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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: JulieS on December 24, 2009, 07:56:58 pm

Title: Christmas Piglets
Post by: JulieS on December 24, 2009, 07:56:58 pm: What a wonderful day....The boiler has been fixed, and Ellen has just finished having her first piglets :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

12 beautiful GOS babies. :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: Rosemary on December 24, 2009, 09:12:01 pm: Congratulations!
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: marigold on December 24, 2009, 09:58:14 pm: Oh they are so sweet - happy Christmas :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: :)
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: JulieS on December 25, 2009, 04:25:11 am: Thank you Rosemary and marigold :) :) :)

13 in total.....Mum and babies doing very well :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: HappyHippy on December 25, 2009, 08:21:49 am: :love:
Fantastic news Julie ;D and congratulations to Ellen ;)
I'm so glad you got your boiler fixed too - nothing worse than being colder inside the house than out !
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: Hilarysmum on December 25, 2009, 09:00:55 am: Happy Xmas what a present.
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: jameslindsay on December 25, 2009, 09:07:05 am: Look at the size of them, they are lovey. Merry Christmas.
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: oink on December 25, 2009, 12:53:52 pm: If you send them to slaughter at Easter maybe they'll come back to life 3 days later! Twice the pork!!......Sorry ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: doganjo on December 25, 2009, 02:04:40 pm: Hmmm - quite funny ;D ;D ;D but is that not sacrilege? ::)
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: Hilarysmum on December 25, 2009, 05:33:39 pm: Quote from: doganjo on December 25, 2009, 02:04:40 pm
Hmmm - quite funny ;D ;D ;D but is that not sacrilege? ::)

Well its sacrifice for the pigs.
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: JulieS on January 05, 2010, 10:04:26 am: Thank you everyone :)

The piglets are doing well. Unfortunately lost one of the 13.......but 12 is still good for a first time Mum, so very happy.

Sexed the first litter yesterday......7 girls and 2 boys.
:love: :pig: :love:

Thought you might like to see a couple of the younger ones saying hello to one of the older ones in the snow this morning.
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: HappyHippy on January 05, 2010, 10:07:12 am: Awwwww Julie - they're beautiful ;D ;D ;D
Thanks for the photo ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: JulieS on January 05, 2010, 10:12:29 am: Thank you Karen :)

I'm spending far too much time watching and taking pictures :love: :pig: :love:
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: dixie on January 05, 2010, 10:51:55 am: Ahhh lovely! :pig:
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: Rosemary on January 05, 2010, 01:31:25 pm: Aah, they are lovely. Are you please with the gender mix? I find it hard to slaughter anything female but generally have no problem with males (Dickie excepted).
Title: Re: Christmas Piglets
Post by: JulieS on January 05, 2010, 01:45:28 pm: I know what you mean Rosemary, I'm like that too. I'm not sure exactly why we feel like that.

In this case 5 of the gilts of this litter are looking very nice, and good enough to register, so I will probably keep one for myself and I have someone interested in the others.

The bigger litter I will wait to see how they look in a few weeks, but I will need to keep a good number of the ones not good enough to register to make sure I have enough meat later in the year.