[Ladygrey]

congrats thats a fairly small litter, what lines are the mum/dad from?

[vfr400boy]

well done , what breed are thay ? 

[HappyHippy]

well done , what breed are thay ? 

They are Kunekune piglets 
You'll find loads more info about them here http://www.britishkunekunesociety.org.uk/articles/kunekunekeeping.aspx Great wee pigs 

congrats thats a fairly small litter, what lines are the mum/dad from?

It's Sparkle's first litter Ladygrey  She had 5 but there was a wee runt that sadly didn't make it.
She's Awakino and dad's an Andrew, his average litter size so far is 8 - but he did have 4 girls in with him this time round (he's only ever had a threesome, never a 5 way  ) and she's just over a year  old so I'm happy with this for her  Plus, it means if Adelaide (Sparkle's mum) pops out 15 again (which I really hope she doesn't  ) we can cross foster some to Sparkle and hopefully keep them all going 

[Ladygrey]

Aww thats sad  I hate it when a little piglet dies, even if it is common for one to go.

Oooh interesting! what lines is the sow that produced 15? I find the jenny lines do produce more than the awakino lines, my favourite pig has awakino in her lines but she is a kereopa, but I havnt had any luck so far with kereopa pigs!

So hoping all turns out well when she farrows for the first time with another sow in April 

haha  poor guy! I know some very nice Andrew boars

[HappyHippy]

Adelaide is also Awakino 
We had a Kereopa sow right back when we started, but unfortunately she was barren (and now happily living at a livery yard with a pot bellied pig  ) but we've got another younger Kereopa sow now, who's produced piglets within the last 4 weeks - she's a complete sweetheart of a pig 

[Ladygrey]

Aww lovely

I have had two barren kereopa pigs, hopefully this next gilt will be fine   

[Beewyched]

Aww lovely

I have had two barren kereopa pigs, hopefully this next gilt will be fine   

That's interesting 
My SS&GF champion pig, ~Maisie (Kereopa), nearly ended-up as sausages    ~I had to practically beg my OH to give her an extension!  We thought she was barren too, but she's now nursing her 2nd litter 
~Not very large litters though, the 2 litters have been fathered by 2 different boarlines, my Ru (Tommy) & Te Whangi (SoS) boys, which have both fathered fairly large litters to my Awakino & Rebecca Gina sows.  Her daughter, Daisy has been running with SoS, so we'll see how many/any she produces.