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Fowgill Farm

  • Joined Feb 2009
Yahoo the wait is over..............
« on: January 18, 2013, 11:04:41 am »
Twinkle had 10 babies last night from 8.20pm onwards all done by midnight.
Mum & babies all doing well, one liitle gilt wreckling but holding her own.
pics herewith before you all shout
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb220/fowgillfarm/Image0216.jpg
 
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb220/fowgillfarm/Image0215.jpg
 
Stayed up all night with her as she was a bit ferocoious with the first two babies, OH came in at 11pm and helped me latch the 8 that had been born on, then he buggered off to bed and she had another two mixed in a monumnetal afterbirth.
Announcements in the Times, Tatler, Country Life to follow ha ha :-J
mandy :pig:
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Blinkers

  • Joined Jan 2008
    • Carmarthenshire
  • Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire border
    • Glyn Elwyn - Faithmead Herd
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Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2013, 11:14:45 am »
WOW  :thumbsup: , they look about a week old already  ;D .   Lovely litter, well done Twinkle and you  :excited:
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2013, 11:16:30 am »
Congratulations, Mandy and well done,  :thumbsup:

What does "wreckling" mean?

They look a lovely bunch  :pig:
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2013, 11:16:38 am »
Congratulations Mandy  :thumbsup: and well done twinkle. Those mammary areas look very full, plenty of milk at the bar   :D  :pig:  :pig:
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2013, 11:19:12 am »
Congratulations twinkle  :thumbsup:
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Fowgill Farm

  • Joined Feb 2009
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2013, 11:30:47 am »
Quote from: Rosemary on January 18, 2013, 11:16:30 am
What does "wreckling" mean?

runt but think thats a derogatory term for such a cutey! :love:
Mandy :pig:
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darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2013, 11:31:48 am »
Well done you - and that pig  :thumbsup:
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HappyHippy

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Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2013, 12:15:58 pm »
Yippee  :excited:

They're gorgeous Mandy  :love: :pig:
Well done Twinkle and well done you  :thumbsup:

Keep us posted and updated with piccies please  ;)
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Mrs Snoodles

  • Joined Aug 2012
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2013, 12:45:43 pm »
They look lovely, so incredibly cute.  Sounds like it was a good job that you were around!  A perfect score of 10.   Where's my winner's dosh?
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2013, 01:19:33 pm »
All 101 of them!  Hope you keep them all Fowgill, little polkadots  ;D
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ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Sutherland
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2013, 02:53:20 pm »
Awwww beautiful ;D
Congratulations to you and Twinkle :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
    • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2013, 03:20:09 pm »
Really beautiful - all pink and spotty!!
 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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nelson

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • lelogisfrance
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2013, 03:22:24 pm »
hi mandy and twinkle - congrats  :trophy:  they look so chunky and spotty and just  - plain lovely :bouquet:


lorraine and david

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Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
    • Scottish Borders
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2013, 04:28:54 pm »
 
Absolutely gorgeous  :love: Well done Twinkle and mandy of course!
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Yahoo the wait is over..............
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2013, 04:58:57 pm »
Wow, hard to believe they're newborns. Lovely  :thumbsup:
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