Tag: breeding hereford pigs
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So Tired Now
Every few hours for the last few nights I have been up to check Poppy’s Sty TV but nothing. She is way past her due date now and there is milk in that udder but still no babies. Poppy does not have a perfect udder. She only had five piglets at her first farrowing and this…
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Flying pigs
Not this pig. Sheila does not fly. She too much of a lady for such things. This pig. Molly. She would fly. Molly has the most red on her body. Red legs and the whitest little face. She is a beautiful wee pig. Very energetic like her mother. Speaking of her mother. Here is Poppy…
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The last day before today
After such a long time waiting to have piglets I am still waiting. Do you remember trying to breed Sheila to no avail (she does not like man pigs preferring her own company) in fact as you will remember she did serious damage to a very expensive prize boar and was quite cut up herself…
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Raw Milk
In the evening, just before the pigs dinner I let them out into the field for a run and a grass munch. There is not a lot of grass yet so there is still a danger of them rooting. So their grass break is not very long. But they eat the whole time.Pigs! Then they…
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The Kitchens Triangle
Kitchen, Garden, Table. There is a lot of canning going on right about now. They call it canning in America. In New Zealand we call this bottling. Though neither makes sense when the food is put in JARS – so it should be called JARRING. So, there has been a lot of jarring going on…
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