These little guys joined the farm on January 4, 2014. We went to New Castle to get them, and I held while the guy I bought them from “cut” them. (If you don’t know what that means, google it.) There are four boys (now, after being cut, “barrows,” or eunuchs, to use a more biblical term) and one girl (a “gilt”). They are about 8 weeks old and had been off their momma for about 2 weeks when I got them. They are Duroc/Yorkshire crosses. They should be delicious come next year!
One interesting pig fact before I close this post. I have often heard that pigs are actually pretty clean animals, and, specifically, that they are cleaner than cattle. Well, it is true. If I had to spend a night in a stall in the barn, I would much prefer the pigs stall over both the chicks’ and the calves’. The pigs have a designated bathroom area, a kitchen area (where I feed them), and a sleeping/living area. By contrast, for the calves and the chicks, the world is their bathroom! (Which includes, and sometimes seems to especially include, their beds and food and water containers!)
