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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: pikilily on August 09, 2010, 05:06:11 pm

Title: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: pikilily on August 09, 2010, 05:06:11 pm: Whhheeeehheeee i am having such fun!!

Got our two Berkshire weaners yesterday...i just cant take my eyes of them. They are so comical and full of beans..... and the horses havent even noticed that they are here. Del and Rodney dont seem to be squealers!!! Even when we carried them to their new pen.

They are already throwing turf around like a couple of veterans, and have dicovered the delights of a good scratch behind the ears!! going to get a stiff scrubbing brush for them methinks!!

They dont seem to like the sow and Weaner cubes, so i have soaked them - i suppose that is OK??
Emma T
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: jameslindsay on August 09, 2010, 05:09:50 pm: They are gorgeous. :)
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Post by: Rosemary on August 09, 2010, 05:25:27 pm: Little crackers! Or should it be little cracklings? ;D
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Post by: scotelf on August 09, 2010, 05:26:02 pm: They are lovely, congratulations! :D
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: oaklandspigs on August 09, 2010, 06:43:37 pm: no problems is soaking the cubes, but may well be that they have a feast of grass and vegetation, and your cubes are boring at the moment!
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: Sandy on August 09, 2010, 06:46:31 pm: ;D ;D
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Post by: Sudanpan on August 09, 2010, 07:08:30 pm: They look fab - enjoy ;D
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Post by: little blue on August 09, 2010, 07:30:27 pm: and if they still dont eat the cubes, try mash instead (its probably cheaaper too!) ours prefer it, and it last alot longer.

they are lovely :)
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: Helencus on August 09, 2010, 09:49:35 pm: Lovely boys congrats!
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: Eve on August 09, 2010, 11:04:48 pm: Aaaaah, they soooo sweet!
Give it another few months and they'll be as big as that trough!

Mix the feed with something sweet if you're worried they're not eating enough. Is it the same feed they were fed before you picked them up?

Eve :wave:
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: Hilarysmum on August 10, 2010, 11:01:44 am: Oooh they are gorgeous ..... could mix the damp feed with fruit and veg to encourage them.
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: pikilily on August 10, 2010, 11:08:43 pm: Hehee!! :pig:
they are rolling over for tummy scratches, and its only day 2!!! I really thought it would take a week or so to get them used to me! they have me well trained already....
i have put a tree stump in for them to scratch against, too.
Del is by far the more precosious,and is always trying to taste my wellies....but Rodney, being the studious type, hung back, worked things out and was the first to present his tummy for a scratch!! Clever boy. ;D
Emma T
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: Hilarysmum on August 11, 2010, 08:16:16 am: :D :D ;D ;D pigs are wonderful. But you already know that
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Post by: supplies for smallholders on August 11, 2010, 04:14:16 pm: Like Little Sausages on legs ;D
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Post by: The Chicken Lady on August 12, 2010, 08:48:19 pm: I had a Rodney and Del Boy last year - called that because they were Trotters! This year I have Delia and Nigella.
Title: Re: Introducing Del and Rodney
Post by: pikilily on August 12, 2010, 09:24:37 pm: Yes TCL, i am already thinking of names for the next lot!!!
Emma T
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Post by: pikilily on August 13, 2010, 10:13:17 pm: Happiness is- A full Belly, Warm sunshine, and your Brother by your side !!
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Post by: JulieS on August 15, 2010, 04:45:16 pm: :) :) :)
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Post by: Hilarysmum on August 15, 2010, 06:01:19 pm: Pictures like that says it all :D :D