Category: Living the life
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Lurch Leaves, Workers Arrive
Yesterday a very lovely lady who runs a pig rescue home came and took Lurch and Winston (the very tiny rescue piglet who is being picked on by its bigger siblings) back to her place. I had just delivered the plonkers to the abbatoir (saying thank you to them) and was finishing the milking when she…
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The T Shirt Campaign is LAUNCHED
Lurch has been accepted into a Pig Rescue Home in Indiana where she will have her own caregiver and Vet and a Vet Tech who is already working on a program of rehabilitation. for her. There comes a time when I must lean on a friend and this is a good position for this little pig. But I need…
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All in Her Head
A very lovely vet (the young new vet from another local town) came to visit the farm yesterday and examined Lurch. He looked at all the other piglets and the environment they are raised in, big pigs and little pigs and after giving Lurch a thorough examination he agreed that the problem is neurological. There…
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Letter from Pat
Today we are back on the road to take Pat to the train. As well as her calm support, Pat has helped us enormously, firstly being the farmers wife and secondly being the Piglet Mother while I do chores in the morning and afternoons so Lurch will miss her too. Yesterday was a day with only a little…
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Lurch – the rescue piglet
I honestly don’t know if Lurch, the little rescue pig who has difficulty walking ,is getting any better. Every hour or so I get her up and stand her and walk her about so she exercises her muscles but she still falls almost immediately until she warms up then falls every few steps. After a while…
The Kitchen's Garden 