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Dave and Judy the Farm Pigs
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The picture to the right is Judy the pig. This
was her first litter of 16
babies.
Her birth was very interesting. It took about 4 hours for her to deliver
all 16 babies.
One of our dogs at that time , Ralph (Keeshound mix), helped with her delivery, he
would clean the babies as they came out. He also stayed with her the rest
of the day to protect the babies. any time Dave would come near Judy
or her piglets, Ralph chased him away.
After Ralph was done guarding the piglets, Dave was very good with the
piglets. He never once tried to harm them in any way.
I was able to capture that on video. Hopefully, in the near
future, I will post that video.
Judy had a second litter later, but, for some strange reason, she had
them in the snow. She again had 16 piglets, but, sadly only 8
survived. Judy never had any piglets after that. I
honestly have no idea why.
Gestation time for pigs is 3 months, 3 three weeks and 3 days.As the
second piglets grew old enough, I moved them to their own pen. (they
were for butchering)
Not sure why, but for some reason, those young pigs did not seem to have
the same disposition as their parents. maybe because there were 8
in a pen. However, I made the mistake of not getting the males fixed.
but, they were butchered within 8 months.
one time a chicken got in the pen and they killed and ate everything,
feet, feathers and all.
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This is Dave and Judy the pig. They got along
very good. They were always together.
Both pigs were very friendly, and loved to be petted.
However, the male pigs tusks get pretty big, and if not careful, they
could stab you by accident.
Even though Dave was extremely friendly, accidents can happen, as it did
with my son. He was petting Dave, and Dave turn turned his head,
(guess too fast) and stabbed my son in the leg. My son had about
14 stitches and was off work for a few weeks. |
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These are
pictures of Dave and Judy (farm pigs) when they were
younger.
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Have questions or looking for more
information?
Check out Sybil's Message Board. Lots of great information and
members.
There is also information from other members that raise the mini pigs
and pot-belly pigs.
A great source of information.
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