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| Last milk feed for 4 of the lambs |
Monday 12th was
weaning day for 4 of the lambs: At 6 weeks old White Face, Red Dot, Dappley and
Number 7 definitely didn’t need milk anymore – full round tummies and happy on grass and
creep.
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| Brownie's still on the bottle |
Brownie was another story so he stayed on milk until today. Abrupt
weaning is recommended so as not to cause stomach upsets but it’s difficult to
ignore the lambs yelling every time we walk past them!
This afternoon we
collected our last 3 weaners for this year. They are Oxford Sandy & Black (sow)
and Duroc (boar) cross and a lovely tan colour with a few spots. They’re 8
weeks old and been away from the sow for 7 days. Our black piglets soon came out of the arc to
see the interlopers and fisticuffs ensued on and off for an hour or so until the male
black piglet was established as Top Pig in the porking order. A couple of
bloody ears but nothing major.
Now there’s more competition for food they are
keener to come to the trough at feeding time! We’re following the “all they can
eat in 20 minutes” rule from David Norman at The Ansty Herd. At the moment it's around half a scoop per piglet - early days!
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| New piglets: OSB x Duroc |
So sweet! How's Brownie doing? Nicola x
ReplyDeleteHe's doing great now thanks Nic! He'll always be small but he's healthy which is the main thing x
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