HUNGRY PIGS CAN BE SUPER LOUD!

PawPaw is sporting some nice tusks! Jo Jo is beginning to sport her winter thick furry coat. It is super soft. It is more difficult to feed 9 pigs in a pen than 2. They are smart and fast so they are at their food bowls before I can dump their food! And they definitely talk (scream) at you to hurry up and feed them!! The divider I put up to help me when I feed 2 isn't effective when I have 9 in the same pen. I have to feed the chickens their scratch in their run so the goats won't eat it because if the goats eat directly off the ground they are inviting parasites.
Every day my family and I are learning what it means to run a hobby farm. We started with chickens then added myotonic, or fainting, goats, and eventually kunekune (kune kune) pigs. Throw in some Guinea fowl and turkeys and cats and dogs with a creek and tons of wildlife and you start to get an idea of what our hobby farm is like. Hobby farming is time consuming and hard, but rewarding and fulfilling. There are daily chores that never stop. The animals need to be fed and watered. Pastures and pens need to be fenced and built. Goats and pigs need to be rotated in their pastures to give them fresh food and to rejuvenate the land. Food is planted and grown for the animals. Medicines are given orally and injected to prevent and cure sickness and combat parasites. Hooves need to be trimmed. Babies need to be raised. At any given time we have gilts, sows, boars, piglets, bucks, does, kids, chicks, chickens, keets, guineas, turkeys, etc. that need our attention, love and care. Follow along and we’ll learn and grow on this adventure together!