[princesspiggy]

wer still waiting for ours too, can feel em kicking tho.
gilt is trying to jump the gate in impatience, had all 4 feet on the gate today! cant be much longer...


more fotos karen? did u lose any? 

[Beewyched]

Absoloutely gorgeous Karen - must get down to see them soon 

[HappyHippy]

We've lost one    but 5 boars and 2 gilts all doing well 
 
Julia, your poor girl - it's hellish hanging on    Hope she gets on with it soon 
Lynne, welcome anytime - the kettle is always on............ 

[WarescotFarm]

Love love love the names!
What are the piglets called?

[bloomer]

piglets will be mainly for the table so wont get names!!!


i got to see them in the flesh today whilst collecting pork from hippy, they are so cute!!!


one of them is going in my freezer when its fully grown :-)

[HappyHippy]

Not fully grown Bloomer - it'd take two freezers   
We've not named the piglets.......yet ! They always end up with some kind of identifier    Even if it ends up being 'Pest', as in the case of the cute but mischevious Kunekune who's destined not to be here forever.
So anyway, so much for my timings    We've got three litters of Large Black piglets, all born last week (things have been a bit hectic  ) and the good news is that both sows with the rarer bloodlines have produced some good gilts - we're very happy about that 
I'll get more photo's later on and get them posted - in the meantime, if anyone is thinking about breeding stock or weaners fort he freezer just gimmie a shout 
Karen 

[bloomer]

you know what i mean


bacon weight :-)

[princesspiggy]

3 litters    what % are you finishing compared to selling as weaners, or is it wait and see - just being nosy  i would love to see 3 litters charging about, you'l have to film them, v cute.

[JMB]

Oh they are so gorgeous. Well done.
I'm always tempted to get a few more from you but I think Lumpy, Shorty and Brother are quite enough.
On that note, thanks for giving our pigs such sensible names.
Wouldn't want to be shouting Bonking Bob at 7am in the morning
Love to you all 
xxxxxx

[HappyHippy]

Oh they are so gorgeous. Well done.
I'm always tempted to get a few more from you but I think Lumpy, Shorty and Brother are quite enough.
On that note, thanks for giving our pigs such sensible names.
Wouldn't want to be shouting Bonking Bob at 7am in the morning
Love to you all 
xxxxxx

I'm sure there are folk who think Lumpy, Shorty and Bro are sensible names Jo        
We have got plenty of litters of Kunekunes due.............sometime       I'll send you some photo's once they arrive 
 

3 litters    what % are you finishing compared to selling as weaners, or is it wait and see - just being nosy  i would love to see 3 litters charging about, you'l have to film them, v cute.

Can't wait to get them notched and out into the field - you're right, it will be amazing to see them all running about. I'll have to get my finger out and learn how to do videos (and get them uploaded successfully  )
I'm not sure how many we're keeping yet, definately a case of waiting and seeing how many sell as weaners    All the boys have been castrated though, so there's no worries if we do end up with a few 'extra' to pork weight.
It'll definately be at least 4 of the 6 gilts from the two rarer bloodlines for future breeding (the mums are starting to get on a bit in years now) and we've got one or two "grow your own" orders for whole pigs and we need to keep the freezer topped up ................. yeah, could end up with a few extra     
Any sign of your Tamworth piglets yet ? Or is madam still hanging on