Hi Rosie
Looks like your keeping your spirits up - I have some idea about how you are feeling & you need to allow yourself time to grieve too
I so agree with you about the Mart - I had to put my 2 stud boars through a Mart - it was an awful experience, when the bidding started I just fled out the building & couldn't go back in
I think the worst thing is not knowing where they are going or how they are going to be treated
It is really difficult to rent land for pigs too, don't know why coz folks are keen enough to rent for horses & TBH I think they make more of a mess, especially when it's overgrazed & not managed well- buttercups & dock everywhere
We've got a couple of fields down here now for our pigs & my OH is slowly rebuilding her rare breed poultry, so we try & focus on the future & enjoy the animals we have. Things often look better when it's
too.
I hope you get loads of nice folk wanting your animals & you get some offers of fostering too
In the meantime