Mud Mud
Posted: Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
Finally managed to get the pigs moved yesterday. They are now in the small field beside the house working over a plot to break up the ground where we are going to be building our barn, its going to have a deep concrete floor, so they can only make it easier to get going with the digger. While they are doing that we will work on making them a perm winter area/farrowing area on the other side of the small park which will be walled in, have a good sized concrete standing & a grass area at the bottom. Should make a nice nursary area for wee piglets.
The first incubator went on this morning, nothing special as yet, just a random selection of eggs from all groups of hens for the purpose of testing each roosters fertility. The maran bantam is laying really well now so we will run a few hatches from her to bring the bantam maran flock up to 15 hens.
Comments
What a lovely pig, quite the philosophical look in its eye...but then, you probably need to be philosophical if you're going to end up like this:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/22772069@N06 I'm told the chorizo was delicious.
Flying Cat from Trotter-niche
Susie wont be sausages of any kind FC... she's the producer of future sausage materials... & she is a lovely pig, esp where kids are concerned, she's ever so canny & calm around them.
Angela from fair isle
Beautiful pig. What's the breed? # Wife asked me whether the non heated polytunnels on the islands are the walk in kind or the lower height ones, where you have to crawl in. She was surprised when, relaying info. I got on IB, I told her the island poly tunnels were not heated. What's the experience in the islands?
mjc from NM,USA
mjc susie is tammy x saddleback . Polytunnel, normal sized walk in height, & they do brilliantly here.
Angela from Fair Isle
a Tamworth and Saddleback cross (just checked your previous posting, Angela)? What's the benefit of this cross?
mjc from NM,USA
Tammy's tend to run to fat really quick, saddleback has a lot less of a tendency to do this, so using the cross you get wonderfull meat, but not inches of fat.
Angela from Fair Isle
what a lovely pig.looking forward to a roast leg . joke
phil bell obs chef from hoi an vietnasm
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