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Archive of entries posted on January 2020

A tough couple of weeks

Posted by Richard on 27 January 2020, 8:04 pm

Now that some time has passed since my initial worries for Sissy during the first week or two after farrowing, it seems a good time for me to summarise the events for future reference Sissy farrowed in the early hours of a Monday but seemed to have a difficult and long-winded farrowing with only 2 …

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You don’t always get what you want…

Posted by Richard on 15 January 2020, 12:44 pm

After an unplanned year off during 2019 for Sissy with litters, she finally delivered again in the early hours of Mon 13th Jan. As usual I can’t help wanting to be there when it all happens but that always means a lot of lost sleep. This time she ended up with just 2 live piglets …

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