contact email is < email address removed as per forum rules > , drop me your ph number and will give you a bell to organize a meet some time ,, cheers snow

Hi All, thought is was about time I introduced myself. I have been following this thread for the last few months and took the time to read all 1600 posts. I have just completed the build of my first shed (actually a big extension on my better half's small existing operation) and ready to start buying some Gilts and or Parity 1 or 2 Sows. We are running a farrow to finish operation. This forum has been invaluable to my education and I want to start by thanking IA for starting it and all the regular contributors to this. I am a farming newbie so am hungry for knowledge and learning from the experience of others is critical to my success in this venture.

We now have 11 rooms and four completed farrowing crates with room and plans to build another four crates when needed. Ended up designing and building my own galv crates which saved a lot of money. I did not build in the suspended floor as that was going to add considerably to the cost. We have the original 3 sows that Neuy already owned and all 3 are in gestation at the moment. Also 10 x 30+kg growers and 10 x 85-90kg finishers. (Actually we only have 7 now as we sold 3 yesterday for 80baht per kg... two for a local funeral and one for a wedding. Nuey is a wonderful negotiator. ) I know they would have got me down to 77 and I would have been very happy with that.

Finding it a bit of a challenge to find quality sows and gilts at a good price at the moment but I am not in a rush.

I am up in the Udon Thani district so if there are any members up here then I would love to catch up for a beverage and chat. I also visit Bangkok on a regular basis so can meet there as well.

Anyway, thanks again to all the help you have unknowingly given me in planning and completing this project. It is very exciting seeing all the research and plans on paper come to fulfilment. Supervising my first construction project in Thailand was very educational to say the least. Learnt a lot (from many mistakes) that I can use if I decide to build again.

Now on to stage two and building up a strong herd.

Cheers

Peter

hi peter , snow writing , new on here today ,, i'm farming near udon , bandung , good to chat some time with like minded people ,i would be keen to catch up when your able ,,cheers snow

hi everyone , just joint your site today after reading your talk and info on pig farming ,very helpful,, i are very keen on the pig farming here in east udon thani and have been running a small farm here with my wife for the last 3 years ,i hope to network here more and enjoy the chat ,, regards snow