This was mid-afternoon. The pigs found a nice shady place and were resting.
Black Berkshire pigs are definitely different to the bright pink Yorks we had last year. They have a different personality too. Lively, yet calm and curious. Last year's piglets were frantic in comparison. It should take a little bit for them to settle in and get used to the diet we offer them. They were weaned and then fed just a corn/soy mix. We supplement with goat cheese whey right now. They were curious but cautious.
This is the temporary pen they will occupy until the fence is completed in a couple weeks. Then they will live here:
We will have a total of twenty pigs out on a 1 acre plot of pasture, then rotate the next year to another plot and so on.
Mostly, I want the pigs for the orchard, to help clean up windfall and keep down insect pests. The chickens will help with that too. Oh, and bacon. :)
Bacon.......
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