We brought Delilah, one of our Berkshire sows, down to the farrowing pen last week. We were running late with the move thanks to my fractured wrist and were concerned Delilah would farrow outside. There was no need to worry, of course, because Delilah likes to make the most of her days before she delivers [...]
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Smile for the camera
11 January, 2012
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What can I put on the blog today? Sunrise? Done that. Sunset? Done that. Land Rover? Done that? Vegetable crops? Too soon. Snow? Not happening. Hmm. I know, I’ll go and take a photo of our Berkshire boar. To make it different, I’ll get in low and close, really close, really really close. Then I’ll [...]
Read moreAnother one-sided pig story
17 December, 2011
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The Daily Mail is outraged. Normally I’d skip on by as its writers are always in a state of collective apoplexy, but this time they’ve turned their sights on Brtiain’s pig farms. Their shock, horror and anger are writ large.
Read more Aiming for a spring litter
3 December, 2011
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Gus, our Berkshire boar, has had one of the sows, Delilah, in with him for more a fortnight now. We’ve not seen any activity but are hoping for a litter at the end of February with weaning at the end of April. It may happen. It may not.
Read more Goodbye to Doris
26 November, 2011
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I’ve just come in from shooting Doris, one of the foundation sows of our Berkshire herd. Doris was an easy sow, had a good life on the croft and paid her way. She was a cracking pig. She was a little thin after she weaned her last litter of piglets in August. She hadn’t regained [...]
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