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Some pig pictures

andybob

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Sow with new piglets

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Litter in hut.

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Piglet picnic

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leaving home

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Sunbathing

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Time out from the piglets.

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General view of part of the field.

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"Escape! hope I'm not spotted
 

burnt

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Wow, those are some pretty good-sized litters, I think! Thanks for putting up pics of piggies. It sure brings back memories.

"Hope I'm not spotted" no pun intended, I suppose?
 

andybob

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burnt said:
Wow, those are some pretty good-sized litters, I think! Thanks for putting up pics of piggies. It sure brings back memories.

"Hope I'm not spotted" no pun intended, I suppose?
Since going over to AI, the seasonal variations have been ironed out, and litter sizes have been consistantly better, with group farrowing the target for piglets weaned per sow bred has to average 11+ to stay ahead of the costs.
Sorry about the comment, I was having a punny turn!
 

andybob

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burnt said:
andybob, how long do those shelters stay in one field?
We move the herd onto newly harvested barley, undersown to ryegrass and clover. The dry sow huts and 'sow barns' are positioned for winter, east facing, offset where necessary to prevent prevailing winds blowing through the enterance. When the weather warms enough in mid May, we re-position the sow accomodation west facing, and off the winter straw beds which become a 'lounging' area in the summer.
The farrowing huts are positioned in the same direction as the sow huts, they are re-positioned after every litter is weaned onto a fresh site a few yards away from the previous position, the old bed is burned for bio-security reasons, also it prevents sows farrowing outside during the summer, and risking having the litter killed by crows. The farm I managed before I went to the USA, ploughed the field and planted corn for silage to use in the dairy. On this farm,after soil analysis wheat is planted to utiise the manure.
 

leanin' H

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Thank you Andybob for the swell swine pictures! Sounds like ya know how to raise pork. I tried raising weaners to sell for two years but gave up. I have a cousin who can raise em' cheaper than i can so i just buy one a year from him.
 

andybob

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Leanin' H, I have had to diversify into several different areas of livestock husbandry to support my cattle habit, since I sold my herd in NC, I have had withdrawl symptoms, but have been looking at herds of North Devon and Sussex since I have been here, hope to have enough grazing organised by later next year.
 
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