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Looks like a pot to me :)
I would have said slightly overweight, but seeing as how it sounds that she's expecting...I wouldn't want to hurt her feelings ;)

You definitely need to be cautious when they bark at you...kind of sounds like a ho-ho to me...because they'll often follow that with a quick snap. The teeth on a sow are still pretty sharp and give a nasty cut. And since you don't know her full history (as in you haven't raised her from piglet) even though she seems sweet be cautious.
Carrying a cane or branch with you can help you block a snap or push her back if need be. Don't ever strike with it. Sort of an improvised pig sorting paddle. I prefer the metal cane as I had a boar snap a branch in 2...but then he was intent on taking a piece out of me.

If you're concerned that you won't be able to work with her enough before she gives birth then I would advise setting the situation up so that you can feed and water from outside of wherever you have her.
 
I'm beginning to think she isn't preggers.......tick..tock...tick...tock...tick...tock..... :/, she is really cool tho, I give her a good scratching with the stick, she loves to be washed down, she lets the ducks and a couple chickens stay with her, there is one duck she will push away, she just doesn't like him, but never hurts him. I still think she's AWESOME :love , if she doesn't have babies this month, I was thinking about getting another for her to have a buddy, the pbp I'm looking at is 8 months old and loves to play with dogs. Is this a good idea ? or should I let her be with her ducks and chickens? She still loves it when I come out and talk to her, she talks back. :rolleyes: we snort to each other. :D
 
First off I would get her on a pelleted pig food. If she is pregnant then she will need the extra protein. Since you don't know when she was bred she could still easily be pregnant. Count 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days from the last day she was with the boar and that is your last possible due day. Then add an additional 3-4 days just because they like to mess with us L.
 
Yes I bought her pelleted food the day before they brought her to my place , I saw she had been living off of bread and that just didn't seem right. I give her lots of table scraps (No meat, mostly fruit and vegetables) and she loves some alfalfa hay, she makes her happy/begging snort when I feed the goats, so I throw some in with her. I'm going to figure out her date now. Thanks.

Soooooo around August 30th......man oh man
 
Once the milk comes in she'll get a ridge along her belly. It will become more pronounced the closer to labor she gets. She'll also start nest building. We had a pot belly dropped off in our yard that 36hrs later had 11 piglets. Honestly she did fine with them all and you will really probably not need to intervene.

Get one of those old people reachy/grabby things. I couldn't get near her since I was a stranger to her. Pig la la labor hormones tend to the barky bitey style rather than the come pet me style. You can use it to snag piglets that are in trouble.

I started out grabbing them at first but honestly except for one that came out super small and barely breathing, everybody was born healthy.
 
SuburbanFarmChic said:
Once the milk comes in she'll get a ridge along her belly. It will become more pronounced the closer to labor she gets. She'll also start nest building. We had a pot belly dropped off in our yard that 36hrs later had 11 piglets. Honestly she did fine with them all and you will really probably not need to intervene.

Get one of those old people reachy/grabby things. I couldn't get near her since I was a stranger to her. Pig la la labor hormones tend to the barky bitey style rather than the come pet me style. You can use it to snag piglets that are in trouble.

I started out grabbing them at first but honestly except for one that came out super small and barely breathing, everybody was born healthy.
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I followed your post, I thought it was crazy someone would just drop them off, but very awesome of you to do what you did for them. I hope she is preggers and not just overweight. She seems happy right now, she does have her barky days and I stay out of her pen on those days, keep it threw the fence.
 
We have one very open and swollen pig hoo hoo and heavy breathing!!!!!! Does this mean she's going very soon, or I'm waiting a few more days? :weee oh and she's shoved her hay all into a corner, but is laying no where near it. :hu
 
The hay thing is nesting. If she's doing the deep breathing I'd say you have impending piglets. It's the right day for it too :) Our red wattle just had a surprise (to everybody but me) litter today.


Congrats! If she barks while she's giving birth just give her some space. One of those "old people shelf reacher grabber" things is great for reaching distressed piglets.
 
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