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Title: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: HappyHippy on July 13, 2012, 10:56:35 am

Adelaide the 'wonderKune' caught us out AGAIN  ::) ;)
Went out to do the field feeds this morning (with the plan of bringing the Kunekunes in this pm) and there she was lying in the middle of the wee field, nice & nested in the long grass, feeding piglets  :o :o :o

Soooooooo we got her up eventually and brought her and the piglets into the shed, she's settled fine and happily feeding her brood. She delivered 15 in total, two unfortunately look as if they've been still born (but I'm going to do a quick pm later just to make certain) and there's a wee runty one that I'm not holding out much hope for  :'( But we've got some little crackers all running around looking very alert already. Last time when she had a bigger litter we did lose a few in the first week, I think there's just so many she finds it difficult to walk/move/lie down without squashing some so time will tell how many she's going to raise this time.

I'll get some photo's on later, when we've all calmed down a bit  ;D
Karen  :wave:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: Fowgill Farm on July 13, 2012, 11:03:11 am

Congratulations granny, well done Adelaide, cracking litter size especially since she had them outside. Fancy her catching you out again :innocent:
Mandy  :pig:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: Brucklay on July 13, 2012, 12:43:33 pm

Well done Adelaide - certainly a great mum, good luck with the wee ones  :fc:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: HappyHippy on July 13, 2012, 01:02:37 pm

Thanks Brucklay  ;D

I know Mandy  ::) She's a one  ;)  ;D ;D ;D
No colostrum last night, no puffyness at her vulva, next week was when I thought she'd farrow - so she's got me stumped altogether. Confinement for her last 4 weeks from now on I think......as long as I get my dates right next time  ;)  :innocent:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: Berkshire Boy on July 13, 2012, 01:09:41 pm

That's half the fun of pig keeping never being quite sure if your dates are right  ;)

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: Rosemary on July 13, 2012, 02:31:11 pm

Congratulations!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: Bionic on July 13, 2012, 03:08:29 pm

Congratulations, can't wait for the pics  :thumbsup:
Sally

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again !
Post by: Beewyched on July 13, 2012, 05:54:42 pm

C'mon Karen - where's the piccys?  The other granny wants to see them  ;D   :love: :pig: :love:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: HappyHippy on July 13, 2012, 08:26:07 pm

Here we are  ;D
We lost the little one, but it did only weigh half a pound  :(
The others are all averaging 1lb / 0.5Kg so  :fc:
We have 5 boars and 7 gilts altogether (not checked underlines or piri's yet, that's a job for Sunday  ;))
Karen x

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Mammyshaz on July 13, 2012, 08:42:14 pm

Well done Adelaide, and congratulations Karen  :pig:

 :love: that's a great pile of piggy  :D   It looks a new game of match the tail to the piglet head  :D

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: ppd on July 13, 2012, 08:48:20 pm

They are adorable :thumbsup:

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Post by: thestephens on July 13, 2012, 08:49:51 pm

when they pile up like that the kids call it piggy jenga, bottom one pulls and and jumps on the top!
 

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: FiB on July 13, 2012, 09:31:33 pm

wow that is a lovely pile of piggy!  Congrats! :trophy:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: bloomer on July 13, 2012, 09:33:17 pm

loving the stripey ones!!!


do stripey ones go faster?

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Dans on July 13, 2012, 11:41:25 pm

Awwww cuties!

Dans

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 14, 2012, 12:26:01 am

 :love: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig:  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Blinkers on July 14, 2012, 10:50:55 am

Marvelous - you can't beat a pile o'piglets for bringing a smile to your face ;D , Well done  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: jaykay on July 14, 2012, 11:24:16 am

They're lovely  :love:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: HappyHippy on July 14, 2012, 11:29:45 am

All 12 have made it through their first night unsquished  :thumbsup:
I indulged in a bit of mammy pig cuddling this morning  ;D ;D ;D (she too, does the 'come give me a cuddle' face  ;)) so got a close up view of them - some stunning looking little faces  :love: :pig: :love:

Thanks for your good wishes everybody  :-* I'll keep you all updated with how they get on  ;)
Karen  :wave:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Rosie posie on July 14, 2012, 12:39:04 pm

lovely :) :love: :love: :love: :pig: :pig:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Polished Arrow on July 14, 2012, 12:52:28 pm

Awwwwwwww  :)
Just lovely!

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Sudanpan on July 14, 2012, 02:00:00 pm

How adorabubble   ;D ;D ;D


Well done Adelaide
 :wave:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Gary on July 14, 2012, 05:46:32 pm

well done they do look good!! :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Beewyched on July 14, 2012, 11:02:01 pm

Wow gorgeous Karen - they are little crackers  :love: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :love:  well done Adelaide  :bouquet:  They look so much like the litter Portia had to Tommy too - lots of stripes & tri colouring  ;D
Well, just think - the perfect partnering - Adelaide's daughter got Best Kune Kune last year & Tommy's daughter got Best Kune Kune & Reserve Champion this year ... there's gotta be some stunners in this litter  :trophy:
 

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Rosemary on July 15, 2012, 09:29:44 am

Quote from: bloomer on July 13, 2012, 09:33:17 pm

do stripey ones go faster?

 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: HappyHippy on July 15, 2012, 11:02:43 am

They're all starting to move at a fair old rate now  ;D ;D ;D Stripes or not !
We've had one more trodden on overnight, so down to 11 now  :'(
But they are all looking great and getting really friendly already  ;) :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Ladygrey on July 16, 2012, 12:35:30 pm

Thats a big kune litter!! welldone  :thumbsup: they look lovely :)

Title: Re: Ooops, she did it again ! (now with photo's)
Post by: Bumblebear on July 21, 2012, 11:20:23 am

Congrats   :thumbsup:  Babies are just wonderful.  ;D