When I shifted the pigs around last week, Doris, our current in-pig Berkshire sow, was moved away from the main sow herd and into a smaller pen on her own. She’d become increasingly irritated at sharing a house with the other sows and was much happier when moved out on her own. However, a three-day [...]
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Switching places
22 June, 2008
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There are times, although they seem few and far between, when everything works in our favour. Yesterday was one of them. Dolores, our next Berkshire sow due to farrow, was growing increasingly grumpy and moody when kept near the other pigs. Doris, who farrowed last weeks, we growing impatient to be outside again. Doris’s piglets [...]
Read moreFarrowing imminent
12 June, 2008
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Doris, one of our Berkshire sows, is now absolutely huge, bagged up and her milk has come in. The earliest she could have farrowed was yesterday (115 days from first being served by Graham, our boar) and the latest is likely to be tomorrow (115 days from at least the third time being served).
Read moreEncouraging a prospective vet
17 December, 2006
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I’d held off entering our new piglets into our herd book until today as Louise, a work colleague of the Other Half, was coming over with her daughter Claire. Claire, who is in Secondary 4 (year 11), loves animals and wants to be a vet when she finishes school, so we’d invited her over to [...]
Read moreUpdate on the expectant mum
27 November, 2006
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Delilah, the expectant Berkshire gilt, is now vast and bagging up, which usually happens only a day or two before the piglets are due. Bagging up is the term used to describe when the pig’s udders drop and can be seen hanging between its back legs. Delilah is not producing milk yet, but her udders [...]
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