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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« on: May 07, 2012, 02:25:28 pm »
Brought my two little gilts home an hour ago and have given them some food and now left them to have a nap.

The first pic is them in the back of my car and the other two pics are in the stable which is only a temporary home for them until OH finishes the fencing around their ark outside.

Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2012, 03:15:07 pm »
Dear little souls. Enjoy them Bionic but don't lose sight of their destiny :)

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2012, 03:20:53 pm »


mmm love the site of sausages in the mornings...

HappyHippy

  • Guest
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2012, 03:27:06 pm »
Oh, lovely pigs  ;D :love: :thumbsup:
Get ready for many, many hours spent leaning on fences (or sitting in a comfy seat  ;)) watching them !
But as Sylvia says - remember what they're there for  ;)
Karen x

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2012, 03:33:34 pm »
I already have a seat set up in there and a place to put my cup of tea  ;D

I have named them, which I know is the wrong thing to do if you have them for meat, but my penfriend wanted one called after her and I couldn't leave the other one out. So they are Wendy (penfriend) and Wilma.

I will be strong. These are going on the one way trip in Sept/Oct.

Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

JulieS

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Devon - EX39 5RF
    • Ford Mill Farm
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2012, 03:44:24 pm »
Congratulations - They look gorgeous  :love: :pig: :love:
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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2012, 05:32:23 pm »
Awww - lovely. :love: :love:
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Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2012, 06:35:11 pm »
Yay - enjoy  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

white-blazes

  • Joined Apr 2011
  • Anglesey
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2012, 07:54:19 pm »
Congrats and enjoy.  We're going to see some tmorrow evening 8)

darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2012, 07:55:56 pm »
Well done....pigs are real fun to keep  :thumbsup:
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little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2012, 08:11:21 pm »
gorgeous ... and delicious! :)
Little Blue

Templelands

  • Joined Apr 2012
  • Strathaven, South Lanarkshire
    • Templeland Cottage
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2012, 08:11:35 pm »
They are gorgeous - good luck with them  :)

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2012, 02:16:13 am »
Lovely  :thumbsup:   :love: :pig:

Wilma sausages be tasty Wendy final day arrives...?  ;)
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Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Rosadollymixture

  • Joined Mar 2012
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2012, 07:20:04 am »
How cute are they.  We have ventured in pigs for the first time this year, I never realised how funny they could be.  Build your fencing well.  Our first attempt was a failure as they escaped within about 30 seconds of being let loose.  Rounding up sheep is one thing, rounding up a couple of speedy weaners is an entirely different matter.

Good luck :pig:

tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Got my first weaners today - how exciting
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2012, 08:41:33 am »
Nice piggies, Don't get too friendly or you won't do the deed.

Sally,,,,,,,,we realy do need a groan button... ;D

 

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