Pig and Turkey Adventures

Snow has arrived!

We knew it was coming and wanted to make sure all the critters were properly sheltered.  Penelope and the poults have been resistant to moving indoors so finally we had to force the issue.  Thursday evening we slunk out to the garden in the dark armed with fish landing nets.  It was pretty traumatizing for the turkeys but at least they are indoors.  I have them locked in the summer coop and will keep them incarcerated for a week or so before letting them out again.  Hopefully they will imprint on the little building as home.

Now the pigs - they sort of moved themselves.  Earlier in the week they went missing - their fence was laid flat.  After a bit of a search, Kevin found them over the hill north of the house at the edge of the the swamp.  Usually when they get out they are easily led back to their pen with a bucket of feed, but not this time.  They came as far as the front of the shop and stopped there.  Kevin had to put some fence panels together and "tow" them to get them moving so he just took them to where their winter quarters are, partly tucked under the haybarn roof. 

 The size difference is quite noticeable.  We've definitely had health problems with the pigs this year and three of the four are much smaller than they should be at this point.  On the up side, they are alive and seem to be recovered and growing again. 

The new pig pen enclosed a large mound of really old hay that Kevin hauled out of the hay barn earlier this summer.  It's been composting for a few months and the pigs are really enjoying digging into it.

Deer hunting season is almost upon us so the next two or three posts will be hunting updates from Kevin. Be safe and be well friends.