Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

[Denim Deb]

So, this was the little piggy that went wee, wee, wee, wee all the way home?

 

[Wannabefree]

So, this was the little piggy that went wee, wee, wee, wee all the way home?

Uh huh, he really was

 

[pinkfox]

will you be keeping hi as a boar to breed to your 2 new girls or is he going to be joining the barrows for bacon program?

 

[mississippifarmboy]

I also found a better price on feed at te Co-op in MS. I got a couple bags.

Yayyy on the piglet!

What feed do you use? I get the 14% Alabama brown bag from the Corinth Co-op, picked up five bags today. It's $8.95 a bag and I feed it to everything almost. If we ever get caught up (Not going to happen) I'll go back to picking up a ton at a time to save gas.
If you don't ask for the brown bag they automaticly give you the expensive stuff though. lol

 

[Wannabefree]

I also found a better price on feed at te Co-op in MS. I got a couple bags.

Yayyy on the piglet!

What feed do you use? I get the 14% Alabama brown bag from the Corinth Co-op, picked up five bags today. It's $8.95 a bag and I feed it to everything almost. If we ever get caught up (Not going to happen) I'll go back to picking up a ton at a time to save gas.
If you don't ask for the brown bag they automaticly give you the expensive stuff though. lol

Yep, that's what I got

Pinky, he'll be sold as a pet I think.

 

[pinkfox]

sounds like a plan...if you want to barrow him prior let me know and ill come down and help you (its easy to castrate piggies but makes men cringe LOL!)

 

[Wannabefree]

sounds like a plan...if you want to barrow him prior let me know and ill come down and help you (its easy to castrate piggies but makes men cringe LOL!)

Come on, I need to learn.

 

[pinkfox]

idelaly we'll want to do it right around 2 weeks.
before 14 days tends to effect growth rate (and from what ive been told its thought before 2 weeks it can effect suckling), but after 14 days they tend to display more pain.

ill send you some youtube vid links too but its 100% a 2 person job just because of holding a wiggly unhappy piglet lol.

 

[Wannabefree]

ok. he's from 7 to 12 days old today

 

[pinkfox]

hows friday sound for a little surgery?
youll need to pick up iodine and a scalpel

this is a good written tutorial for you
http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/04/28/how-to-castrate-a-piglet/

VIDEO, NOT for the faint of heart! and its LOUD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQinXVnZglw&feature=related

some may think this method is "cruel" and i can assure you it is not exactly "painless"
but most of the squeeling is simply because piglets do NOT like being restrained.