I finally got Poppy to lie down for me and felt her babies kicking. So that is a relief! There are definitely babies in there.
Plus she was immediately up to her old tricks of digging out the hole in the concrete and after yesterdays showers laying her belly in the cool water. Typical pregnant behaviour for her. Though after Tahiti I have the fear.
One of the naughty big pigs has bust a hole in the chook house wall.
You would never do anything like that would you Sheila. That will have to be fixed today.
Lucky that the piglets are not in that field – just imagine them all pouring through!
One girls rubbish is another cats treasure.
I am running out the door to load chickens early and get on the road.
Talk to you tomorrow.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
24 responses to “Kicking!”
Hurray, more adorable piggies! Miss Sheila is looking positively svelte these days…
What a hectic life you do have..
How incredibly exciting, I adore piglets, did you dare guess how many??
from the kicking i am guessing 12. But I hope there are eight – eight is best.. c
How exciting – more piglets!
…I can almost imagine the naughty little pigs running off across the fields – it would take two days to catch them 🙂
More little piglets! You will be busy.
Have a great day. Good luck at the vet.
Dear Poppy. I’m sure she’ll be a good mamma the second time around too.
Poppy was fine last time, maybe get in a gallon or two of beer as a back up 🙂 Laura
And plenty of rags & a big box to put the newborns in till the birthing is over.
yes, I am using the box from now on for sure.. c
Nothing stays still for long on a working farm! It will still be warm enough for a new brood of piglets? Do we need to knit little hats for them?
Nice your truck is working so well for your multiple tasks. Useful machine.
We will see – it is definitely getting late in the year though – c
That Poppy what a gal! That Manu what s stud!
Shelia is our favorite pen up pig!!!
Linda
Oh my goodness! My piggie palace looks just the same- strange bits of this and that unearthed by curious piggie snouts 🙂 but our pastures have gone golden with our freezing night time temperatures where your fields still look green and lush. We are expecting a harsh winter so the freezing temps are not a surprise- just a reminder of what is to come.
Yes we are still wonderfully green – the cows can be on pasture for some time yet even if it does freeze they will eat it – the longer I wait to hand out hay the better!
Enjoy filling the freezer with fresh chicken! It’s hard and unglamorous work, I am sure!
Which is why I pay someone else to do it! c
More piglets! Fingers crossed for a manageable number 😀
Yes – her five last time were such a lovely bunch
Love the photos of Sheila and the cat. I feel like that cat today — I just want to curl up somewhere warm and go to sleep.
Yesterday is the past we cannot change, tomorrow can’t be predicted . . . today is to enjoy and all of yours seemingly are . . . . Poppy is not a teenage Mama: certain all will be fine . . .
One thing is sure – she is pregnant! c