Yesterday my neighbor drove a couple of hours to pick up 9 piglets to sell and raise for her family. My friend of meadow milking fame was taking three of them. “Now, I don’t have a crate, so I just made this nice soft hay bed for them in the back of my car. I … Continue reading
Lucy had a very rough time with delivering 9 stillborn piglets on July 26, but little Marcelo was the only one born alive and strong and a good eater from the start. It is amazing how fast tiny piglets grow, and considering that Marcelo, named after the son of our dear friends, Jackie and Blanca, … Continue reading
Elsa is not really what you call a vacation, but probably will seem so once I have to milk two cows, and that will most likely be tomorrow. Annabelle seems to want to give Natanielle a birthday present. She is not the only one who wants to give Natanielle a birthday present tomorrow. Lucy does. … Continue reading
Lucy farrowed yesterday morning in the old barn. She had nine piglets, and four of them were stillborn. This morning’s milking was a disaster because I have to bring Annabelle and Siegfried into the old barn to milk and while Lucy was pretty docile yesterday, today was different. She smelled the milk and tried to … Continue reading
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