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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 08:08:53 am

Title: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 08:08:53 am

My wife and I have been on holiday this week on the island of Alderney, we fly back home tomorrow. We landed on a grass runway last Friday and straight away, we felt immediately at home. The island airport is surrounded by pigs, OSB's to be exact. The set up that the farmer is using is superb. Big wire netting enclosures with lots of grass, loads of comfortable arks and most importantly, the pigs are on sandy free draining soil.
Here are some pictures of the OSB pigs.
 There are rather a lot.




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera031.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera031.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera030.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera030.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera028.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera028.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera027.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera027.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera026.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera026.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera021.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera021.jpg.html)





(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera019.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera019.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera020.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera020.jpg.html)




and finally, here's one of the  famous Alderney black rabbist. The island is full of them.




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera017.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera017.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: happygolucky on May 30, 2013, 08:13:37 am

Arhhhhhhhhhhhh love the little piglets with mum    :love: :love: :love: The weather looks good anyway...shall have to look up where it is as I have no idea ???

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Post by: jaykay on May 30, 2013, 08:17:44 am

Those piglets are so cute!  :D

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 08:20:17 am

Alderney is one of the Channel Islands, its the third largest in size after Jersey and Guernsey.

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: gavin davies on May 30, 2013, 08:30:58 am

i could only dream of having land like that  :excited:

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: happygolucky on May 30, 2013, 08:43:10 am

Quote

Alderney is one of the Channel Islands, its the third largest in size after Jersey and Guernsey

Thats why it looks so  bright and clear!!  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Fowgill Farm on May 30, 2013, 09:32:51 am

Super pictures
how all piggies should be kept.
mandy :pig:

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Post by: Daisys Mum on May 30, 2013, 11:27:38 am

That looks like pig paradise to me  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 11:35:20 am

I'll be coming back with lots of ideas to put in place with ourown  pig keeping. Those OSB's looked to have a lot in common with the Gloucester Old Spots that we've started to keep again recently.

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Post by: Blinkers on May 30, 2013, 11:56:17 am

Cor.....all that GRASS - how lucky are they  :thumbsup: :wave:

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Post by: Rosemary on May 30, 2013, 02:15:22 pm

Looks lovely - I think I'd like the Channel Islands :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 05:01:35 pm

Today we met a really nice lady called Tanya. She's the only other keeper of pigs on the island of Alderney. Her pigs are Iron age with just smidging of Saddleback in them. Once again, they were kept in idyllic conditions.




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/023.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/023.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/022.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/022.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/021.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/021.jpg.html)




(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/020.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/020.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Berkshire Boy on May 30, 2013, 05:41:28 pm

I would have said that they looked more likely to have Berkshire in them than Saddleback.

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 05:49:02 pm

You can't be right all the time. :roflanim: Actually we suggested  a bit of Berkshire being in them but its definately saddleback.

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Hassle on May 30, 2013, 05:57:08 pm

(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/kcooper2011/camera020.jpg) (http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/kcooper2011/media/camera020.jpg.html)


that is a serious amount of posts

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Bodger on May 30, 2013, 06:02:36 pm

Hmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've only just noticed that, it certainly is. We're flying home tomorrow, I'll have to have another look.

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Hassle on May 30, 2013, 06:17:03 pm

might be perspective; anyway i hope you are having a wonderful time  :wave:

Title: Re: Alderney airport under heavy guard!
Post by: Eastling on May 30, 2013, 11:16:42 pm

Great pictures and very lucky pigs.