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If he won't take a bottle, but is drinking water, maybe he would drink milk from a bucket?

That is a possibility. However, since I have never milked a pig nor do I ever plan to, I believe my husband was doing what he felt best at the time. The mama had already tried to cull the piglet once, it was no surprise that she did it again, the second time with success. She has been doing...

I actually got home earlier than anticipated. I'm in Idaho, so mtn time as well. My husband got home shortly after nine and she had 3 on the ground. One was pushed to the side and cold, dh brought it in, warmed it and fed it some goat milk. It went back out after a few hours and was happily...

We use wheat that we procured from a local research farm. We soak it with molasses water that we get from a friend (not sure but I think it is from the local sugar beet plant). We feed this to our sows and to our feeders. Our feeders are 4-h so we supplement with hog grower from our local feed...

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So did you ever have piglets?

I just checked on our mama pig, she is due tomorrow, I am thinking it will be any moment! She is dripping mucus, her milk line is enormous! This will be her second litter. She raised 9 of her 12 last time. 2 were stillborn, 1 got stepped on. I hope she will hold off until tomorrow though. We...

Piglets are also not cuddly. They look lovable, but when you pick them up you soon realize that they are little muscle machines. It's kind of like hugging on a squirmy brick.

He looks like a completely different calf. Good job!

Yellow, soft ploppy poo (think pudding consistency) is completely normal for a milk fed calf. If it gets watery, mucousy, bloody, then you have trouble. IMO, I would discontinue the electrolytes. They are costly, and if he is eating and pooping well they aren't necessary. However, if you don't...

Goat butter is sooo good!

You may want to hand milk her a bit to make sure she doesn't have wax plugs blocking her teats.

I too, suspect the calf is 'off'. The way he is holding his head indicates an issue to me.

We just put a 700 lb boar in the freezer. 350 lbs of sauage. We did turn all of him into sausage, but he is pretty tasty. I would think a boar under 6 months would be fine. You could still cut him though.

We fenced in our garden so our piglets can root it up. They are doing a fabulous job! We can't plant here until mid may, so I say, dig away!

When you say not much land, how much land do you have? We are on 2 acres, which I think is a pittance, but we have our own buck. We tried the borrow a buck thing for a couple of years, but when you do that, you don't always know what you are bringing to your girls (diseases, etc). There are many...

Your pigs will love all the room and all the yummy vegetation to root up! I hope your feeders are well attached. As your piggies get large, they will move them all over the place!

Oh my heavens! That's terrible. Hope your babies are thriving.

I recently bought a week old bottle baby. He had very similar issues a couple of days after I bought him. I used LA200, 2 units s/q as per a vet's recommendation. He was better in a day or two and now is great. Good luck I hope your baby recovers soon.

Ouch! Some of those parenting methods are harsh! The first time we got pigs our girls were 2,3 and 5. We named the pigs ham and bacon. The girls caught on quickly that they were for our table. We have had animals that we've gotten attached to, mostly bottle calves. However, I maintain that once...