Author Topic: The Nursery?  (Read 7981 times)

Tudful Tamworths

  • Joined Aug 2009
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Re: The Nursery?
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2013, 11:20:57 pm »
I normally bring mine in a week before farrowing, but I find they all want a last run around before settling down to give birth. I learned about the importance of gate pins when one flung off the gate and went walkabout just hours before farrowing!
A bit of exercise does them the world of good and helps them settle. Good luck with it all.
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Author of the Haynes Pig Manual, Haynes Smallholding Manual, and the Haynes Sheep Manual. Three times winner of the Tamworth Champion of Champions. Teaching smallholding courses at Kate Humble's farm: www.humblebynature.com

Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: The Nursery?
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2013, 04:10:40 pm »
In spite of the hard work that I put into readying her new nursery, she doesn't like it, so I've put her back out in the field and she'll be farrowing in her ark. :pig:

john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Devon
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Re: The Nursery?
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2013, 07:37:14 pm »
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Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: The Nursery?
« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2013, 08:35:13 pm »
I use a lamb creep hurdle, which has vertical bars on the lower half to allow easy access for the piglets.  I generally put a sow into her birthing quarters a month beforehand so she really settles in.

Fowgill Farm

  • Joined Feb 2009
Re: The Nursery?
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2013, 09:55:05 am »
7 - 10 days for us before farrowing generally, most of them are ready for the peace & quiet, lull before the storm so to speak. Straw from her usual house would help her settle and a radio sometimes for company (R4 is good lots of talk)
I'd be tempted to try and get her to settle in there again, thats the trouble with GOS they can be such arsy stubborn monsters ;D  God luv 'em :love:
Mandy :pig:

 

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