Musings from a Stonehead | Monthly Archive

Archive | February, 2009

Racing piglets

26 February, 2009 by Stonehead 8 Comments

I managed to catch the action as these two Berkshire piglets went through their evening training in preparation for the Animal Olympics!

Berkshire pigs, Pigs

Berkshire pigs, Livestock, piglets

Blown away

25 February, 2009 by Stonehead 10 Comments

We’re being buffeted by a fresh gale* tonight, which made driving into the village to collect the Big Lad from Cubs somewhat exciting. When we arrived home, he darted inside with his sausage supper (takeaway is his post-Cubs treat every few weeks) while I went out to the hill to check the animals. I had [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

gale, Livestock, Pigs, Poultry, Weather, wind

The ugly side of nature

23 February, 2009 by Stonehead 38 Comments

I was carrying the first of the feed buckets through the byre and out to the pigs for their evening meal when I heard a piglet screaming at the top of the hill. I dropped the buckets and ran all the way to the top of the hill, expecting to find Doris sitting or lying [...]

Pigs

Animal welfare, Berkshire pigs, crows, Livestock, Nature, Pigs

Doris gets a house with a view

22 February, 2009 by Stonehead 6 Comments

The next step in our pig rotation was to move Doris and her litter of Berkshire piglets from the byre to the hill. It was moving her hut down the hill for cleaning that led to my being slightly flattened on Friday, but with the Other Half and the Wee ‘Un helping the move back [...]

Berkshire pigs

Animal welfare, Berkshire pigs, Livestock, piglets, Pigs