Got home at a decent time today so I decided to clean the piggies pen and let them loose today. Took a little time but now they have all fresh bedding to snuggle up in.
After they were born the little ones have been peeing in the barn. They don't do it where they sleep but still in the barn when they are there. So hopefully by letting them out and completely cleaning the pen they will stop going in the barn all together and do it outside all the time.
Irregardless they still were very happy that I cleaned and gave them a bunch of fresh bedding!!
Wanted to throw in a pic of the difference between the new pigs and the ones that were born here. The mother of the ones from here was more of a show pig. The mother of the ones we just got are from and old fashion background. In the pic above you can see that the pig has little to no definition of the shoulders or hams(butt). The pic below shows some of the definition of the hams and the dimple above the tale that most judges look for in today's show pigs.
I will try to get some better pics outside to further show the difference. Either way the pigs are good for meat production. However, this will show how you can use breeding to change the way an animal looks and grows.
The cows are doing great....still eating hay like crazy!! I am planning on taking some good winter pics of them when we have the heard check next week. They always look so different in the winter due to the long hair / winter coat that they put on for the cold months ahead!
Kenny
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