[P6te]

Well, I've heard it all now ... According to to-days newspapers B&Q are starting to sell Pig Arks. See:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-1206108/From-chicken-coops-pigsties-B-Q-taps-Good-Life-extensive-garden-farmyard-range.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6016314/BandQ-to-stock-pigsties-as-people-return-to-the-good-life.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2009/oct/02/gardens

http://www.diyfixit.co.uk/magazine-diy-tools-a-products/product-of-the-month-pig-ark.html

Reading through some of the above links it could mark the start of a very worrying trend, their will be naive people looking to keep pigs without a clue what they are getting into.  I can picture pigs on the rampage flattening garden fences.

It seems that B&Q view it as a natural progression for people who currently keep a few chicken!!

[Fowgill Farm]

OMG    Just read some of the comments posted below the articles nad it si so worrying, think B&Q are being bloody irresponsible, the trouble is there are a lot of pig keepers out there breeding rubbish and wily nilly desparate to shift piglets......where will it all end? i can see loads of pigs come autumn turning up in rescue centres..... when we go to shows people say oh cute baby pigs and then i tell 'em yeah lovely but they'll grow as big as her and point to the biggest sow at the show, it doesn't half shock 'em!
Mandy

[benkt]

Don't worry, those articles seem to be from 2009 and searching  the B&Q website today doesn't show any actual pig arks so perhaps they didn't sell...

[Fowgill Farm]

   never noticed the dates   maybe we can stand down!
mandy 

[P6te]

I can't remember where saw it first or who told me but I hadn't spotted the date either!! 

I'm pleased it isn't current but the comments show just how naive Joe public can be!!

Pete

[princesspiggy]

yes, i saw them a few years back. just small porker arks. not cheap tho.