Not pretty – but pretty interesting.
Of course the ducks are pretty. In fact the corridor paddock which is my central field feels more ‘farmy’ with the ducks in there.
Anyway this (below) is what I feel is interesting: the pigs are eating their sunflowers, stalk, leaves, flowers and all in a sort of order. (They chew on the stalks then leave the big ones on the ground as nurse trees before moving on). I thought they would knock them down, willy nilly, and waste most of it. But it is the opposite. They have been slowly and quite thoroughly clearing a site. Slowly creating a big clearing and widening the open space as they go.
I think this is because it is safer to eat out in the open space. Though they like the shaded jungle, which they are clear felling, so they are about as clever as humans at conserving and nurturing their environment, but they are eating the edges of it first.
When the hogs first went into this field I had to knock down big sunflowers and corn stalks so I could open the gate. As Mad pointed out yesterday all those sunflowers will contribute to some very tasty meat.
I hope you are having a nice weekend!
Love celi
WEATHER: Cloudy, maybe a shower – maybe not. We got very little rain yesterday so one decent shower would be nice.
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37 responses to “HMM, INTERESTING”
Those pigs are a well organised eating machine..very clever and not leaving behind any rubbish…it woukd be wonderful if people copied their pattern. Ducks and their antics are always interesting..but .. My they have grown!
They have grown so fast!
Aren’t those hogs clever! Good to hear they are eating all that good tucker …