Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Rare Maryland Snow Pig



During our recent spat of very un-Maryland-ish snowy weather, there was an unusual sighting - the rare Maryland Snow Pig.

Here a young sow was sighted with her entourage of piglets from a late winter farrowing.

In reality, this would be Gloria 'I Will Survive' Gaynor and her new friends, a group of 8 piglets recently weaned from their mama.

Gloria has taken a shine to the wee ones and they follow her around the pasture. She's been really great about helping forge a path for the little ones to make their way to the waterer and feeder during our recent heavy snowfall.

K

2 comments:

  1. look at those cute little piglets. are those the ones you had by the fire? how many lived?

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  2. We lost 3 of the 4 runts after rewarming them 3 or four times. Decided to let nature take its course...I'll publish some newer pics. They are about 40 lbs now and weaned off their mama as of a few weeks ago.

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