thanks all - well the day has come and gone - we got the trailer on Sunday night so as to load them early to be less traumatic on the Monday for them - the plan was in place , the people were ready but it still took over an hour to load them - unfortuanatly it inxolves herding them out of their run , down a make shift walk way ive put in place to get them down the steps , around the house to the trailer on the drive at the front!!! oncein they were good as gold , and the eartagging was fine - they didnt even notice i had done it as they were scoffing apple!!! they then settled down in a fresh straw bed for the night . the next morning however - the trailer lock was frozen solid and the farmer broke his key in the lock!! we had toget the bits of key out whilst he found the spare so that took 30 mins until we were off - on arrival at the abbatoir i found the vet - alas his english was as poor as my spanish - so we communicated by pointing at bits on the relevant forms and waving pens about , whilst speaking very loudly and slowly to one another. i then went to the manager who was dealing with the animals and was very good , due to thefact we had hold ups we were not first there , but he knows me now , so alice and bertie were given vip treatment and they "jumped the que" and went through straight away - i have always insisted on this , and being a smaller abbatoir , are very good at allowing this to happen. we then drove back and cleaned out the trailer , followed by the lonely task of of cleaning out their ark , water trough , feed area etc. then all the phone calls were made to arrange delivery for friday afternoon. Yes , a very sad occasion , but knowing the good life they have led , the quality of the end product and the fun and laughter we have had whilst they have been with us does make up for it - and of course the thought of the next batch of baby piggies always brings a smile to my face
Topic: off they go (Read 3991 times)
