Several months ago I came across a site on predicting pig pregnancy: http://sugarmtnfarm.com/2011/08/28/pregnancy-indicator/ . These porkers are a little hard to catch in heat, at least mine are. Then again, I am used to tail wagging, blubbering, noisy Nubians! The pigs, it seems, are a little more discrete, at least the female gender anyway. The boar is always in heat, ha ha! I can’t be running out to the pig pen several times a day to push on her back side to see if she’ll stand and if I didn’t know any better, I would say she was in and out within a few hours (or overnight) because I never did see her stand for any length of time for the boar though I did see remnants of breeding one morning a while back.
At any rate, I took a couple of photos today for comparison of our gilt, Ann Curry. I may be wrong, but according to Sugar Mountain Farm and the way we see it, it would seem she’s “in a piggy way” to us. Not to mention she’s looking rather rotund these days. We shall see, I do love baby pigs. I never thought the pigs were something I would enjoy as much as I do, not raising them growing up and all, but I really do like them very much…so personable and friendly!
For now, Ann (Curry) and Earl (of Sandwich) are lovin’ the easy life!
Lazy summer days
