[Bumblebear]

Sorry, but had to say something - Landieman - saying just jump in and if you cock up it will be a laugh, is in my opinion possibly the worst advice I have ever heard on here I have just had my first two weaners and Chris was asking all the right questions and getting good advice. Possibly making mistakes looking after any living creature is and should never be a laugh.

I took Landie's 'advice' more as "forgive yourself if things go pearshaped" rather than permission to experiment with animal welfare.    All I can say is that when I forgot to shut the paddock gate and the 2 sheep we had were running us round in circles as we tried to shoo them off the veggies - laughter was much better than crying!  p.s we have had our first lot of weaners a whole month now and the only advice I can give is DO NOT GET ATTACHED.  I didn't think I would but when the girls roll over for a tummy tickle I confess to a little lump in the throat as I get out the weight tape.... 

[WarescotFarm]

We managed picket fencing (had some spare) with boards across the bottom for ours as we weren't sure if we would only do it once and didn't want to pay the earth for something we weren't sure we would enjoy. They had a good go at digging underneath and tried pushing them over but it did the job until butcher time.

Seeing other people's setups we will do stock fencing next spring, looks really good and strong.

We did make a straw arc with a tarp roof - worked a treat and was so warm, cosy and dry in there despite the awful rain we had. We did make sure we built it on the highest point in our plot though so it didn't flood.
Good luck pigs are fantastic!

[ppd]

landie - I appologise if what you said was meant 
Bumblebear - Mine will be going in just under 2 weeks and sure will miss the tummy tickles. Just hope I hold it together on the day