Piglet's Progress

The end

2009-12-10T07:28:00.002-05:00

Sadly Rosy passed away today due to an unfortunate complication from a umbilical hernia Rosy suffered at birth. We will all miss her very much. :(

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Waltzing with Matilda

2009-12-04T23:50:00.004-05:00

I'm not sure Matilda, the Large Black Hog likes me. When I go out to say hello across the fence she clacks her mouth at me. Then I run away.

She is really big and I'm a little scared. Good thing there is a fence in between us.

It's like a little dance we do each morning. I go to the fence to say hello. She puts on her grumpy face and I run away. Then I try again later.

Maybe, when I am bigger we can be friends.

Moving Day

2009-11-28T11:41:00.002-05:00

I woke up to a funny noise today - lots of banging and clanking. When I peeked over the door I saw Brian dragging fence panels and fence posts over to Matilda's house. I watched all morning while he pounded in posts, cleaned out the stall next to Matilda's and wired up fence panels. I wondered if we were going to get a new neighbor?

When the stall was clean and the fence was up, Brian disapeared around the garage. He came back a few minutes later dragging a huge bag of leaves. He through the bag over the fence then dragged it into the stall. I couldn't see what he did in there, but when he came out the bag was empty.

He disapeared again around the garage for a few minutes. This time when he came back he wasn't carrying anything. He came to my door and said,"Nosy Rosy are you ready for your new home?"

I oinked and wagged my tail and squealed with excitement as he picked me up. I was so excited I just about wiggled out of his arms when he climbed over the fence with me.

He carried me into the newly cleaned stall and put me down in a huge soft bed of leaves. I love leaves . . . they are my new favorite thing!

Moving day is coming!

2009-11-22T21:44:00.002-05:00

Today when I jumped up so I could see over the door, Dot said I to move to a new house. I wonder if it will be big and white like this house.

I hope it will be next to Matilda the black pig who lives in the wooden house. I can see her house when I peak over my door. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

My neighbors

2009-11-08T19:38:00.005-05:00

This is picture of my neighbors on the farm:
the wolf/dogs - Willow and Camden
My other neighbors are:
the rainbow of roosters - They wake me up each morning when the sun comes up/ COCKADOODLE DOOOOO!
The large black hog - Matilda. I can see her when I peek over my door.
Anders' ducks - They quack whenever anyone somes into view.
Honey the Corgi
and
Betty the Chahuahua

My friend

2009-11-04T19:33:00.002-05:00

I have a human friend, Lilly. She is 7 year old. I can hear her coming along the path in the afternoon. She always brings me my milk and stays while I eat. Then Dot will let Lilly take me out for a romp in the yard.

I like grass. It's yummy! I tried a rock. Not so good. Too hard to be tasty.

Lilly won't let me in the tall grass. I wonder what's in there. Hmmm...

My new favorite thing... well next to MILK!

2009-10-19T00:57:00.003-04:00

Pears! Juicy ripe pears and tomatoes juicy ripe tomatoes. Yumm Yummm
My friends Lilly and Grandma Marilyn bring them to me for treats. Slurpalicious!

Dot says I've gotten so much food on myself I could really use a bath... I wonder what that is...hmmm?

My favorite thing!

2009-10-12T12:27:00.001-04:00

FOOD! When I hear someone coming with my bottle I jump for joy. Once I nearly fell out the door when it was opened because I was so excited. Dot made of video of me at breakfast today.

Oh My! I sure did get a lot of milk on my face. :) GOT MILK?

Warm & Cozy

2009-10-12T12:05:00.000-04:00

Today I got a new home. It's big and roomy. Dot & Brian put up a heat lamp in the middle. It makes a nice warm spot where I like to sleep. Then Dot put some hay and grass and dirt in my new house for me. I like to burrow in the hay. It makes a good blanket.

I nibble at the hay. Rooting in the dirt is fun. I hope Dot puts in a new scoop of dirt soon.

Bottle baby

2009-10-10T21:37:00.000-04:00

Last week we went to Missouri to pick up Bud Nichol's herd of Red Wattle hogs: 2 big boars, 4 big sows- one with a litter of piglets . . . and a bottle baby. I decided it would be fun to chronicle the bottle baby piglet's progress on this blog.

Ginny had told us about her before we drove out. She said the piglet was one of a litter of a dozen. Ginny was attending the birth. She had wiped the piglet dry and set her aside when suddenly 3 piglets were born in quick succession. Ginny hurried to wipe them dry. In the hustle, our little girl's umbilical cord got stepped on a stretched. Now she has an umbilical hernia. She can't go back with her brothers and sisters because the hernia resembles a nipple and the other piglets would pull, suck and bite at it. Not a good thing.

So now we have a baby pig. :)

There is nothing cuter than a baby RW piglet. When we got to Bud and Ginny's the piglet was running around the house playing with a tiny puppy. After loading up the big hogs in the stock trailer, we packed up the piglet in a cardboard box with a little blanket and some shredded newspaper. She road in the back seat with Kacie all the way home.

Ginny called her Petunia. This immediately presented a challenge for us as we already have a Petunia pig. Right now she seems to have multiple names: P2, Rosy, Pigaleto. . .

This is her story: