Our Mama pig had 14 piglets two days ago (very unexpectedly) - we bought her already bred and were told she was due mid April. Turns out she was due beginning of March! Um...oops?
Things seem to be going fine but I had two questions:
1. Suggestions for a lil' runt? He seems pretty healthy but good LORD he is smaller than everyone else. Do we need to separate him? Should he be getting supplemental stuff in addition to what he's getting from mom? Don't worry about it and let it be?
2. Ever since going into labor, Mama Pig will no longer drink from her regular waterer. Does anyone know why this would be? She wants to drink from a totally different bowl and refuses to drink anything in her regular waterer she's always had. Ideas why?
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde
if the runt is growing and gaining, leave him be, I've only 2 times in 40 years had to pull a runt, and because the litters were extra large...as far as her water bowl change, sows can be fickle sometimes (hell, alot of the time) and as long as there isn't any other visible problems, let it go...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Mar 09 2013 : 06:24:29 AM
good morning amy, do you have a water bowl for the babies? my cow lept drinking my calf water. a friend who knows cows said she is teaching her calf to drink water. do you have a small bowl for the babies to drink? i am soooo happy for you. i so want babies 3 sows may all be open here. did you cut teeth? happy days for you.
the learn as we go silk purse farm farm girl #1014
Two piglet/sow questions
Posted - Mar 08 2013 : 3:58:06 PM
