Yesterday was not a Good Day. I took two loads of pigs to the abattoir, Curly, Pinky and Perky in the first load, then Tia and Scrumpy. I pick the meat up on Friday. Brini and Fergie were saved, because Fergie is too small and Brini makes an ideal companion for her as she is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘perky’
10 Dec
Remember when …
… the sun was shining and the grass was green? No, me neither. Unbelievably, this was taken just three weeks ago: All that green is now a sea of mud into which the pigs sink. On a dryish day it tickles their knees. When it’s raining, it laps at their bellies. Apparently, we’re having a [...]
24 Nov
Get well soon, Perky!
Oh dear, having just dealt with the lame cat, I’ve now got a lame pig Poor old Perky, she’s currently hobbling round on three pins, while we wait for the vet to arrive. I’m hoping she’s just bruised her foot (somehow) and that a swift recovery is just round the corner. Wait and see, that’s [...]
18 Nov
Straw thieves!
Having bought some new straw on Sunday, I cleaned out the piglets’ ark, a necessary task every few days as they’re still being toilet trained. Although they tend to go to the loo outside, they do go inside as well, presumably at night – especially with all this rain bucketing it down! So, having cleaned [...]
5 Nov
A blustery November!
It’s a windy but sunny day today, what a change from all the rain we’ve been having. I’m seriously thinking about buying some lifejackets and arm bands for the pigs, just in case! Mind you, the rain did hold off long enough earlier this week for me to move both the piglets and the adults [...]
5 Oct
All change!
Yesterday turned out to be a mammoth pig moving day, which just goes to show how much I have changed. Gone are the days when I couldn’t move one ark by myself … yesterday, I moved two! Pinky, Curly and the piglets had run out of grass. It might have looked as though they still [...]
28 Sep
Fun in the sun!
Yesterday was one of those days that flew by, the kind that you wish you could preserve, re-visit, or hold in time forever. Ok, so it wasn’t the best start, as the runt of Pinky’s litter died in the night, but I knew that was coming and given how weak he was, despite my best [...]
6 Sep
What a day!
As days go, yesterday was one of those… It started well enough, a bit chilly, but not enough to make me want to put a jumper on. Why would you, when the sun was shining bright in the sky for the first time in, well, ages?! I started feeding the pigs, but only made it [...]
30 Aug
Happy pigs, wet Jo!
I waited and waited, but the rain didn’t stop so I put on my second skin, erm, I mean waterproofs, and ventured out into the wet to move the pigs. I know now why I’ve never moved the pigs in the rain before and won’t again (apart from exceptional circumstances). It was miserable. Still, the [...]
19 Aug
Happy birthday to Pinky, Perky and Fergie!
Today is Pinky, Perky and Fergie’s first birthday. It seems like a long time ago that I was sitting in the stable with Tia as she farrowed. All in all, I saw all but two of her piglets being born. Looking at the remaining three today, I struggle to believe that they were ever this [...]
Recent Comments