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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 moreDaphne walks on a piglet
18 March, 2011
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Daphne, one of our two Berkshire sows currently with litters, has walked on a piglet. All her piglets were in good condition when I did the midday check but when I went out at 1pm I noticed one holding its left rear leg off the ground. I went back to the feed shed, scooped up [...]
Read more ‘It was Mum! She made the mess!’
16 March, 2011
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I was working in the vegetable patch this afternoon when the boys shouted to me. “Two of the piglets are out with Daphne! They’re digging just like her.” I grabbed the camera from its perch on the spare fork, and ran to the pen to see if I could catch them in action.
Read more Freedom for sow can be death for piglets
14 March, 2011
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Delilah, the Berkshire sow that farrowed yesterday, has just crushed one of her five remaining piglets. Her litter is now to down to four from 13. All five were alive and suckling at 0810. Thirty minutes later and I noticed Delilah had shifted slightly, spilling her bags over one of the piglets and asphyxiating it [...]
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