You'll all be sick of me soon enough!
Now we are thinking that Daisy is pregnant already, we are wondering what to do with Tulip ... the original plan was to get the boar in last week but that's obviously gone out of the window a bit!
I'd be greatful if you could let me know what you would do in my position?
We have 3 pigs ... Daisy (potentially going to drop any week), Tulip (planned to breed from her this year) and "Bacon" (three guesses what she's for!
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Bacon can go anytime from now. Daisy will be coing in at some point to farrow. Tulip needs to get pregnant!
Should I take Bacon away and bring in a boar? I'm worried this will be stressful for Daisy with some big strange brute running around! We have been told we can take Tulip to the boar but I'm worried about moving her somewhere and then bringing her back when we might have piglets in case she picks something up! Should I keep Bacon with Daisy and sort Tulip out seperately? Ot should I look into AI for Tulip ... and if so can anyone give me an idea on how I would go about it and the potential cost involved ... or indeed if it is worth it when I'm not after pedigree stock?
Alternatively, please feel free to tell me I'm being an absolute pansy and molly coddling them too much!