Pigs

We have thoroughly enjoyed pigs. They definately live up to their name! They will eat and eat and eat and eat. And they eat anything. In the farm world, pigs are very sufficient gardeners. We had them in one area for a few months, then we moved them over to a completely different area. The new area was pure tumbleweeds, and big rooted brush, about three feet tall dense dry weeds. Within two days, the pigs had the new area completely plowed, and fertilized with not a weed in sight. Amazing. Very efficient gardeners, just like all the books say.
It's been very cool learning how to rotate crops and animals to most effectively use up the land and space. Here are some pics of the pigs:


This is what they look like when they eat. All three butts just porkin away. The one on the right is the one we castrated ourselves (see last summers post) and he is also one that we are raising for pork. The correct term for that is "our feeder". The others are mom and dad (sow and boar) who we are keeping for breeding.




Daddy pig



Pepper pots. That's momma. And she is going to have babies in march. If all goes well, she will have about 8-10 babies and we will sell them for about 60$ each. We'll see how that goes. Fun fact: sows are pregnant for 3months, 3 weeks, and 3 days. :-)
And hello, look at the nuts on daddy pig. Look at those nuts! I had to feel them and just holding one of them is like holding a mango in your hand.



Colt hangin out with daddy while doing some farm chores with me.