I know I said this earlier in the week, but the pigs really do love the mud so much! I always wondered if it was just a stereotype. Now I know! It's not! This is their favorite past-time next to rolling an old log round and round in case there are grubs under it. And … Continue reading They really do love the mud…
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Filling the freezer!
It's no secret that the absolutely best meat that you can get is the kind that's raised the old-fashioned way and the way the animals were meant to be treated on a farm, not from one of those confined animal feeding operations where they don't see the light of day and don't feel the grass … Continue reading Filling the freezer!
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Pigs DO love mud!
The temperatures started climbing here in Southern Ohio about three weeks ago, and the pigs started trying to have a little swimming pool in their water trough. They would splash a little water out, and then they would get out of the trough and roll all over the clay dirt to make a wallough spot … Continue reading Pigs DO love mud!
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Meet Picky Mao
Last week, SOMEBODY (*my oldest son*) dropped off this little scrawny gray kitten at our house (the kitten was dumped at his house first). I came home to find a full bowl of catfood and a full plastic container of water on the porch table, and this little bony kitten was running around, tormenting the … Continue reading Meet Picky Mao
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Last month with the piggies
Ted said the pigs' feeder had to be filled twice last week, so I knew they were getting close to butcher time. From what I've heard and verified through research, there's a point where pastured pigs begin to convert feed to weight at an almost equal weight, and the 250-285 pound mark is the time … Continue reading Last month with the piggies
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Fixing the pig fence
Step 1: get the pigs busy. Step 2: realize I have the best husband in the world! He got up 30 minutes early and had the fence wire restrung almost all the way around when I went out there at 7 a.m. Step 3: check to make sure the fence is on. .Step 4: remove … Continue reading Fixing the pig fence
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Why today???
I walked outside Thursday evening as Becky was leaving, just in time to see Bitsy was in the chicken yard (not her yard where she belongs!)! The battery died on the electric fence, so she figured out she could just push the gate open and go exploring. Why couldn't she have waited until this weekend … Continue reading Why today???
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Hay helper
Getting hay to the cattle since Ted had surgery has been an adventure. Normally, he just put a round bale of hay into the pasture, and it lasted about eight days. All I had to do was give them a little treat every day, check on their health (eyes, coat, tongue, hooves, and plops), and … Continue reading Hay helper
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What do you do?
What do you do when your husband has surgery and then has to leave for a business trip, and everything on the farm happens the day he leaves? Well, around here, I put on my big girl boots and deal with it myself. First up was refilling the pig feeder. It took two trips with … Continue reading What do you do?
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How to measure pigs (for weight)
There's a nice formula for estimating the weight of your pig. This is handy to know and be able to do because you don't want to take your piggies to market (so to speak) before they weigh enough, or there won't be much meat coming back home to you. The formula is super easy: girth … Continue reading How to measure pigs (for weight)
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