in just a few hours there will be two pigs in my deep litter system so i need
to get the rest of the infrastructure in place for them first up getting them water
here's the water barrel i can't find the lid
ah there it is
here we got the water situation taken
care of while that's filling we're gonna go get the shelter in here
the shelter with the closed back here is good for our cool springs here in idaho but come
summertime gonna have to roll that back up so they get enough ventilation going through those
little pig huts can get hot during the summer if there's not a lot of airflow next up food
this feed is the same feed i use every year which is a mix of field peas and barley
both certified organic from a quasi-local farmer it does not have like the pig grower
mix whatever minerals or supplements that is usually added to feed but if you remember how
big my hogs were last year there's no issue with not having that extra supplementation in there
all right water is pretty filled got grain soaking shelters in place i also made a little shoot here
the idea is that jennifer the pig breeder should be able to back her trailer up right to here and
then unload without incident i also have the baseboard here flipped up so the pigs can just
walk right in they won't have to step over something and now we just have to wait for
the pigs to get here change of plans jennifer got here before i was able to divert her to the other
driveway so we're in the main driveway right now look at the pigs biggies wow that's a lot of pigs
so that's 14 pigs in there yeah yeah i only have uh a dozen left at home dance partner has joined
us she left work early just to come over and see this so how old are the piggies that we're
getting here today they're they're probably uh one of them is about uh nine weeks old and the
other one is about 11 weeks old okay nice yeah so i thought they were both males they're both males
i thought they would pear better because they're both bigger and they've hung out a little bit
so they don't fight right some of the other ones will because they were in a different
pen but they're small enough but yeah hopefully they get over that quickly since jennifer pulled
in over here she said she can just carry him over you're good with that yeah all right they're small
enough yeah i'll just need manning the door so we don't have to catch 14 piglets again right yeah
hello mr piggies hey guys your water's over here
dinner will be served around 5 p.m make yourself comfortable in the meantime nibbling on some grass
and we have our first deposit on the compost and we've established a poop corner obviously
little buddy's back from his mother's house are you ready to meet the pigs yes all right
let's go grab some pig feed first grab that bucket there oh it's not very much yeah sorry
they're just little guys they don't need a lot of feed right now
i can't at least name one of them jimmy that helps jimmy and bob
aren't they cute yeah they they're pretty cute
well i guess we know which one's the dominant one yeah which one do you think styling it
probably is the one with the wider head yeah that one's the older one too that's
i think two i think jennifer says two weeks older than the other one size matters in the farm yard
piggy piggies still not quite sure about me are you
but you do know that food arrives when i do hey guys check it out look
there you go
be nice what in the world is that
i'm guessing this was in the mulch are you coming without feed
you're hungry come on it's so heavy come on put my back back together only dump half in okay
you