For everything that is annoying about pigs (and the list is indeed very long) – they are surprisingly civilized with one another. They are rarely aggressive, and bullying has yet to ever be a problem for us. Introducing new pigs to an established group, like we did this week, can be as easy as just opening the trailer door. Of course, having plenty of food helps keep the peace with all our animals! Not exactly angels, the bigger pigs will always assert their right to eat the best food at the best spot - that’s just a given. I’ve watched as a mother pig lifted her own piglets up, and out of the way, using her powerful snout to fling them so she could get to the food. One such airborne piglet landed several feet away upside down in the water trough and had to be rescued - but it clearly wasn’t personal. It’s never mean spirited- and it’s rather predictable.
Oh, if I could only send this to my favorite English teach in high school! She'd laugh and say, I wish my little preppie girls could write like this, or even knew a thing about pigs!
Bobby, I love reading your writing, and your dry humor makes it fly.
Oh, if I could only send this to my favorite English teach in high school! She'd laugh and say, I wish my little preppie girls could write like this, or even knew a thing about pigs!
Bobby, I love reading your writing, and your dry humor makes it fly.
love, Liz
You are such a direct, crisp writer packed full of knowledge, my favorite type of nonfiction!
Beautifully written Bobbie! Here’s to the democratic ascendancy of pig peace in the barnyard over autocratic bickering in the hen house! Thank you!