Nice group of piglets! I see the mother appears quite placid, allowing you to pick up the baby.Who wants to see some cute baby Kunekune piglets?!? This is a first for us, we are super excited about them. Hopefully mom doesn't squish any.
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The mom is quite calm but she is still pretty worn out. She is up, eating and drinking but tired. The boar is separated from them by a fence line right now so he doesn’t hurt them. He got very vocal when we had friends over to look at them earlier and he just charged me and tried to get my legs a few minutes ago. We will have to watch out for him now I guess.Nice group of piglets! I see the mother appears quite placid, allowing you to pick up the baby.
I worked on the largest pig farm in CT in the mid-1960's and the sows were extremely protective. We could not get near their babies without putting a basket over the mother's faces to keep them from biting us. Of course we hardly ever approached the moms with babies unless it was time to vaccinate all the babies or to castrate the male babies, so the mothers were understandably upset on those days.
Good luck with the little cuties.
Adorable ??Who wants to see some cute baby Kunekune piglets?!? This is a first for us, we are super excited about them. Hopefully mom doesn't squish any.
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Yes, be careful. They can be rather aggressive. They have a very hard bite, too.The mom is quite calm but she is still pretty worn out. She is up, eating and drinking but tired. The boar is separated from them by a fence line right now so he doesn’t hurt them. He got very vocal when we had friends over to look at them earlier and he just charged me and tried to get my legs a few minutes ago. We will have to watch out for him now I guess.
This sows last weigh in was two months ago and she was 165. She must be well over 200 now. We haven't weighed the boar in a while. I remember he was 190 at 1 year old because the target weight for weight for them when grown for meat is 175 to 200lbs at 1 year. He is probably in the 250-300lb range now.Yes, be careful. They can be rather aggressive. They have a very hard bite, too.
How much do the boar and sow weigh?
I love those cute little piggy feet ? too cute.Who wants to see some cute baby Kunekune piglets?!? This is a first for us, we are super excited about them. Hopefully mom doesn't squish any.
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Super cool!Who wants to see some cute baby Kunekune piglets?!? This is a first for us, we are super excited about them. Hopefully mom doesn't squish any.
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