Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Southern by choice]

Just had to say I love the picture of the hunt! My mom and sister went last year(maybe the year before) and it was in your neck of the woods. It was my mom's first time and she loved it. Beautiful picture!

I don't know a thing about pb pigs but we just sold our Toulouse Geese breeding pair and a week later we went to visit them at their new farm. They had 2 pb pigs- the female seemed okay but the male(he was not intact) was biting and scratching her up real bad, he was obviously younger than she was. She was big, belly dragging the ground. The man had only had them for a week and he told us the male had to go-he would not leave that poor girl alone. I couldn't believe the teeth on that lil thing.

Sorry about Po's baby!

 

[BrownSheep]

Pigs can be agressive and kill other animals quite easily but it truely depends on the animal.

 

[Bridgemoof]

So I spoke with the previous pig owner this morning. His name is Taco He is about 7 years old and castrated. He lived with a Great Dane and 2 Jack Russell terriers. He's been with goats, chickens, horses. He used to come and go out the doggie door. Sounds like he was a pretty spoiled piggy! He's really cute and right now he is cleaning up all the bits of corn in the chicken yard.

Tim's plan is to let him eat all the pigweed on the farm. We'll see how that goes

Oh, exciting, we are going to go look at a FREE gazebo Tim saw on Craigslist this morning. If we can figure out how to transport it, it will make a GREAT sheep house!

 

[Southern by choice]

pics of the piggy?

 

[Bridgemoof]

I'll go take some and post back later!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Here he is: TACO

Well, he already escaped out of the fence, busted right through it and then scared the pants off of LaLa and Patches and the rest of the sheep. I was looking at LaLa in the barnyard and she had a super stink eye and look of fright out of her. I thought she had spied the pig through the gate. She was stomping around and had Patches next to her baaing. When I went back there to look at the pig, I saw he had escaped and was in with the sheep and goats. He was just minding his own business snorkeling up pieces of corn he found on the ground, but the sheep did NOT LIKE IT ONE BIT, lol.

I got him back to the chicken area without too much trouble, and he's back in a stall until we figure out where to put him. And one of the whether goats jumped over the stall door and got out, too. Oy. I got him back in too. And he was the littlest of the three, yest he went over that door by golly.

 

[Southern by choice]

thanks for the picture- saw it in Pic of the week contest.

I can't imagine how you deal with all these animals in/out in/out. I'd be pulling my hair out, a total nervous wreck, and probably have a panic attack. I'm crazy about bio-security and disease. I'm ordering disposable boots for visitors, they can't come past our parking area, and we treat when their cars leave.

love your journal bridge!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I've been trying to get Southern to allow me to have a pig on the land but she says no. Can you believe that?

 

[Bridgemoof]

Have I got a pig for you StrawHat!

 

[Southern by choice]

Bridgemoof- don't start a fight now and you should know Straw doesn't want me to get this sweet little registered Nigerian Dwarf that I want (actually a present for my daughter).

piggy pics are always fun though!

hope your weekend goes well for you! How is your stand/cart coming along?