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Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
I've only gone and done it!
« on: April 01, 2013, 06:43:42 pm »
Errr!!!!!! I've bought a pig.   ::) A GOS sow called Pru to be precise and  I'll be picking her up the weekend after next. I've got to get my skates on now to get the place ready for her.
I'm going to have to join the BPA. That costs £50 even though I'll only have the one one sow but I don't have a choice if I want my new purchase to produce registered piglets.
 I've booked her in for a few nights of passion with a pedigree boar in Colwyn Bay and the magnitude of what I'm letting myself in for , is just dawning on me.   :o I'm feeling pretty excited I can tell you. After a break of 25 years I'll have my own Gloucester Old spots and cider too. What a combination  :excited: :excited: :excited:
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kja

  • Joined Oct 2012
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2013, 07:06:06 pm »
 :thumbsup: welcome back to the world of pig breeding john.
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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2013, 07:06:59 pm »
How exciting.  ;D ;D


We have had weaners but never gone the whole hog ('scuse the pun) with a sow in pig.


 :excited: :excited: :fc: :fc: :D


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Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2013, 07:21:39 pm »
We kept Landrace and GOS sows almost thirty years ago but this is a jump back in to the unknown for us. :o 
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Berkshire Boy

  • Joined May 2011
    • Presteigne, Powys
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2013, 09:23:38 pm »
As you have kept pigs before you should know they need company of their own type.
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Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2013, 09:27:42 pm »
I do and its in hand. :innocent:
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Blinkers

  • Joined Jan 2008
    • Carmarthenshire
  • Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire border
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Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2013, 10:41:35 pm »
 :thumbsup: ;)
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Berkshire Boy

  • Joined May 2011
    • Presteigne, Powys
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2013, 10:48:08 am »
That's good sorry to nag. :relief:
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Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2013, 02:38:09 pm »
Thats no problem. All I've got to do now, is to persuade my wife that having a couple of weaners at the same time might be a good idea. Hence the  :innocent:
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john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
    • Devon
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Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2013, 06:35:33 pm »
sounds fantastic ... really looking forward to following the updates
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Tudful Tamworths

  • Joined Aug 2009
    • Liz's website
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2013, 09:52:00 am »
Best of luck. If I can help at all, drop me a PM or email.
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Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2013, 01:50:39 pm »
Big Ginger Pigs! It took me a while for the old mind to compute youe website address. :idea: Thanks for the kind offer. :farmer:
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2013, 06:03:15 pm »
Have you got Pru yet? :excited:
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Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2013, 07:25:45 pm »
Next Sunday. It'll be a really early start. :farmer:
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mwncigirl

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: I've only gone and done it!
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2013, 07:30:24 pm »
Congratulations. Have you booked her in with one of Mary's? If so she'll be well looked after  :excited:
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