I've been reading all I can on keeping pigs and have found this forum a great source of information and and inspiration
I was up seeing how my wee bit of land was developing today as all this awful weather has delayed our moving into our caravan, and came across my new neighbour to be. She has some weaners and she invited me up to see them.....but they'd gone
So we had a wee walk around, found where they'd escaped from and did some tracking in the snow, all good fun. (They couldn't get too far, or completely leave the surrounding land).
Eventually we saw the chap who was meant to be working the digger on my patch walking up the road with piggies ahead of him. I helped her put them back into their area and give them a feed and was properly introduced. She has a tamworth and a saddleback. I left her repairing their escape route.
So, it was nice to know there was a helpful lady 'next door' to back me up as a new owner as well as the helpful forum here. I am now feeling a whole lot better about getting my first weaners this year, and she recommended a good place to take them when they reach the right weight (and a recommended butcher) without having to do even more asking around.
Looking forward to this weather being above freezing long enough to get the caravan base down, and it sited, then we are good to go!