Just this week, 2010 ended and 2011 began for the Farm Girls. The last of our 2010 hogs have gone to the butcher and the first of the 2011 piggies have arrived. In the video above you can watch Hampshire cross piglets exploring their training pen and eating grass. As some of you may know, pigs can't survive on grass alone any more than we could, but that doesn't mean they don't like it. Just like all the other critters, they have favorite varieties of forage including red clover, hairy vetch, and dock. Those are mostly cool season treats and since we're coming off the blazing summer, our pastures have less appetizing fair like common bermuda and fescue on the menu right now. Luckily, this lot of pigs doesn't seem very particular, going after the fescue in their pen with great enthusiasm.
September 21, 2010
Starting the new season
by Katie
Just this week, 2010 ended and 2011 began for the Farm Girls. The last of our 2010 hogs have gone to the butcher and the first of the 2011 piggies have arrived. In the video above you can watch Hampshire cross piglets exploring their training pen and eating grass. As some of you may know, pigs can't survive on grass alone any more than we could, but that doesn't mean they don't like it. Just like all the other critters, they have favorite varieties of forage including red clover, hairy vetch, and dock. Those are mostly cool season treats and since we're coming off the blazing summer, our pastures have less appetizing fair like common bermuda and fescue on the menu right now. Luckily, this lot of pigs doesn't seem very particular, going after the fescue in their pen with great enthusiasm.
Just this week, 2010 ended and 2011 began for the Farm Girls. The last of our 2010 hogs have gone to the butcher and the first of the 2011 piggies have arrived. In the video above you can watch Hampshire cross piglets exploring their training pen and eating grass. As some of you may know, pigs can't survive on grass alone any more than we could, but that doesn't mean they don't like it. Just like all the other critters, they have favorite varieties of forage including red clover, hairy vetch, and dock. Those are mostly cool season treats and since we're coming off the blazing summer, our pastures have less appetizing fair like common bermuda and fescue on the menu right now. Luckily, this lot of pigs doesn't seem very particular, going after the fescue in their pen with great enthusiasm.
