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I will try and see if the nearest office that accepts livestock will see her (they're about 45 minutes away). In the meantime, I'll update that the limping is a lot better. At one point the bottom of her hoof felt very hot, and we tried giving her an antibiotic injection. To no avail, despite...

Hello, been a long time since I had time to be on. Unfortunately it's not with great news. Our gilt, Pebbles (Wilma's daughter) is badly limping. A few months ago it started after she was attacked by younger feeder pigs who have since gone to piggy paradise, but it 'healed'. Then she was...

Sorry, I thought I had responded to this earlier but I guess it didn't send! Bell was fine the day after my last post (she had a final injection the day before) and showed no signs of being sick. She's been healthy since. None of our other pigs have been ill. Thanks for your advice! Seems like...

As it turns out Bell is not keen about having a thermometer shoved up her butt and promptly flipped out and we had to get out of there. We'll give her another dose of antibiotics because other than that small amount she has eaten the day before she has since refused to eat. She'll drink lots...

No mucus. My dad gave her a shot of penicilin while I was at work. She was up a few hours later and ate and drank. Will see how she is in the morning. :)

Her poop is solid and her breathing does sound normal. No rasping that I can hear.

I wish I had a little more information than I do but unfortunately when we went about getting out 'sick animal starter kit' we forgot the rectal thermometer... but anyway. Bell, 2 years old (I believe), maybe 3 depending if I'm able to count, has been lying down since yesterday evening...

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I found it and changed it! hehe. The piglets are doing great. They're running around and playing. I bet I'll see them playing outside within a few days just by how active and strong they are. The mother is also doing great. She's been eating, drinking, and up walking around since she came out...

Also I realized I titled the thread wrong (should've been gilt XD) Anyway... here's a picture! http://s9.postimg.org/3o7elslu7/20160813_151344_1.jpg

Okay so... she had her piglets today. Completely unexpected. This morning she ate and laid down in the dirt and hay outside... I checked her for milk this morning and there was nothing... We left for 3 hours and came back to 4 baby piglets! They were already dried off and were nursing. Three...

Yep! Still trying to find that camera. I misplaced it a few months ago. I believe she is in that 200+ pound range, at least... she is now anyway! We're checking her sister for any signs of pregnancy as well just in case.

Thanks for that info. :) I can't remember the size of our other three pigs when they had their first litters, so I'm not sure I can compare, but when I get the picture maybe other people will have an idea.

I haven't posted here in awhile due to business but I've been around... and now I have a question. Our young mulefoot/tamworth cross, one of Ginger's piglets, is pregnant! She is showing in her belly and teats already... the problem? We didn't breed her. She was in an enclosure with her...

Me too! It's one of my favourite foods... after a nice big steak stacked on a pile of rice pilaf...