Our Herd Boar
We purchased Rock On from Brice Conover in spring 2024 and couldn't be happier! He is big and burly while still being strong and square in his feet and pasterns. He is muscular, long, tall and can get the job done! Huge feet, huge hams, and square as can be. Although his feet are a bit stained he has all 6 Berk points he is deep into his work clothes! We cannot wait to see his offspring! Pedigree reads ROCKSTAR X GAME DAY. Rockstar was the Illinois State champion in 2021.
Ebony was a bred gilt purchase from Shipley Swine Genetics in the summer of 2023. Her 1st litter (sired by ICON II) produced a replacement gilt Mahogany, and several top 5 in classes. We later sold Mahogany to Macon Dew Showpigs down in Florida. We cannot wait to see what she produces paired to a more modern boar! Her pedigree reads CHANGE UP X JUNGLE JUICE
Rosemary was purchased from RedBud Valley Farm and couldn't be happier. She was the Grand Champion Berkshire Breeding gilt at the Alabama State Fair in 2023! Her littermates also did very well in shows including KY State Fair Champion Berkshire Boar sold to Herren Farms, Grand Champion Berkshire Market Hog at Mc Minn Madness Showdown in TN, and multiple other Reserve Champions. Her Pedigree reads SPECIAL EFFECT X ABOUT TIME X JET BLACK (Sage).
We purchased Genny as a bred gilt from Shaffer's goldfish spring of 2024. She is tall, wide, square, and an absolute beast of a sow. This photo was taken right after weaning her gilt litter and she still looks good! In Her first litter 7 of her 8 piglets sold within 15 minutes of us accepting deposits! Her pedigree reads NEXT GEN X PARTY UP NORTH and we cannot wait for her babies to hit the show ring!
We purchased Onyx in the fall of 2023. The dam of this gilt is a full sib to “Diamond” who was campaigned by the Belknap family in 2021 and has since produced MIXED EMOTIONS, countless replacement females, and winners at every level. She is a mate to ON TAP($10,500 purchased by Shipley Swine Genetics ) and EXPRESS LANE($6,500 Boar purchased by Southern Gold Sires). Most importantly, this gilt is a direct offspring of “Phoebe"! Her pedigree reads EXPLICIT X OTL X Phoebe(Speak Now X Gary Coleman)
We purchased Miami from a student in February 2024 after the conclusion of her show career. She is a York influenced cross bred by Holtzclaw Show Pigs. Her Dam won 1st in Perry a few years ago and has produced several very successful show pigs. Miami has accomplished multiple top 3 placings through out the Georgia show circuit and judges have described her as built to breed the next generation of show pigs! We cannot wait to see what she can do here. Her pedigree is WORTH IT X JAWS X RED ALERT
We purchased Echo in the fall of 2021 as a piglet from RedBud Valley Farms. He sired 2 litters for us ( Bred to Midnight both times) which produced large litters of dark crosses. After an injury we decided to move the rest of our herd, and said goodbye to Echo April of 2023. His pedigree reads OTL X COLDWATER
Sosha was out of the first litter ever produced, born in 2019 out of Shiro. She passed unexpectedly before we had the chance to breed her back in 2020. Her littermate sister, Bitzy, currently resides at Koren Farms in North Carolina.
Shiro was the 1st pig we ever had the pleasure of meeting. She was a blue eyed gilt we purchased in the fall of 2018. She won Grand Champion at our local show so we decided to breed her to a Hamp cross boar we had on hand, Roscoe! She had an extremally difficult farrow, inevitably leading to us losing her. Out of that litter we kept a daughter, Sosha! Shiro sparked our love for swine, and the show pig industry and we haven't looked back since!
Midnight was with us from the fall of 2020 to spring 2024. We purchased her from 4B Show pigs as a piglet. She placed 1st in class twice and 3rd in class once winter of 2020. She unfortunately did not make weight for the show in Perry Ga, but we feel she would have made an impact! She has had 2 litters for us producing several replacement females for other farms. Sired by GROUPIE from premium Blend Genetics. She now resides in Texas to be a breeder for another showpig operation!
This is a boar we purchased at auction from Brice Conover in spring 2023. He is out of one of Conover's reference boars MAJOR LEAGUE and his Dam TREASURE 59-7 was sired by BTC GAME ON We know his photos aren't the best, but study this guy. He is thick-bonded, with lots of width and squareness through with a build I feel will add some mass to Berks and get them to be competitive even in a cross-class. He was sold spring 2024 to another breeder in Georgia.
Mahogany is a daughter from Ebony's 1st litter, born in the late summer of 2023. She was campaigned in the Georgia Show Circuit by Tyler Wilson. She won 6th in class at the Banks County show in Georgia. We sold her to Macon Dew Show Pigs to join their breeding program! Her pedigree reads ICON II X CHANGE UP X JUNGLE JUICE.
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