[MiriMaran]

Here are my new boys.  They were the least attractive ones (breeding rejects) of the litter - a saddleback without a saddle?  His beautiful pink socks make up for it though!

Having a drink after setteling down.  We hadn't anticipated having the runt so needed to give him a step to reach the water!

Oliver and Harry trying to make friends with the pigs - Harry has already said that when the sausages are bagged up he only wants to eat his pig!

[sandy]

I pigs are pretty, they are!!!!

[Hilarysmum]

They are really lovely.  For slap marking you can buy green ink.  The slap mark will show through when the pig is butchered; in my experience the black pigs still have white skins when butchered.

[MrsJ]

These are some of our 14 new boys! 

[sabrina]

Love your pictures, our pigs arrive the middle of next month and I can hardly wait. 

[doganjo]

When you see these pictures you wonder how anyone can eat them..............................

[sandy]

I've always loved pigs, I remember a holiday at a B&B in the Lake District that was also a pig farm, I was happy sitting watching the animals

[Hilarysmum]

Mrs J they are gorgeous. 

Doganjo, live with Hilary for a week I can guarantee you will never look at a pork chop in the same way. 

[MiriMaran]

What a beautiful photo Mrs J!  They look so cozy!

[pigsatlesrues]

They are beatiful - least attractive - breeding rejects - how very dare they??

Kate 

[sausagesandcash]

I think the 'all-black' is exquisite!

Morgan

[MiriMaran]

The pigs have got so friendly so quickly.  When I go into the field and shout piggly wigglies they come belting out of their bed to see what's goiong on!

At the moment they don't have the full run of the field, but we are thinking of letting them out into the whole field at the weekend.  Do you think that is OK after one week or do you think we should contain them for a little longer?

[Hilarysmum]

If you feel confident, why not.  As long as they come to the bucket or your voice no problems. They look wonderful. 

[MiriMaran]

Well, on Thursday afternoon, we let them out into the field and they romped around the perimetre at a hundred miles an hour, snuffled for a bit and then flopped onto the grass for a nap.

Yesterday when we got home from school the children went to feed the pigs - they shouted, rattled the buckets - No pigs!  The children checked all round the field and then out of the corner of my eye I saw a little floppy eared face poking out of the chicken shed's pophole!!   Needless to say they were too full of layers pellets to eat their tea and then had a runny tummy!

We have now put barbed wire along the fencing so they can't get to the chickens again - I new we would be playing catch up with these hooligans!

[Hilarysmum]

One of our pigs (boar) actually took up residence in the duck house.  When he got too big to get out of the pop hole he walked through the side of it.  Took OH ages to repair it!!!  Glad yours were found safe and sound.  Once they grow a bit they do respect the fencing, it seems to be just while they are young in most cases, that they are prepared to take a run at the fence and suffer the consequences.