[GribinIsaf]

I reared 5 4hr old piglets back in April. Everyone told me they would die. None of them did! I used pig milk powder in syringes to start with, then onto my kids old bottles then onto lamb bottles on feeding racks. They did amazingly and three are off to slaughter this week! The other two girls are in pig. It is all totally possible!

Can you tell me how often you fed during first 48 hours - especially at night! We currently have a weak piglet born yesterday evening away from her mother as been too weak to feed from her.

[Jim Steel]

Hi folks.
The pigs we took on at the behest of the SSPCA and Local Authority welfare officers are now beginning to resemble pigs again, growing nicely and putting on weight. It's taken a while but getting there. We still have a few that are a bit behind but the majority are in a position to be shifted on. I've put an advert in the market place section of the forum. There has been a wee problem with inbreeding and some of them are a bit on the 'ugly' side but should make good sausages and burgers. We won't be difficult to deal with as basically looking to recoup what we've put in.