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Big N Lean is a linebred Powertrain resulting from a full-brother/full-sister in blood mating. Powertrain was second at Austin in 1986 and has been a consistent sire of stout made, fast growing, lean Chesters for Armstrong’s. He has sired the Top Indexing Boar at the 1987 Iowa Invitational Test, The Grand Gilt at the 1987 Illinois State Fair, reserve Grand Boar at the 1988 Indiana State Fair, Champion Gilt at the 1988 Southwest Conference where he was Premier Sire, and Amtrax, the sire of the 1988 Autumn Expo Champion Boar.
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The Southeast Champion is a full brother, one year younger, to the sire of Big N Lean and was a NEMO Test Station graduate with the following performance figures: 2.32 ADG, 141 days, 0.81 BF, 5.63 LEA, 250 LEA, 250 FE.
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Big N Lean, as his name implies, is a big framed, thick made boar that really excels in leanness. He has a big, bold yet trim shoulder and is clean along his loin edge with a very true, muscular shape to his top. He has a long, thick rump and a very thick muscular ham. Big N Lean is a sound, long bodied boar that stands on good bone. He has a very good underline and large testicles.
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Big N Lean’s paternal and maternal granddams were littermates with lifetime averages of 9.3 and 9.7 pigs weaned, respectively. He is out of a gilt litter of 7 farrowed, 7 weaned. We are confident that Big N Lean can consistently sire fast growing, functional Chesters, productive crossbred replacement females, or top quality show barrows that will be extra lean and muscular.
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The results are now in and as expected Big N Lean grew into one big powerful mature boar. Even more importantly, he has consistently stamped his offspring in the same mold. He sired the Grand Champion Barrow Overall at the 1990 Hill District Show, Kerrville, Texas. This purebred Chester had only 0.60 in carcass backfat and an 8.3 sq in loin eye.
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Here is a Chester boar that needs to be used in more Chester herds.
