Little help please

I'm not knowledgeable about pigs, but congrats on the ones that made it- and so sorry about the ones that did not. Thank you for posting photos! Best wishes.
 
Ok 10. Found one under her head. It's still alive but tiny. I doubt it makes it
 
Grunting and shaking...she may still be working on cleaning. 10 is a lot for a first time momma in mini's i believe. Congrats on the survivors! :weee

i'm trying to picture how tiny those babies are...we have a mini boar for a "pet" and he weighs maybe 30bs at over a year old...so if your sow is like large cat size those babies have to be ridiculously tiny. Standard size piglets are tiny even...how adorable...i love pigs.
 
She just expelled the 2nd placenta. Guess she's done! They are TINY!!
 
There's still a tin bit of cord inside I'm moving it so she has room to expel it
 
One probab5y won't make it. It's half the size of the rest
 
She will likely keep cleaning over the next 24hrs...large stuff first then mostly goo and stuff. We have one sow that takes almost a week to clean completely and has never had any problems from it that we can find.
 
Congrats on babies and thanks for the pics! Sorry you lost some... From my understanding, it's rather common to have some of the piglets smaller than the others. It also happens that some are still born. Sadly, some that are born alive also don't make it for a multitude of reasons, some being the mom (stepping on them, rolling over on them, etc.).
 
I think one was already dead when born. It's eyes didn't look right and it just seemed underdeveloped or something
 
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