Little Piggie Round Up

What a fun week it has been as our family is visiting.  There's been fishing, hiking, fun chores on the farm, and our pigs were ready to pick up this weekend.  The piglets are only 5 weeks old, barely weaned, black and white, and brothers.  The little one appears to be a bit smarter while the bigger brother is all brute.  We tucked them into their new quarters yesterday afternoon where they snuggled under a big pile of straw.

This morning was another story as my husband went down to check on them and they were gone!  He looked everywhere, then came up to tell us the news and ask that I send an email to the neighborhood list.  Maybe someone had seen them.  Meanwhile, we all put on our shoes and formed a search party.  What a sight we must've been scouring the oak underbrush and calling "here, pig, pig, pig!" because a neighbor was driving by and he stopped to ask if we were looking for a couple of little piglets.  Thank goodness for kind neighbors and what luck for us as he said they were down in front of the neighbor's barn looking at the black and white heifers (I wonder if the pigs were wondering if these big animals were their mama!)  It was a funny picture. We were able to catch them with the salmon net and load them into our pick up.  We think we know where they got out and my husband's determined it won't happen again so he's spent all day securing the "piggy prison."  I'll attach a picture of them with my little 2 year old grandson - they aren't the cutest pigs we've ever brought home but they are the wiggliest!