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Archive of posts tagged farrowing

Elsie has her first litter

Posted by Richard on 19 February 2022, 11:24 am

After the big arrival of Elsie in September 2021 followed soon after by a visit from a borrowed boar in October, as expected nature handled everything normally and Elsie eventually had her piglets on 22 Jan As it turned out, I had got a bit ahead of myself by bringing Elsie into the farrowing shed …

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Third litter of piglets for Fifi

Posted by Richard on 21 July 2021, 6:52 pm

I never like the idea of talking about important events before they’ve happened and you’re sure how they will turn out. This definitely applies to our sows when they farrow because there are a multitude of things which could go wrong if you stop to think of the worst. Although I make sure our sows …

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Preparing for farrowing

Posted by Richard on 9 July 2021, 5:24 pm

I’ve now established a fairly reliable procedure to follow in the run-up to farrowing which seems to work for me and more importantly seems to suit the pigs too! About 5-7 days before the due date, the expectant mother is moved into the farrowing shed – a fancy sounding name but in reality a stone …

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Our first litter by natural service

Posted by Richard on 31 December 2020, 4:44 pm

After a number of unsuccessful attempts at artificial insemination with the pigs earlier in the year, we decided to try natural service instead and we borrowed a Tamworth boar for a few months. When he arrived we quickly found that he was very relaxed and easy to work with, so that was one big worry …

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