[white-blazes]

Thanks, great tips and stories.  Hubby also read to put their nuts in a 'horse-ball' toy, so they can play and find food

[plt102]

ours wouldn't touch carrots - they just buried them. I guess we'll end up with a paddock full of carrots later in the year......

[Beewyched]

I'm guessing that the home-baked cakes & curries are cooked in an outhouse in an oven that is only used for pig catering 

[thestephens]

we sometimes use the horse ball, picked up that trick very quickly, especially following behind the pig doing all the hard work!

[Hilarysmum]

Hi bewyched, the curries come from the veg factory its legal here at least.  They have an area especially for animal feed.  Big Hilary does love her curry!

[Eastling]

Do you give her a pint with her curry?

[Beewyched]

Sweetheart Stout 

[Mrs pig]

If these are weaners, as with all babies too much variation essentially will cause scour -so intorduce your veggies carefully at first.  depending on the age of the piggies the feed they get is packed full of milk powder so they are better off eating as much of this feed adlib with just small amounts of others at first.   

[Hilarysmum]

Sweetheart Stout 

Nah she's a Dorset dumpling, loves her pint of cider

[Eve]

Calling Hilary a "dumpling"... I take it her internet connection has temporarily broken down and she's not online right now? 

[Tudful Tamworths]

What you'll find is that pigs are very much like us - they have their likes and dislikes. Most of mine love carrots, for example, but two will just leave them to rot. Broccoli is a huge hit with two of the herd, but the others will just pick at it or kick it around.

As mentioned earlier, whatever you give (and, of course, according to the regulations), just don't overdo it. Feed fruit and veg as extras, not as a partial substitute for standard feed.

[Hilarysmum]

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Calling Hilary a "dumpling"... I take it her internet connection has temporarily broken down and she's not online right now? 
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Lord preserve us all from Hilary moving indoors ..... curry and cider are fine as long as she stays outdoors.  (Methane)

[Eve]

Hilary indoors... No doubt 'indoors' would not exist for very long!

[Beewyched]

Now I'm sitting here imagining ours  running about the house - no doubt they'd be better behaved than the dogs  though 

[Helencus]

Kim and Aggie in the house.. I wonder if they'd help with the house work  I'm betting my house wouldn't be very clean for long !