There was a knock on the back door on Saturday afternoon, just after lunch. I went to the door to find a gentleman waving official ID and clutching a large satchel of envelopes. “Census collector. I need to confirm your name and address, then explain the forms.”
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Archive | March, 2011
Injured piglet still hanging on
24 March, 2011
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Daphne, one of our two Berkshire sows currently with litters, stepped on a piglet last Friday. The piglet suffered a serious gash where its right rear leg joined its abdomen, but didn’t appear to have more serious internal injuries. I cleaned the wound with iodine spray, injected the piglet with 1ml of Ultrapen LA, and returned it [...]
Read more Berkshire piglets at large
23 March, 2011
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Daphne’s litter of Berkshire piglets ventured out in numbers for the first time today. The braver ones have made short excursions from the hut for the past few days before hurriedly bolting back in again. Today, though, we had sunshine, blue skies, no wind and a trough full of Daphne’s feed to investigate.
Read moreHopefully brief hiatus
20 March, 2011
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I’ve had a virus for a couple of days and it’s tough enough doing the day jobs without blogging in the evenings as well. Especially when I have stonking great headaches. Hopefully, things will improve soon. On the positive side, we had four customers collect their boxed Berkshire pork today. And all of them were [...]
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