Piglets Arrive to Big Lick!

Good Day All! Today was an exciting day at the farm as we acquired our first batch of piglets. These are not the Tamworth pigs (the Tamworths are just now being born) but these are what we have decided to start with in the meantime.
These babies are three months old and are a cross between two different breeds of pig (a Hampshire and a Yorkshire) they are actually called "Blue Butts" as they have little blue patches on their bums! They went literally"hog wild" when they were placed in their new pasture. They were raised inside a barn on concrete floors and had never known the joys that only a pig could really appreciate! As soon as their cloven hooves hit the soil they were munching down all the grass and turning the sod clumps up in search of roots and worms. We did not get much done after they arrived as it was so fun to watch them racing from one end of their pen to the other. It's surprising how vocal pigs are. They were squealing, snorting and giving satisfied grunts to each other as their mouths were full of dirt.
We are thinking that within one month they will have this section of garden completely annihilated of any grass or roots so we will move them down to a fresh section of pasture to repeat the same process following behind them with new garden plantings. We are hopeful that within 4 months they will be ready for eating. Luckily they are not overly friendly and we must force ourselves not to tame them down, name them etc... it just makes it that much more difficult in the end!
Enjoy the photos and check back soon for more farm updates!

Be well!