Our friendly sow Anise has demonstrated beautifully how a free-ranging pig chooses to birth. The ‘sow stall’ she built herself under the trees resembles a lovely nest – protected and cozy, she has ripped low branches off the surrounding trees to line the hollowed out patch. It did take us a few hours to findContinue reading “Ultimate ‘farrowing crate’”
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Summer!
Glorious weather has welcomed in the new year at Redleaf. We have been enjoying the swimming hole and barbequing by the creek. Pepper did indeed give birth to nine lovely babies six days after Ginger, so we have 19 piglets suckling and grazing about the place. The sows cant stand still for long without beingContinue reading “Summer!”
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