Category: Farming
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Potty Training Piglets
Yes. You do have to train them you know. Or they will nominate a corner inside and GO right there in the house. Especially on a windy rainy day like today. Pigs will do what is easiest and they don’t mind the smell. I have to say that Pig babies are easier to train than…
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I hope the sun comes out
Boo is still on bed-rest and doing it hard. He is allowed short forays with me on a leash, and spends time on the chain by the barn where he can watch. Mostly I have to leave him inside when I go out to work so he does not run loose at all and John…
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Moving Day
Yesterday I strung up the Plonkers new field. Then shifted the Solar Panel and earth rod and electrified it. Then took down their old fence and invited them across. .It takes patience to move pigs, they are always very hesitant to cross the line where the old electric wire was, then on the way down…
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Bedrest for Boo
Yesterday it rained all day long – just a light drizzle really but a persistent one. The plonkers loved it. Rain means mud and easy digging. And it was not cold. Geraldine wears the rain with much more elegance. Can you see the raindrops on her feathers? Boo went to the vet and evidently his…
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The Cat and her Pig
I was taking photographs of the plonkers yesterday which is a challenging task as they are never still… … and with the sun being so low I needd to get myelf low to get a shot but the moment I lowered my hanches to the ground I was mobbed. So it was a frustrating business. I…
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