Thanks to Jan from the Fellowship of the Farmy I can now watch Poppy’s activity in her own bedroom, from my own kitchen. 
This wireless monitor on the kitchen bench connected to a camera in the barn is a game changer. I am so excited about it. Instead of getting up and getting dressed and creeping out through the cold, dark rain then tiptoeing through the barn trying to sneak up on a pig (which is almost impossible), I just walk into the kitchen and there she is. On the tele. 
She is due to farrow today, maybe tonight. I can see, as I write this morning that she is awake and lying on her belly quietly listening. The feed even has sound though all I hear is roosters crowing. And is not tied to my inclement and terribly slow wifi – another bonus.
This is a major change to the way I manage my farrowing and calving. Much, much, much calmer which is better for everyone.
Thank you, Jan. Thank you, so much.
Lady Astor’s udder is slowly tightening up and filling out but still not as full as I would expect by now with one week to go.
Almost time to put on her milking collar.
Below is a shot of one of the plonkers down the back watching us pick asparagus. The harvest is not large. Too cold and too many weeds. And with two more days of heavy rain and wind ahead of us I am not weeding it any time soon.
Yesterday was so calm – we all felt comforted by it. But today is a day for inside farm jobs. Wet and windy.
I would bring the cows back up out of the fields when it rained like this but I have no more hay now. And no cutting date in sight now either. I just have to let them graze in the sodden fields.
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
Weather Forecast:
Thursday 05/04 100% / 0.57 in
Windy with rain likely. High 48F. Winds NNE at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.
Thursday Night 05/04 50% / 0.12 in
Mostly cloudy and windy with showers developing late. Low 42F. Winds NNE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “Pig TV”
I LOVE the little TV. Fantastic.
The Fellowship triumphs again 🙂 I love the idea of a little quiet Pig TV!
How fantastic!
The video monitor is a great idea.
We have more pigs in Iowa than people. We also have IPTV. It stands for Iowa Public TV. I will henceforth think of it as Iowa Pig TV from now on.
So happy that you have vision ♡
Fabulous, you can go one better with the screen on/off option … place on a low table next your bed and then just switch screen on when you want to peek without getting out of bed 🙂 🙂 Hmm, if your wifi wasn’t so bad we could sneak into your kitchen and watch pig TV too. Laura
how wonderful and what a really splendid idea..thank you Jan. Technology reaches the pig pen..how exciting and how much easier it is for you…wow
Wow! I know of the wi-fi units, but this is awesome! Well done, Jan! I think your today’s weather is headed our way for tomorrow and Saturday. Just what we need, more mud!
Pig TV – perfect.
Squeals with piggy fear. OMP-OMP-OMP. Do not give my mom ideas sweet friend. If she puts a monitor up in my bedroom – shivers. It would be bad. She would see how many times I get up in the middle of the night and turn on my television to watch my favorite shows. Don’t hate me if I don’t show mom this posting today okay. This will be our little secret. XOXO – Bacon
Guess it beats most if not all broadcast television channels! 😅
that’s for sure!
Nice bit of technology, maintains a calm environment and no commercial breaks. It was a nice thing Jan, done in the community spirit. Now we watch and wait.
Truly wonderful on the wireless remote tv and great that its not hooked to the net and eating data.. this will be such a wonderful thing and useable in many ways..
PIG TV = Providing Instantaneous Gratification – Technologically Verified Thank you Jan for providing a bit of cool blue calm to our overworked step mother 🙂
Brilliant idea pig TV! 😀