Tag: pigs
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Late in the Day
Poor Poppy. We finished the electric fence. She and Manu came walking out. Poppy (the Hereford Sow) touched the fence and squealed with fright, ran to the other side and got hit again, balked, backed up then headed for a corner that was made with hog panels, not electrified of course, backed into it and…
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Pig Vandal
Pig games are very simple. Pig brains are very simple. Contrary to popular opinion pigs are not all that intelligent. At least mine aren’t. Not as clever as my dogs and not as clever as a toddler. No toddler I know is happy to lie under a tree all by herself without a sound for…
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156 Bales
And all the hay is in the barn and all of us went to bed early last night. Kevin was kitchen Mama yesterday making an Argentinian meat pie and banana cream pie.What a relief it was NOT to have to cook after loading 156 bales of hay. As you know one of the hardest parts of…
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Pig Swap
Yesterday we took Poppy across the way to Manu and retrieved the twins – Molly and Tahiti bringing them back to the Home Farm. But before we did this, as usual, we had to take two steps back before we took the one step forward. So the girls and I repaired all the fences Poppy…
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Roaming Pigs
Poppy the Hereford sow is travelling again – being the escape artist going under the fences. She is due to come back into heat this weekend. Last night I went to check the cows and found Poppy the pig sleeping in the corner of the barn with them. They don’t seem to mind. I don’t mind…
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