One of the 'to do's was to move all the animals. The chicks got moved out, the cow's got the neighbors pasture we rent, Billy the steer got a path to more water as his was out thanks to almost no rain in 6 weeks, the calves got a new piece of their own as Kaffi steals milk!, and the pigs got a new pen farther from the house. We had to keep them close by for selling purposes. The creep feeder and catching area was in the straw bale barn so as long as we had people coming to pick up pigs we needed to have them by the barn. I'm happy to report that we sold 8 little weaner pigs and have decided to keep the remaining 13 ourselves. We will be selling butcher hogs this fall!! We are also planning on keeping our sows to breed again next year :)
Papa, the "Walking Feed Bag" bringing the last of a bag of chop to the pigs. The bucket is a mix of grain and milk. The pigs are also getting several gallons of milk a day.
A happy sow in the new pen.
Some little piglets eating the dumped grain. Several people have commented on the size of these weaners. One man who got weaners from us and from some one else said that ours were much bigger then the others he'd gotten. Maybe even as much as half again as big! He said that they were all roughly the same age as well. Papa thinks these weigh as much as 75lbs.
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