Tag: pigs
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One Day Old Piglets
Molly is a nervous mother but holding her own. Very new and totally shocked at the sheer number of miniature pigs running around her feet. But if a piglet squeals she freezes and waits for the little ones to regroup before continuing. She is eating and drinking well and, as you can see, so are…
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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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Farm Sex
I don’t mean to be provocative with that heading but really poor Carlos the Tiny was a busy boy yesterday. Lady Astor came into heat (I was advised by the vet not to give her a break as she would put on too much weight then it is harder to get them bred again –…
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Bellying Down
Yes. That would be Tahiti. Her belly is really starting to drop now. This is called bellying down in Hog Breeders Speak. Can you see the line of her udder forming? In my experience she probably has a week or so to go but things are progressing nicely. She lay down for me yesterday and I…
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Cheap Sauna
There is something inherently wrong about shifting cows, or milking or gardening with sweat running down your legs. Arms and face seem to be acceptable places for sweat. Maybe the brow, or even the belly. But the legs should be a sweat free zone in this cheap sauna we are living in at the moment.…
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