Our Family
Nolan, Morgan, Mitch, Regina,Ted, Jake
Ted & Regina Laird Home - 8947 W Amphitheater Rd Arlington, IN 46104
From Indiana SR 52 Turn south on Rush County Rd 900W. Go to the second crossroads (Amphitheater Rd). Turn left and we are the first house on the right.
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OUR FOUNDATION
Hampshires, Polands, Berkshires, & Crossbreds
Our aim is to keep Jesus Christ as the head of our home. We strive, but know we sometimes fail, to bring a Christ-like attitude to everything we do. Below are some of the scriptures that are foundational to our faith.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
Joshua 24:15
…....…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Mark 12:29-31
.......... Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. “There is no commandment greater than these."
Jeremiah 29:11-13
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Malachi 3:10
"Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
We worship at Shelbyville Community Church in Shelbyville, Indiana. We love SCC as we believe it is committed to searching for and teaching biblical truth with its arms wide open to those seeking to find and follow Christ. If you live in this area or are traveling through, we invite you to worship with us. Dress is casual so your show clothes will be fine. Find more info @ www.sccconnect.net
This page was last updated: December 20, 2011
Welcome to Laird Hampshires. We appreciate your visit to our site.
Our family began raising purebred showpigs in 1916 when my Grandfather Chester Meal purchased his first purebred Poland Chinas under the Home Place Farm banner. Home Place Farm was extremely successful in the 1930s thru the 1950s including showing FIVE purebred Poland Barrows to Grand Champion 4-H honors @ the Indiana State Fair in '33, '40, '47, '48 & '49. Chester judged most every major show of the day and worked as a fieldman for the Poland Association for a few years.
The baton was passed on to my father Bill Laird, who purchased his first Polands from Chester Meal in 1951 - a boar named Kinsman and a gilt named Faith B. He liked the pigs so much he decided to marry Chester & Faye Meal's youngest daughter - Faith. Bill Laird & Family exhibited several champion Poland gilts & boars at the Indiana State Fair and National Shows and placed three Poland barrows in the 4-H Spotlight sale @ the Indiana State Fair.
Ted Laird Hampshires began in 1982 with the purchase of the Reserve Champion Hampshire gilt from Larry & Joe Rule @ the Indiana State Sale. Long-time family friend John L. Fox offered to breed this gilt to the Indiana State Fair Champion Boar from Ken Dorrel and we showed gilts out of this sow to 1st, 3rd & 4th in her first litter @ the 1983 Indiana State Fair Open Show. That kind of got us hooked on Hampshire females and breeding better Hampshire females remains our primary passion.
We strive to continue the tradition of breeding winning showpigs and doing so with integrity.
The Pig Zone
"Big" Barn
6 - 5' x 8' Pens Inside
6 - 5' x 16' Pens Outside
3 "New" Barns
4 - 5' x 18' pens in each
Old Farrowing House
8 - 5' x 8' pens
Sow Lots
10 - 16' x 160' lots
Jr CH &Reserve Grand Gilt 2011 InSF
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2011 Berkshire Hog College Gilt
We highly recommend Chad Evans and the crew at GSP. They have been great to work with to develop individualized feeding plans that comes with feeding 30+ showpigs a summer. Click the link above or call Chad or Lisa Fogg @ 812-663-6150
Phone Ted Cell- 317-402-3742, Jake Cell- 317-502-7058
Our Home
2011 Berkshire Hog College Boar
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2nd Place InSF Open Show
2nd Place InSF 4H Show
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Reserve Grand Boar 2011 NBS
Thank you to all who called, e-mailed, bid, & purchased pigs in our Dec 7 On-Line sale. 6 lots averaged $3208. Also thanks to the Kregel family of Illinois for their $4400 purchase of the Team Purebred Foundation Female. Thrilled she got a great home. Also thanks to Brett Byers of Illinois for his contending bid.
The Experiment
Package x Quiet Giant Daughter bred to THE BELT
Confirmed bred with at least 10 embryos
Due Jan 30, 2012
2011 Team Purebred Female Donation - Passionate Smoke x Nibbs Bred to PSSS Nom Nom Nom for Jan 1 Litter
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On - Line Bred Gilt Sale Weds December 7th Click here to go to sale site
Littermate gilts to Arnold & WIllis
3-1 $1250 gilt sold to Bert Byrd (TX)
3-2 Gilt sold to Randy Waldrip (TX)
3-3 Gilt being shown by Sarah Jones (TX)
Picked up a Champion Dark OPB banner in her 1st weekend out so far at the Houston TJLA Jackpot
3-4 - $3750 Gilt purchased by Adam Beck (IN).
"Superman" has landed at Premium Blend Sires. He has to be from a different planet and we are anticipating the competition will need some Kryptonite to stop his offspring. A carrier son of Bar None x (Walk The Dog x Sugar Daddy) His dam was the 2011 Houston Champion Berk gilt from Brattains that Sarah Jones exhibited.
Superman created quite a buzz on the Texas circuit as he just wrapped up his show season winning Grand Overall Dark OPB honors for the 5th time in 6 shows with his win at the TJLA Fall Classic. Bred by Brian Bennett (Dublin TX) and Sarah Jones (Conroe TX). We are very grateful to the Jones family for staying committed to sending this guy north to fill out what we think will be one of the premier line-ups of Berkshire sires in the country. They had LOTS of options ($$$$$$) with this guy and we are THRILLED to have him here. You have to see him to believe him. Owned in partnership with Chris Jones and Family.
Introducing Willis and Arnold. We think they are two pieces that can help move the Berkshire breed to the penthouse. August 17 Gary Coleman x Miss Hathaway sons. We plan to use them hard on Miss H Daughters and Granddaughters.
Their littermate sister just picked up her 1st Dark OPB Championship @ the Houston TJLA show her 1st and only time out so far.
We are thrilled to announce the formation of Premium Blend SIres. We think is the final piece to the puzzle to allow us to be your complete source for Premium showpig genetics. We will be concentrating primarily on accumulating the absolute best Berkshire, Hampshire, Poland China, and Crossbred sires. We feel we have a tremendous start with the 3 Berkshire boars shown below. We believe they represent one of the most elite sets of Berkshire boars you will be able to find anywhere.
We hope to be collecting towards the end of January 2012 and will post when we have established pricing and are booking orders.
Feel free to call anytime to schedule a visit to see the young guns.
Arnold - The beast. Massive everywhere and bone to burn. We think he has a shot to be a legend for making Berkshire breeding stock for generations to come.
Willis - Great one that we knew had to be a boar the minute he was born. Freak chisel front, a chest floor that makes your jaw hit the ground, muscled like a Hamp and a tail set that Yorkshires would envy. If you are serious about making Berkshire barrows, we have never seen one we like better to get that done. You know you have something special when the Southwest guys are calling to ask you NOT to cut him because they want to show his babies!!!!!!!! One visitor's comment - "Now that is a Stud" best sums up our thoughts.
