Tag: farrowing
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Nine Bouncing Baby Piglets
After the longest labour I have experienced with a sow (five hours) Poppy gave birth to her sixth piglet. After an hour of cycling them in and out of their box having a good drink so there were at least three on her at one time, I decided that she must be finished. It was almost…
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Kicking!
I finally got Poppy to lie down for me and felt her babies kicking. So that is a relief! There are definitely babies in there. Plus she was immediately up to her old tricks of digging out the hole in the concrete and after yesterdays showers laying her belly in the cool water. Typical pregnant…
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ELEVEN PIGLETS
Last night around midnight Molly gave birth to eleven good sized little piglets. I was caught by surprise by the numbers and only had one small towel with me. This got damp fairly fast drying off one piglet after the other. So I took off my shirt and used that as well, by baby number…
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Pregnant or not?
I wish I knew. I am still not positive. The lady who knows about pigs thinks she is. I have trolled the internet looking for ways to tell when a kunekune is pregnant and short of getting the vet out to do an ultrasound there is no way of really knowing just by looking. It is…
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