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6. What should a loin eye be? Usually a loin
eye should be at minimum 6 inches. Some of
the more heavy muscled pigs tend to carry
8-10 inch loins. The bigger the loin eye,
generally the better, as this is where the
pork chops come from, thus resulting in more
value to the consumer. Again there are two
ways of measuring the loin eye:
ultrasound/scanning and carcass cuts.
7. What is the gestation period of a hog?
The gestation period is when the sow is
pregnant. You can either give an
approximation of 114 to 118 days or 3
months, 3 weeks, 3 days.
8. What is the heat cycle of a sow? A sow
will come into heat every 3 weeks. Extra
information: to bring a sow into heat, a
drug called PG 600 is used to simulate heat
cycles. 9. When are most pigs weaned?
Weaning is when the mother is taken away
from the baby pigs. This usually occurs at
18 to 28 days, depending on each litter.
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