Weaning piglets

Well we finally weaned the piglets this morning, or I guess we actaully just separated the sows and piglets. The weaning takes a couple days. All but one of them will be 10 weeks old on Friday so it's about time. What a rodeo! The piglets stayed in but every other pig on the place got out at one time or another! At one point we had at least 15 pigs out! These are big pigs! 200lbs to 400lbs! Actually I think both Big Girl and Gilly are over 400lbs easy. 

We finally got them all back in and the fence hot and they are all staying in now :) Mahahahahaha. That fence HURTS. I got nailed this morning and OUCH!! 

And no I didn't get any pictures! I was way to busy trying to keep the pigs in sight! 

But I will say something I say every year about this time...those butcher pigs are getting NICE and BIG and, don't you know it, it's 'about time to put some of them in the freezer!' 

But it's really not. We are way way way to busy to be butchering right now. The pigs will have to wait until at least November. 

Speaking of which I'd better go help Papa outside. I'm sitting in with the littles so they will nap and they are all asleep so it's time to go do some wall building :)