When the time came for Sheila to break out the lippie and hop the limo to visit the Boar, she very quietly followed me onto the trailer, was driven 15 minutes down the road and very quietly unloaded herself. No fuss. Not interested in her treats at all. But very interested in all these little piglets.
Though she lost interest in them before they lost interest in her. 
The snow got steadier and the sky got darker,
but we had to go and look at her boar before we left. 
His name is Al. Al is very friendly. He came over for a good scratch and a sniff. A very tame nice young fella. Clean living by the looks of it. I like that both the Herefords and the Berkshires have smiley faces. Al has a very different temperament to the last guy. Mainly because his boss is a young gentle giant of a fella.
By now we were all standing about in a blizzard, snow coming down in waves, forming drifts around our ankles, my lens was dropletty and my feet were frozen and it was time to get home before we were snowed Out.
Sheila has a lovely little bedroom inside the warm pig building and a lovely big clean run with pigs on two sides so she has more company than she has ever had and was in no way agitated at all. Much to my relief.
She is used to being able to get outside, and she can here which is nice, so I am feeling positive. Her mood was very laid back. This is a much better set up. And I can zoom down and visit her and take her treats each day as well.
We had a nice covering of snow yesterday though today they are forecasting the Bendy Tree so it will all be blown hither and tither again.. 
I know I have said this before by a drifty soft snow is a great leveller. Everything looks beautiful after a wee drop of snow.
Have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farmy,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
57 responses to “Meet Al: The Berkshire Boar”
He does seem a nice piggy…fingers and toes crossed that this works out.
No snow for us, but we’re back into the Deep Freeze by tomorrow night… Stay warm!
Yes the cold is coming back, not as bad though? below freezing as far as i can see though.. c
don’t know why but I could not get the photos…I will try another day!
What a tart that Sheila is , gives in too easily for some boar that happened to be passing…. This is a big time for Sheila bless her and I hope that she has the time of her life and enjoys every minute of it…..
I think she will plod along in her usual piggy ploddiness.. hopefully it will not take too long.. c
GOOD! She is one gentle pig so having a gentle boar is perfect! I hope it all works out lovely!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
hope its a nice solid breeding for you
Al looks a bit of a wee fellow. He might need a boost-up or a ladder or a swing or something to see the top of Sheila’s back. Good morning, c. Keep warm.
he did look small in the shots, but he is quite big enough and has a great big head.. not that means much.. we had your potatoes again last night misky, they are called ‘misky’s spuds’.. of course, I am never going back! c
Glad that you like those potatoes, c. They are quite tasty.
She sure seems happy to go for a little …mmm how to put this delicately?… “banter in the snow?”… and lots of little porkers will hopefully be the result… you seem to be getting as lot of snow, is this normal??
Some years are like this, some we will not have any snow at all.. we are kind of on the swinging cusp of this kind of weather.. c
This is absolute gold – the photos, your word, Sheila – oh how I love it!
Sheila’s young man seems very nice – he has magnificent eyebrows and twinkly eyes, so if I were Sheila I’d be making sure of him right smart…
I’m so glad that Sheila was a good and happy pig. It bodes well for breedng! If you have time, do pop accross for a peak at your hat: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/baboushka/
Love,
ViVx
MY HAT!! It is blowing a gale this morning, I was thinking of my hat in the barn earlier!!.. c
Or do I mean peek?
HI Viv! You mean peek, which means short look. Peak means the pointed top of something, like the mountain peak. Easy to get homophones mixed up! And English has lots of homophones! 🙂
I knew, really, but my wayward fingers did not!
Sheila’s bottom is enticing, isn’t it? Funny how she turned her back to all those eligible bachelors. Are the Berkshires smaller than Sheila? If so, did that figure in the choice to breed her with one? Maybe it’s a trick of the lens, but she looks HUGE compared to the boars.
No those are little piglets charlotte! cute tho aren’t they. The boar was being very bored two pens over, he and some sows coming into heat are begin brought across beside her today. The boar is not quite as big as she is but he will do I think!.. c
you might have needed your new hat while standing outside in the snow!
A very handsome suitor for Sheila! This is wonderful news. 🙂
Oh I’m so glad. 🙂 I must admit I was a bit worried for Sheila, but the beginning of this Sheila adventure has turned out for the best so far. Keeping my fingers crossed. Lovely winter wonderland.
So glad yesterday went off so calmly and stress free for both you and Sheila. Al does look kindlier that the last fella. I know we can’t control genetics but is it possible to have tricolour piglets? I too thought Al looked a bit short? 🙂 but assume this isn’t so. Good luck, keep warm. Laura
I like the looks of that Al fellow!!! And it does help that he is a smiley guy! 🙂 I agree– a bit of snow certainly makes things look nicer. However my snow is lying on top of a sheet of ice so I am just leaving it be for now. Stay warm, Ce!
snow and ice is a deceptive mix! I was trying to remember where the ice was ass i walked out the chook house this morning.. c