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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...

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...

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...

Thought I'd share a recipe or two... and this is one of my favourites. I love a rich, creamy chowder as opposed to a thinner one, and I had a hard time finding a recipe that fit my own standards for lots of vegetables (the ones I liked), and none of the ones I don't! Namely: celery. I like...

We had something grab out pekin duck, Fatty, out of the enclosure yesterday. It either jumped the ~4 foot fence or went through the hot wire on the bordering pig pens... or went straight through the back woods where we previously had a wire but removed it to do some work. She was bitten twice...

Hello! My name is Arrowti and I live in central Maine. To date, we raise pigs, chickens, and ducks - pigs for breeding and meat, ducks for eggs, and chickens for meat and eggs. We will be adding turkeys next month, though, and eventually want to either get a cow or a pair of goats. Anyway, I...

Hello. This is off from my thread about a mean mama and is about a piglet she injured. A large patch of skin is torn off the piglet's leg, and we can clearly see the bulging red muscle beneath. The piglet can move, but its leg drags behind it when it does. Once its done climbing around it moves...

We have a sow who just gave birth to a litter of 12 early Saturday morning (still during the night). 1 was stillborn which was normal, it happens.. She was nursing them when we checked so they did get their collostrum, but since yesterday afternoon she does not seem all too interested in feeding...