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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Rosie posie on July 14, 2012, 12:33:03 pm

Title: Here's ma boys!
Post by: Rosie posie on July 14, 2012, 12:33:03 pm
Large black x british saddlebacks :)
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: HappyHippy on July 14, 2012, 12:47:57 pm
Lovely boys  :thumbsup:
You'll spend many hours just gazing out at them  ::)
Keep us updated with how they get on.
Karen  :wave:
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: Polished Arrow on July 14, 2012, 12:50:04 pm
They look handsome and happy  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 15, 2012, 06:26:00 am
 :love: :pig: :pig:  I bet they're laid back, friendly and fun - keep us posted with stories, please!  :D
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: Mammyshaz on July 15, 2012, 08:02:56 am
They look happy piglets  :love:
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: Rosie posie on July 15, 2012, 12:21:11 pm
Thanks guys :)

Well the little fellas have settled in well, though they are eating much less of the pelleted feed than we expected....would this be due to the fact that they've come from a completely grass/vegetation-free place to one with lots of lush stuff?
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: omnipeasant on July 15, 2012, 06:37:06 pm
Nice piggies.
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: ppd on July 15, 2012, 08:18:48 pm
They are lovely - enjoy! and be prepared to waste a lot of time with them ;D
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: Rosie posie on July 18, 2012, 09:14:04 pm
Well slowly does it,


but very gradually over the days they've been here, I have managed to get them both coming to me for a good old scratch today I'm feeling suitably pleased with myself  :eyelashes:
Title: Re: Here's ma boys!
Post by: Sudanpan on July 18, 2012, 09:59:59 pm
You might find they are just too busy munching all that new green vegetation if they haven't had much before  ;)


That happened with our first lot of weaners - they only started to eat all their daily pellet ration after they had been with us about 1 month.


Enjoy!