Between 3am yesterday morning and 6 am this morning, and entirely during the dark hours, our three 2-year old sows all farrowed, throwing the animal barn into a cacophony of piglet oinking. The girls were all rockstars in the farrowing, and so far have continued to be stellar moms.
We are on watch for foxes, one of whom made an appearance in the pasture last night during the farrowing. A piglet would be an easy snack for a fox. We had a skulk (yes that’s the official name for a group!) of foxes attack our chickens a couple weeks ago, decreasing the flock by 3.
Eleanor is in her glory with so many piglets to capture, snuggle and care for.
