Pig Weigh In....

Today I took the measurement of Blue's girth and legnth. His girth was 35 inches and his length from the base of his ears to the base of his tail was 38 inches. I have a formula from the 4H office that will give me the estimate weight for my pig by taking these measurements. I take the girth (35) and square the number, which give me the girth result of 1,225. Then I multipy 1,225 by the length (38) to get 46,550 and divide it by 400 for an estimated weight of 116.4 lbs. That is not bad for a 7 week time period. When we picked him up he weighted about 65 pounds so he has gained 51.6 lbs since then! We have about 10 weeks until Augest 1st, Blue needs to weigh between 230-290 lbs. by that date. So right now the goal is to have him gain about 13 lbs a week so he will reach the 250 lbs. goal I have set.