The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: gavin davies on February 14, 2013, 09:33:26 am
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after my post yesterday about one of the three pigs not eating i went up there this morning and they were all eating fine :relief: only problem i have now is the bit of land they are on is now like the somme and both wellies got stuck and i fell flat on my face while they seem to be loving rolling around in i certainly did not :roflanim: but as long as they are happy and eating, its wont happen again as i later made a pathway so i can feed and water them without going into the area on bad weather day just cant wait for some nice weather so i can fence the rest of it for them and get some chickens in another area i have plans for :fc:
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Glad it seems to be working out for you so far Gavin :thumbsup:
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Good news, make sure your pigs have an area too where they can get out of the mud, we make a big straw lake outside their front door usually and this helps them loads.
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mandy :pig:
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hi thanks for the reply i have put a full bale down in front of the place they sleep so they have a place to lie but i have just looked on the cctv cameras i installed and they are all lying away from there IN THE MUD :pig: :pig: :pig:
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that is what pigs do.....love mud. Cools the body and the mind.
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:wave: Hi Jellybean, The pigs are not loving the mud here in the UK, they like us are bloomin' sick of it :o
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Fair enough, if it was :sunshine: and they were hot they'd love it but in the :gloomy: and cold it's not as much fun (has longer term health implications like arthritus for breeding pigs too :() Got to remember Jellybean our average daily temperature is probably around 4 degrees Brrrrrrrrr
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That's Ok they are sick of the heat too! :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine:We could do with some :gloomy:weather though