Monday, 22 July 2024

New Arrivals.

 Number one son came home with two sows one Saturday recently:

Last Monday morning we went to feed the other farrowing pigs and noticed these creatures:


Newly born piglets.


On Friday Star had a foal:




Who says nothing happens in the countryside?  


12 comments:

  1. Congratulations. Youll have to buy a couple more acres and a farm manager soon. All the best to the newborns

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  2. Thanks Linda. None of them belong to me. I am just the farm hand😀.

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  3. When you said that Number One son came home with a couple of sows, I thought you meant unattractive colleens from Bantry.

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  4. 😂. Could be YP. Certainly not the Star Of The County Down: "From Bantry Bay.."

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  5. Population boom on the smallholding!

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  6. Yes Debby. There's always new arrivals.

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  7. Your going to be busy, loads of fun to come......

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  8. Yes Marlene. They keep me busy in winter mucking out. Providing food for the veggies.

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  9. I did leave a comment yesterday but looks like Blogger killed me off!

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  10. Sorry about that JayCee. Sometimes the Gremlins don't allow us to comment. Thanks for trying again!

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  11. Oooohhh wee piggies. Like our old collie I could sit for hours watching them piggy around.

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  12. They are characters and like to be fed on time every day Tigger's Mum.

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