We are VERY thankful for friends making the effort to bring us their pumpkins and squash. One friend has a dad who is a butternut squash farmer.... she dropped off boxes of squash for them. The pigs prefer them even over the pumpkins.
Carrying a batch of donated pumpkins-
He's on a mission-
Over the fence they go-
Piggies don't waste anytime-
Watching the animals is a part of our daily routine. Little Man is telling Baby Girl that he read somewhere that squash seeds can help as a natural wormer.
The pigs are looking good. Probably about 230-ish pounds average. Just a few weeks to go. Much leaner than last year and we believe will give us better quality bacon as well (last year's bacon was very fatty and hard to get crisp).
This little piggie has not had a good past week. He must have got in the water trough and got water in his ear. It was obvious he had an ear infection. We gave him some medicine (that will be out of his system in less than a week, so no worries to our pork buyers). I brought him a pumpkin here to help him feel better. Giving the meds part was interesting. Ever try and give a 250 lb wild animal a shot in the neck without any restraint system (ie head chute)? Well he decided to cooperate once, probably cause he knew not to mess with a pregnant women (don't worry, my husband did the muscling part).
Onto other things that are fun.... trying to clean the yard of leaves and pine needles with playful kids-
At least little man helped some-
Leaves are mostly up, snow fell yesterday. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving. Last one as a family of 4.
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