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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: nic99 on July 20, 2013, 07:18:21 pm

Title: Are those your pigs?
Post by: nic99 on July 20, 2013, 07:18:21 pm

You know it's not going to be good when a stranger knocks on your door and asks "Are those your pigs?"
Especially when it's followed by "one of them is running along the beach".
Oh dear  ::)

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: shygirl on July 20, 2013, 07:29:02 pm

ahh, i bet he had  a lovely time though  :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: Eastling on July 20, 2013, 08:16:53 pm

pmsl :roflanim:  hope he didn't have an ice cream as it is illegal  :innocent:  Sorry couldn't resist hope you got him back without too much trouble.

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: sokel on July 20, 2013, 10:40:33 pm

Been there but ours where up on the fell  ::) your heart sinks ! Thankfully ours where bucket trained and followed me home

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: shygirl on July 20, 2013, 11:47:49 pm

where do you live that is so close tot he beach? im so envious, i would love to be right close to the water.

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: Rosemary on July 21, 2013, 08:44:31 am

Did they have their fishing rods with them? :innocent:

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: nic99 on July 21, 2013, 09:34:00 am

Yep, he had a whale of a time! Easily lead back home with food thank goodness. Think I have found the gap under the fence that allowed him to escape. It is amazing just how small a space they can wriggle through when they want to.
Shygirl - we live on the banks of the Tay. The beach is just 3 metres from the front of our house. It is estuarine though so by no means a sandy beach. Just mud and stones. That is a good thing though otherwise we would have every man and his dog set up their deck chairs outside our front door, especially as we are on a very popular right of way. It is also fantastic for wildlife! A stormy spring tide can be a bit scary........
 
 

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: HappyHippy on July 21, 2013, 10:03:29 am

Ooops  :roflanim:
Glad they're home safe and sound
K x

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: landroverroy on July 28, 2013, 04:17:59 pm

We had a similar thing with a litter of saddlebacks. On that ocassion the bearer of news said, "Your Jack Russels are running down the road."

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: Daisys Mum on July 28, 2013, 05:51:23 pm

Quote from: landroverroy on July 28, 2013, 04:17:59 pm

We had a similar thing with a litter of saddlebacks. On that ocassion the bearer of news said, "Your Jack Russels are running down the road."

That did make laugh  :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: shygirl on July 28, 2013, 09:34:44 pm

Quote from: Daisys Mum on July 28, 2013, 05:51:23 pm

Quote from: landroverroy on July 28, 2013, 04:17:59 pm

We had a similar thing with a litter of saddlebacks. On that ocassion the bearer of news said, "Your Jack Russels are running down the road."

That did make laugh  :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:

 :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: mrsbeckett on August 06, 2013, 07:30:02 am

This did initiate a good giggle here we had three boars for only a few weeks as a transition to slaughter and all three got out when i was unable to go anywhere as the toddler was sleeping and i was rather pregnant!!! we found one in a road the other side of our village one trying to get into the post office and the other happily eating our neighbour's pretty flowers!!! that was a while ago when we had a bigger garden than now!

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: Big Light on August 06, 2013, 07:58:56 am

Can't you sell them as pre-sal crackling  :excited:

Title: Re: Are those your pigs?
Post by: ZaktheLad on August 06, 2013, 08:05:54 am

I have visions of a pig with his bucket and spade  ;D