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Ruby and her little gems

Ruby  farrowed last week and produced 10 piglets – 1 stillborn. This is a really good litter size for a gilt. What was so special about this farrowing  is that she was outside in the ark and this was a first for us as we always bring our sows and gilts into the barn to keep an eye on them. Ruby was not going to budge – we managed to separate her from Harry  but only a couple of metres away into a 8 x 8 pig ark.  She had done a brilliant job with her piglets.

Proud mum

First days out

 

It's a long way down

Piglet gets a snuffling lesson from Mum

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