[welshlass181]

Took some photos of her today.  They're not the best sorry as they were taken with my phone she is still very happy and alert and VERY round  





















Think she is going to go pop or is this normal?  She is only diddy 20 inches tall max

i short vid.  Please excuse the gruff voice with the child but he's been doing my head in all day lol

[ambriel]

Blimey! She really is a little barrel on legs. Can't be very comfortable for here. Hopefully she'll drop soon.

[welshlass181]

She had some food then went to lay down on the cold mud.  She seems fine in herself but yes she does seem uncomfortable when she lays down so she just adjusts herself.  Happy as larry tho

[Beewyched]

Wow, she looks as if she's got a fair few in there  She certainly doesn't look fat, it seems as though it's all pregnancy    I find with my Kunes the vulva swells up to a week beforehand, but it would be helpful if you can try & get to her teats - once you can squeeze the milk then it's 24 hours to go max.

The worst time now is the wait!  Just remember the stout - get a 4-pack = 2 for her & 2 for you - works wonders especially if she has problems excepting them (calms you down too  )

Hope all goes well - let us know 

[welshlass181]

She is a bit swollen up and has been for a few days now.  I'll buy some stout and take it over incase we do catch her in labour lol she can have it all cos i don't drink hehe.  She is on a bit extra food just to tide her over and i throw a bit around the pen (obviously not where she poo's) so she roots for it and keeps herself occupied. 

Apart from being VERY pregnant does she look ok?  Total newbie to pig keeping let alone piglets lol

[HappyHippy]

I'd say she looks like a normally, very thin Kune - nothing wrong with that really, but watch her once she farrows. Especially if it is a big litter (which it definately looks like it might be) you don't want her losing condition and 'milking off her back' ie. losing loads of weight as she's putting it all into the piglets. I'd be changing her food to sow & weaner too (know you feed mixed grains and stuff - but she's really going to need the extra ooomph of the pig nuts once she's nursing) 3lbs for her and half a pound for each piglet (though start her off with a quarter pound for each to begin with, building up to the half pound by the time they are 2 weeks old)
Other than that, it's back to just waiting...........
Keeping everything crossed for you
Karen 

[melodrama]

she looks nearly as round as me after a Sunday roast - bless.  Hope all goes well with birth x

[robert waddell]

what is she in pig to

[melodrama]

what is she in pig to

ha ha ha

[welshlass181]

The whole herd lost condition (due to inexperience) recently so they've had bulk feeds over the last few weeks.  The female has a mix of powder milk, meal, sow nuts in a bucket and then she has a feed of the same stuff as the others get.  We leave a bucket of the mix in with her overnight so she can munch away and the nuts/meal/powder milk is fed to her once a day.  All of the food is gone by the following day so we know she is eating it and she has hay all the time.  We put a load of freshly pulled weeds and grass in there today which she layed on and munched.

[welshlass181]

what is she in pig to

She is in pig to a Kune/GOS he is/was dad to all the other ones that i have lol

[melodrama]

what is she in pig to

ha ha ha

sorry welshlass, I didn't mean to offend by laughing.  I'm new to pig keeping and think she looks lovely and large but that comment made me giggle because she's only a little thing.  I had visions of her being bred with godzilla 

[welshlass181]

Didn't take offense matey The boar that the breeder used was the father to all the babies that she had up there (where i got all my gilts from) and there were 2 or 3 that were unrelated to dad came to us and this is one of them.  She is a GOS/Kune herself and the boar is a bit bigger than her so she should be ok.

[robert waddell]

i was going to comment on how narrow she was at the rear end          but your comment on the whole herd losing condition explains why
since this lose of condition i would think you have been overfeeding her/them  and looks like she has put everything into the piglets inside her that was another reason for asking what she was in pig to               the upshot is she may have difficulty at farrowing  small sow large piglets
with normal pigs you can get a variance from 500g to 2 kilos    the bigger ones can be quite a strain on mother at farrowing
let us know how she gets on and what weight the piglets are

[melodrama]

I can't wait to see pics of the babies x