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Winter Farrowing Question

Posted on Tuesday March 6, 2012 by Walter Jeffries

Boar Pig Gathering Hay for Nest – Unusual Male Domesticity JRC asked: We have two gilts that will farrow within the coming week. We are planning for them to farrow in the eight by eight three sided metal sided shed … Continue reading →

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Jolie Winter Farrowing

Posted on Monday March 24, 2008 by Walter Jeffries

Jolie the Adoptive SowAbove is my latest effort at beating out Hollywood in the cinema. In this movie Jolie’s demonstrating nesting behavior – something I’ve heard quite a few questions about. There are subtitles for those who don’t understand Gruntgorian … Continue reading →

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Flop’s Winter Farrowing

Posted on Friday December 7, 2007 by Walter Jeffries

We haven’t had any litters of piglets for October and November. Now there are about five sows that are all close to popping, or farrowing as is the technical term for when they have their piglets. Interestingly, quite often the … Continue reading →

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Winter Farrowing Ideas #1

Posted on Wednesday January 25, 2006 by Walter Jeffries

I’ve been writing about our new experience of winter farrowing and several people have emailed me or left comments asking for more details. A few people are in the situation of having a sow that will soon farrow and wanted … Continue reading →

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