The sun is shining, the temperature is in the mid-20s and our Berkshire pigs need to cool off. Yes, it’s another job for Two-Legs. Once or twice a day I go out with the buckets and a watering can to replenish the wallows and give the pigs a shower. Delilah, who’s out with a litter, [...]
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Delilah is lame
7 May, 2012
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While feeding Delilah, one of our Berkshire sows, and her litter last night I noticed she was limping slightly on her right front leg. I checked her over as she was eating, discovering she was slightly tender around the knee joint. There was no obvious inflammation so I left her to eat and made a [...]
Read more Sun makes for happy pigs
28 April, 2012
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The sun finally emerged this morning, bringing a brief end to a 12-day spell of continuous cloud cover, heavy rain, hail and sleet. It also brought out Delilah and her piglets for half an hour’s exploration and mischief. One of the three is a monster of a piglet. The others are about average in size. [...]
Read more Let sleeping pigs lie
20 February, 2012
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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 [...]
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.
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