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…and these little piggies went to market…

…and these little piggies went to market…

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(The-Pig-Saga…..continues)….. *******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** When Will This Porcine Madness End!?!….. It’s Madness…..!!!….. Madness I Say…..!!!….. We probably had more pigs than I ever wanted to admit….. …..(I think about fifteen of them have recently left the property)….. We first found homes (with one of B.J.’s friends) for the five itty-bitty piglets (from the nasty/feral sow)….. Then my older daughter and I had to re-construct…

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***The Hog Hilton***

***The Hog Hilton***

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*******Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel******* Well…….Finally…..!!!….. The hogs finally have their newly finished pig pen….. ………………………….AND…………………………. …..the rainy season hasn’t even begun yet….. …..the first dusty splatter of rain hasn’t started….. …..the summer’s reliable muddy-quagmires haven’t begun puddling yet….. Ralph did all the necessary work….. ***Glossary—(Ralph Defined)*** …..he used our surplus telephone poles as super/secure posts….. …..he was able to make use of the surplus sheets of 5-V Crimp that have been laying around……..

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~~~The Pigs New Digs~~~

~~~The Pigs New Digs~~~

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*******Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel******* FINALLY! The pigs have new additions to their abode currently underway….. …..and the reconstruction is almost completed…..!!!….. Tra!  La! FINALLY! …..this is all because of our skilled friend, Ralph….. Last week Ralph chain-sawed some of our stored telephone poles….. He made them into some very sturdy/big/long-lasting posts for the new & improved pig sty….. The sty is larger now…..so the pigs can stretch out….. AND…..it’s drier!!! Next week Ralph…

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~The Bad Etiquette Of Hunters~

~The Bad Etiquette Of Hunters~

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Let me start out by saying…..I have nothing against hunting….. I’ll prepare and eat venison…pheasant…turkey…wild pig…quail…grouse…alligator….. …..I grew up on rabbit…and squirrel…..(yes, squirrel)…..(but the big northern ones not the southern/scrawny ones)…..(the southern squirrels are just glorified/mangy/Disney-rats)….. I have nothing against hunting….. …..I do have a list of complaints about hunters though….. A couple days ago…..my older daughter and I were wandering around the back property….. …..it’s the dry season…..so we could get back farther than we normally would have been…

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~~~The Saga-Of-The-Piggies…(cont.)~~~

~~~The Saga-Of-The-Piggies…(cont.)~~~

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And you thought my muddy-piggy-posts were over….. HA!….. Silly you….. One would think that a mother pig would have an applicable plan for the survive-ability of her children….. …..one would think that….. One would expect that a mother pig would seek out the safest/warmest environment for her porcine-pudgy-piglets….. …..one would think that….. …..but one would be….. …..wrong….. My older daughter kept going out and checking on the Mama and her babies….. …..around the clock….. …..(my daughter was more sleep-deprived than…

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…..again with the pigs!!!…..

…..again with the pigs!!!…..

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Apparently we are extremely slow learners….. Or maybe the pigs are just faster than we are….. It seems like so many of my recent posts are about our on-going-pig-saga….. …..if you ever want an easy (and quick) reproducible supply of meat…..or pets…..or bridge partners…..or…..that extra hand for a game of canasta….. …..then, I highly recommend keeping pigs….. We don’t seem to be able to get ahead of “that-pig-population-curve”….. …..what can I say…..we have very friendly pigs….. But we think we…

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*******Pony Rides*******

*******Pony Rides*******

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We have turned into the WORST petting zoo EVER…..!!!….. Now…..the big boar is out of his pen…..!!!….. You know the one….. …..the one with the huge/slavering tusks…..!!!….. Now…..whenever we go back into the goat pasture to feed the pigs and the goats….. …..we have to negotiate around a big mama pig…..(who jumped on me yesterday and almost knocked the wind out of me—–I slapped her on the snout and she ran off squealing)….. …..along with the four adolescent pigs….. …..and…

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*****Piggy Follow-Up…….Hoo-Boy*****

*****Piggy Follow-Up…….Hoo-Boy*****

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As you already know….. One of our sows went to the butchers….. And came back in white/labeled packages….. Like anything on this farm (or in life)…..(or physics)…..any action produced creates an equal and opposite reaction….. …..oops….. …..well…..poop….. You see…..now all of the pigs have seen and figured out that if other pigs can be released from their flimsy/mud-submerged/non-roofed/horrible pens….. ……………..then why can’t they make a break for freedom…………….. And that’s just what’s been happening….. First there were only two little…

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This Little Piggy Went To Market…….

This Little Piggy Went To Market…….

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Not as easy as it looks….. (getting a piggy to market) …..it took the better part of a day to accomplish it….. …..it took a village….. We currently have about fifteen pigs…..of various ages and sizes….. We started out with four (three girls and one boy)….. …..what can I say….. …..they got along quite well….. I suggested getting them cable TV (just to give them a distraction of something else to do in the privacy of their swamp)….. …..it didn’t…

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While You’re Busy Making Plans…..

While You’re Busy Making Plans…..

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In a perfect world….. …..the pig sty would have been fixed and up-graded years ago….. In a perfect world….. …..the local butchers (two of them) wouldn’t have gone out of business & closed down….. In a perfect world….. …..we would have moved the pigs out and butchered the home-grown/organic pork in a timely manner….. But as we all know…..unfortunately…..this is not a perfect world….. …..sigh….. In my world…the pig sty is falling apart….. …..the roof has fallen down….. …..the pen’s…

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