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Baymule
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Nice farm you have! Don't worry, we all hijack each other's threads. LOL
Baymule’s Pigs 2018 HEREFORDS!
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Carla D
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Thank you. I will show that to him.
Carla D
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This was very interesting. I had no idea about most of it. Thank you.
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Baymule
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You already are! You are living the dream I had for years, but it only recently came true a few years ago. In the meantime, we lived in town, I had chickens in the backyard, a garden in the front and horses on some land we owned outside of town. It finally all came together and we couldn't be happier. YOU are already there!
Carla D
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Thank you. We live in town too. It is actually my SIL property. I think she really enjoys when new animals come to the farm and the babies. She loves babies. And I really love seeing my daughter growing up with these kinds of experiences. She is such a free spirit with a huge heart for life, people, and the animals
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Baymule
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I would be VERY careful letting your little girl in with the pigs. All it takes is one bite to draw blood and it could get bad. I never allow my grand daughters in with the pigs. I don't let them stick their fingers through the wire either. Maybe let your daughter in with ONE pig, but not in the middle of the herd. And always with you or your husband in there as well. She looks like she loves the pigs very much, but I would be very careful.
greybeard
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What she said. /\
They can bite hard and even if they didn't initially bite, it would be way too easy for them to inadvertently knock a child down and it might be difficult for her to get up un-assisted if she is in the pen alone.
They can bite hard and even if they didn't initially bite, it would be way too easy for them to inadvertently knock a child down and it might be difficult for her to get up un-assisted if she is in the pen alone.
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Wehner Homestead
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X3!
Carla D
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I agree with you 100%. She hasn’t been allowed in their pens with them alone, only with an adult being in there with her. My husband and I were there with her, only not in the pictures. We won’t let her in the farrowing stalls alone either. Our pigs are much bigger this year than they were last year, more experienced, and a lot more protective of their babies this time around. This spring they were in crates which really contained their movement. This isn’t the case this year. They have enough room now to move around, turn around, and ultimately “guard” their babies. Into the point where I don’t feel comfortable in their pens without a fork or a fearful BIG stick for my own safety. My husband is a little different though. Our breeding stock has gotten way to big and are older now to the point where they are less predictable. Even I’m only comfortable being in the pen with only our two young gilts, and that is only long enough to close them inside the barn at night. But, yes she really does love the pigs too. I won’t let her in with the goats alone anymore, not even for 30 seconds. They are every bit as big as she is. But now they have small horns, are stronger, and a bit more crazy with their play than they were a few weeks ago.
Carla D
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I do agree with the both of you.
