Baby Pigs are born!

Here are some pictures of our first litter of Red Wattle pigs. This litter was small, only 6 pigs. It was Penny's first  litter. The usual is 12, so we will hope for that next time.

There are 3 boys and 3 girls, 4 red and 2 charcoal color. All 6 have the expected wattles on each jaw, so the genetics look good!

Mom and babies are doing fine.

This one looks tired!

Heres  the whole litter!

First meal

Yum!

After dinner naps :)

Baby piglets are here!

Finally, after almost 4 months, the baby piglets arrived! Our first litter of pure bred red wattle hogs.

The funny thing is.. we were waiting and waiting for them to arrive, day after day watching the signs and hoping. Then on this sunday noon we were called out of town for a family emergency. Our daughter and animal lover stayed behind to manage the farm while we were away for an extended visit. not 3 hours after we drove off she called to inform us that we had a baby piglet! The rest were borh throughout the evening.

We will post more info and pictures as soon as possible, still catching up from the trip!

I think she likes me!

While putting the turkeys to bed in their pen this particular night, one seemed to take a liking to me. No matter what I did, she would not leave my shoulder! If I picked her up and set her down, she hops right back up.

The greenest lawnmower

So what's the greenest way to mow the lawn and enjoy fathers day to the fullest?

Easy.... Open the sheep pasture gate and invite the 'workers' out for the day.. Then grab a cold drink and sit down to 'supervise'.

Grandma?

When we decided to repair the back fence of the horse pasture, even grandma go in the act. Here she is durinf her first evee tractor driving lesson!