LMP's 2019 Farrowing Thread: New babies from Lucy and Prissy

[luvmypets]

Do you ever plant veggies or treats for the pigs? I'm thinking watermelons or pumpkins.

We don’t but they get lots of kitchen scraps.

 

[luvmypets]

I think Jolly is in the final stretch, poor gal so cuddly tonight. I was sick for three days and in that time her belly really dropped.

 

[Baymule]

Maybe it won't be long now!

 

[Bruce]

Lots of babies coming soon!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

 

[luvmypets]

All three girls have milk, swollen ends, and pissy behavior. Plus tomorrow its supposed to storm, and its the full moon.

 

[SA Farm]

Perfect time for babies then!

 

[luvmypets]

Pics for anyone interested. Jolly was very rude to the other ladies today.

Look how full their bags are, especially Opal.

Jolly

This mama is ready!

Opal’s milk line is super tight, she has a solid stream of milk coming. When the girls get like this its go time.

 

[Baymule]

Piglet countdown!

 

[luvmypets]

Opal farrowed! We arrived at the barn later than I wanted too around 12 PM. When I went out to give the girls fresh bedding I immediatly knew something was up as Opal wasn’t at the front of the maternity pen waiting for food. I rushed over and saw Opal standing in the corner with three babes next to her. I jumped into the pen to investigate further and found two more babies that were dead. Except when I went closer I realized one of them was still hanging in. The little one was shivering violently and was on its side stiff like stone. My instincts kicked in a I immediatly started rubbing him down and let me tell you when he(i checked the gender) screamed..I have never heard a piglet scream so loud and with so much vigor. I knew then that he was a fighter. I rubbed him down for about 5 minutes before trying to get him to latch on. It was a no go, he was too weak, he barely had a suck reflex at all.. Ok so now I have a weak piglet, needs colostrum, cant latch what can I do. I immediatly wrap him in my shirt(which i was still wearing) and rush him into the barn. I grab a plastic tub as well as any kind of fabric I could find and set up a warming bin with one of our heat lamps. I kept him in there for about forty minutes checking on him frequently before I decided he was ready to go back to mum. Thats all it took because when I went into the farrowing shed and put him back he was fighting amoungst his siblings at the milk bar. He has latched on a few times now, with some pretty funny attempts in between. Opal loves her babies and is a phenomenal mum. She is passing the placenta now so I think she is done.

This is the little guy trying to figure out nursing.

Can you tell he’s a proud farmer?

Look at her..just like her mama Priss. She knows exactly what to do!