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Tag: piglets
Healthy Pigs
Gertrude has recovered amazingly from her ordeal last week, and the piglets are almost double in size. In a week or two we will need to introduce creep feed and water for them. This might be a good opportunity to introduce hog drinking nipples as well. Then in about 8 weeks, try to sell six… Continue reading Healthy Pigs
A Rough Day for Gertrude.
Tuesday was a rough day for Gertrude. First time mama-pig, with a litter of 10 piglets. She had a long pre-labor on Sunday into Monday. 6 hours of labor to produce the first piglet on Monday, then 3 hours more to bring out the rest of them. Then they were nursing all night. She was… Continue reading A Rough Day for Gertrude.
A Harrowing Farrowing
Yesterday was a long and stressful day. At 4:30 Gertrude had still not had any piglets. First time gilts can sometimes go a day or two longer than the 114 days gestation time, so we weren't too worried, but we decided to move our school to the farm instead of staying at home, just to… Continue reading A Harrowing Farrowing
