[SMarshall]

Born this evening, 17 in total but one dead :-( it's our first OSB litter and the biggest litter out of all that we've had-is this about standard for an OSB? Poor Blossom (the Mum) has been looking very sorry for herself for at least the last week! Was going to post a photo but don't seem able to from my phone. Will try tomorrow when less tired!!

[Polished Arrow]

WOW     17!
Will look forward to the photos!
What do you mean... 'rest now'??!!


All the best!

[Mammyshaz]

That is a lot of little piggies  congratulations and good luck with them piccies would be great.

[Fowgill Farm]

Congratualtions, thats a huge litter we once had 17 born with 11 surviving.
Hope she has enuff teats to go around and they are all getting fed.
Al the best
mandy 

[SMarshall]

Piccies attached.
 
She's only got 14 teats so we're going to be monitoring the situ and getting in there with additional milk.  If you ask me it's good practice for my OH as our baby is due in Nov :-p haha.
 
Steph

[jaykay]

Oh wow, they are so sweet 

[FiB]

WOW that is so fantastic!  Congratulations !

[Tamsaddle]

Amazing pics and very pretty piglets.  And there was me worrying last week about having 13!    Hope it works OK with the supplementary feeding - are you planning to give all of them extra milk, or just a chosen few?  Good luck - Tamsaddle

[SMarshall]

Thanks all.

Tamsaddle that's a very good question. We've never had more piglets than teats but have topped up runts. What do you, or anyone else, think? All thoughts gratefully received.

Steph

[Mammyshaz]

Great piccies, a profusion of pretty piglets   

[Bionic]

Congratulations and lovely pics 

[nelson]

Congratulations - wow what a litter 


bon courage

[Polished Arrow]

What lovely piglets - you must be delighted 

Where are you based?  If ours have fewer piglets than the number of teats, then we could let you borrow a couple of nipples for a couple of months 

[Tiva Diva]

I would choose some and bottle feed just those ones: Piglets rapidly select one nipple and stick to it so you'll have some that don't get their fair share. 17 is an amazing number, we've never had more than 14. You'll have to make sure mum gets plenty of feed too. Best of luck!

[Tamsaddle]

Difficult one.   If you were able to pick out 2 or 3 who are the least successful at getting a teat, and mark/identify them so you are able to recognise them every time for supplementary feeding, there is still the problem of what happens to them at normal sow-feeding time every 30 minutes or so for the other 14 with a teat;  where do your 3 go?   I can't imagine they would politely keep out of the way, nor could you possibly be on feeding duty every 30 minutes yourself 24/7 for weeks on end to supervise who goes where.    Unless they were kept completely separate from their mum and siblings, poor little things - sorry, I just don't know what the answer should be, but I'd love to hear how you decide to sort it out.   Tamsaddle