For the past 6 months, our 2 pigs - Dick & Dom - have enjoyed the luxury of roaming around their large enclosure, troughing up grubs, roots and generally having a good time.
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In the evening, whilst shutting the shutters, Dan noticed that one of our pigs, Dick, had strayed outside of it's pen and electric fence!
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An early morning visit to the pig pound confirmed that Dick was still only able to stand on 3 legs - no longer squealing and happy to be stroked, he had extreme difficulty in moving around.
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Although Dick & Dom have now understood the advantages of sleeping in the shade, they've yet to realise that the sun moves around from East to West and what might be in the shade in the morning, might not be in the afternoon.
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With a full compliment of livestock, the morning feeding and cuddling process takes about an hour - it would take a lot longer if Dan didn't tear himself away from the pigs!
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For some, December marks the countdown to Christmas. They say that the first weekend in December is when the world goes mad buying Christmas presents - for us, the first weekend means getting ready for the pig slaughter.
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