Thanks all - I picked the babies up to get them to scream - amazingly they didn't let rip like piglets normally do - only a few hours old I guess. However this morning food won over family and Gloucester Old Spot trailed the plastic trough up to the barn, bless her, babies as good as fogotten all for a few apples. I then collected them and all are happily reunited and settled. By the way I crossed her with a Saddleback and all 7 of the piglets are Saddleback markings, not a spotty pig in sight.
Yes, it has been muscial stables - and now to buy another ark! Gee I can't wait til lambing!!!
Take a plastic 44 gallon drum kand cut it length ways in half...... put a wire around the top of the drum and lead that to your bike...... Get a fork with 4 prongs and a long 6' - 8' foot handle. Lift the piglets one by one in to the drum not disturbing her too much...... and then tow the drum to her new destination. She will come tothe sound of her piglets. You might have to wait a minute until they beign to miss her and find the discomfort of the drum instead of her warmth. they will begin to grunt and squeal.....She will get up and you need to be read to tow..... she will follow.... Once in the new hut she should stay there.... make sure there is straw in the hut to keep her and her piglets warm and comfortable.
Topic: How to get a new mother into stable from outside ark (Read 6485 times)
