ASF Tell ALLS... Finally decided to reveal to my BP.net brothers and sisters....

where is the directions for convincing a wife that breeding rodents is better for her pocket book!!

great write up Mike!

The easy way to do that is get a trio and set them up in a 10 gallon and dont' tell her put em in the closet or something for like a month. Then let her see them and say see you didn't even know they were here. Most people cave when they realize there is little to no smell attached to them.

Just tell her that Jody is going out of business soon, and you'll then have to pay $6.00 ea. for rats & $3.00 ea. for mice.

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No, it still is in no way safe for the snakes. Snakes have a much more delicate respiratory system then rodents.

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ah thanks for the clarification. :)

Hey Mike I have a question for you. I was wondering how your country acres hog feed matches up to the country acres all stock 16 I got today. according to the local distributor they don't have country acres hog feed in my region and recomend this all stock to people feeding hogs, cattle and horse. Here is the info on the bag.

Protein. 16% min
Fat. 3%
Fiber. 13% max
Calcium. .9 - 1.4%
Phosphorus. .45% min
Salt. .3 - .8%
Potassium. .75% min
Copper. 16 - 19 ppm
Selenium. .3 min ppm
Zinc. 110ppm
Vitamin A. 2000. IU/LB

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Originally Posted by evil mechanic

Hey Mike I have a question for you. I was wondering how your country acres hog feed matches up to the country acres all stock 16 I got today. according to the local distributor they don't have country acres hog feed in my region and recomend this all stock to people feeding hogs, cattle and horse. Here is the info on the bag.

Protein. 16% min
Fat. 3%
Fiber. 13% max
Calcium. .9 - 1.4%
Phosphorus. .45% min
Salt. .3 - .8%
Potassium. .75% min
Copper. 16 - 19 ppm
Selenium. .3 min ppm
Zinc. 110ppm
Vitamin A. 2000. IU/LB

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Country Acres Hog feed

Protein 16.00% min.
Lysine .65% min.
Crude fat 3.00% min.
Crude fiber 7.00% min.
Calcium .60% min.
Calcium 1.10% max
Phos .70% min
Salt .25% min.
Salt .75% max
Selenium .300PPM min.
Zinc 100.000PPM min.

this is yet again why mike is the supreme asf breeder! by the way mike mine finally crapped out after two 3 generations. i think there was just too much inbreed blood. they finally murdered each other. now im looking for some different blood lines. the mice i have been keeping smell horrid! lol

Does anyone know where to get Country Acres Hog Feed in the Chicago burbs? I tried Regole's feed and they are looking in to it but wont know till next Monday :(. Also tried Bob's in Wheaton and they haven't gotten back to me. I need to switch cause the bulk block, AKA: crap, is making my ASFs loose their hair.

i couldnt find the food either, im in SE Wis.
you will have to find a different hog feed that has similar ingrediants
I found a similar hog feed (to what i was using before) at TSC called producers pride

Most hog feeds I looked at have extreme overdoses of copper in them--hogs are highly resistant to copper, so it's added to their feed to improve their growth rates. The amount of copper in hog feed is high enough to just kill off sheep that get into it and eat it, for example.

While the rodents may be able to withstand these high copper levels, I am concerned for the health of any carnivore that eats those rodents. Were you able to find hog feeds that did not contain excessive copper supplements?