Miranda didn't mind at all - relieved was the expression on her face. After a good munch she legged it into the straw and that was her for the day!
I have to say please everyone be careful out there. We have had a terrible day today. Having had a near miss today with the dogs and a piglet, we have lost two in the mud. They had their breaky this lunch time, a little later today because we had visitors, and were fine - an hour after eating John was walking around checking everyone and noticed the two of them covered in mud laid down. The wind had got up anyway so I guess it was the chill factor, but one had already died and the other died a little later in front of the fire. We are devistated, it has been horrible. We are going to evacuate all the smaller pigs to the barn at our other property. The ones still with their mums are fine thank the lord with the mums attending to their bedding all of the time.
We have used so much straw in such a short space of time, it seems impossible to keep on top of it. No sooner do you put in fresh dry straw they get it all wet and muddy. It is a nightmare and particularly since the meteo is forcasting 1 degrees tonight so with the wind factor it will be colder than that.
Please everyone check your animals regularly - we are out there all of the time since the incident with Miranda and still got there too late. The big ones have weight and size on their side but the smaller ones are very vunerable in this terrible cold weather.
Kate