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We have a guilt getting ready to farrow, and we just got two feet of snow! During the winter we always run heat lamps over newborn litters. I was just wondering how other people kept their newborns warm?

Wow! I really wish our guilts did this! It sure would save some room in the barns and turn outs!

We put each of ours in their own pen, in the barn, especially during winter. We've got a guilt ready to farrow any day now and we just got a foot and a half of snow! You run a risk of the other guilts hurting the babies if you dont separate them. Plus they tend to be easier to handle if they are...

Oh My goodness they are so cute! I may just have to find me a couple!!! SHH don't tell my husband! lol!

Our young boar's ears did the same thing. His ears are significantly larger then his litter mates, we chalked it up to that. So far he hasn't had any problems with them. I would say as long as the hide and flesh look normal, not infected or something like that, I wouldn't worry about it to much.

We rasie hogs for market, have been doing so for over 10 years. From personal experience feeder hogs that are castrated are happier and don't fight as much. You may also find that it will be hard to find a slaughter house that will take boars, even so young. Good Luck with whatever you decide to do!

OP I am so sorry for your loss. I work at a local farm store, and while we do buy from a nationally known hatchery we don't "spring" for the Marek Immunization. Our store in specific is pretty picky about letting outsiders handle the chicks. We have a store rule customers cant handle the birds...

I recently purchased my first llama, after much time and research I decided it was finally time to find one. So I did, from an older lady who was attempting to liquidate her farm. RJ is four years old and is uncastrated... I have no need for him to be intact and know he would probably be a whole...