We tried to get Sheila my big tall, long, not too fat Hereford Pig to go for a walk yesterday but she was having none of it. She is a big lass and not too young and was feeling the heat. Though I was grateful for the windy heat as it was drying my hay. But Sheila was quite happy where she was thank you very much, sitting outside the chook house door.
And even after a short coaxed walk she refused to go any further,
..and went to sleep in the shade for a while …
.. then heaved herself up and went into the chook house to have another sleep there.
The chickens do not even bat a bird-eye when there is a pig sleeping on their living room floor. She does not do this too often but when she does I cannot shut the chook-house door – Sheila does not like to be locked in, so last night any predator who may have wandered in there would have got a big fright.
The guardian pig was on duty.
Have a lovely day darlings.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
36 responses to “Guardian Pig”
I don’t want to go for a walk either, Sheila. I do love the heat though. Such a good girl guarding the chooks. Have a lovely nap in the shade this afternoon too.
She is a magnificent Grande Dame!
Would Sheila lay in a kiddie pool? Might cool her off. I can’t imagine walking my pig. I like the porcine goddess comment from katechiconi as well. Sheila has personality to spare and could protect a hen house, ha ha, in her sleep!
The problem with pools and pigs is they like to pee in them, and poo in them sometimes. so i do not do the kiddie pool thing.. it gets a bit disgusting.. c
Looking at Sheila again, I’d have to say Big kiddie pool.
She is rather long! c
Sheila is a law unto herself and Queen of all she surveys.
Maybe Sheila somehow just knows when it’s time for her to lend her presence. It surely would be enough to make an opportunistic chook thief think twice.
Love Sheila, are the chooks brave enough to hop over her or do they all stay put? Laura
She is a pig log, they just peck around her.. c
Pig log! 🙂 “giggle”
I read your closing as “so last night any predator who may have wandered in there would have got a PIG fright.” 😉
ha ha ha !!
And that night, any predator would’ve gotten a Big Dose of Sheila!!! ; o ) And I bet that predator would never return. I think it’s a riot she likes to sleep into with the chickens!! My chickens would go into the pigs area ’cause they liked to eat some of their food!