[SallyintNorth]

I wouldn't be getting young pigs now, rispainfarm. 

Didn't know I was getting any sally  do you know something I don't 

Oops,  , edited the original.  Sorry both!

[earlybird]

spring is deffinatley better, watching them growing up enjoying the better weather, laid out in the warmer weather with a great big soppy grin on their faces. you want to give them the best time you can whilst you have got them, and enjoy them too, then when you send them on their "holiday" you will feel satisfied that you did your best for them and the returning "holiday makers" taste sooo good..

[Daisys Mum]

   
 and if keeping them through the winter is such a task and inconvenience    why bother with pigs
just get some finished ones from somebody that can look after them

Thats a little harsh Robert some of us love raising our pigs but dont have the room to do it all year round, I like mine to go onto good grass and not just a patch of mud which is what my paddocks would become if I was keeping pigs all year round 

[robert waddell]

Anne you are in a dryer area than we are    it is difficult jugling pig areas about  and when it is frost it is not long in drying out       i don't see it as being harsh   if you cant be bothered or find it a task   make it easier      2 winters ago we had to carry all the water to all the pigs  it is just one of the things you have to do