22/12/2024
Let’s talk pigs…
This is me and Pepper Pig who is a heritage breed called Wessex Saddleback. Pepper is a second time mummy with a beautiful gentle nature. captured by the amazing .
I have always loved pigs. As a teenager I had the largest collection of piggy ornaments and collectables, it was a thing.
Now here I am with 6 beautiful sows and a boar and their offspring.
I am not going to lie, it’s incredibly hard and there are many days I question farming and if this is for me. I want to keep them all, it’s just not possible.
I give them a great life while they are with me where they can run around, wallow in the mud, eat quality food and have an abundance of tummy rubs and scratches, trust me they are quiet demanding and behave just like dogs, so there is many hours spent with them just giving them love!
This week 3 babies will leave for their new home and in no time become mummies themselves, others aren’t so lucky, but much luckier than those that never see the daylight, never get to roll in the mud and run freely. I hope soon we see intensive piggies come to an end, pigs aren’t meant to be raised in sheds and neither are chickens. They truly do deserve a better life and this is what I aim to do, be the better farmer!
