Our New Life in the Country: Shock News

Monday, 25 January 2010

Shock News - Man Gets Pig Pregnant!!

My view this weekend has seemed to mainly be the one above.

As for the title of this post........all my fingers and toes are crossed for this to be the news. For the first time ever we used AI (Artificial Insemination) to try to get Betty in pig (pregnant). If this has worked, in three months, three weeks and three days she should be the proud mother of at least eight babies!!

The daddy's name is Orlando (Gracebank Orlando 2 to be precise) but Lovely Hubby actually did all the hard work!! I'm so proud of him, pity he banned me from taking actual photos of the event, but I was needed to 'persuade' Betty to stand still, quite difficult when she weighs as much as me and is trying to eat my wellies whilst being inseminated!!

Sue xx

9 comments:

BadPenny25 January 2010 at 10:53
I'm keeping fingers toes & trotters crossed for you ...how exciting little piggies ! xx
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Anonymous25 January 2010 at 11:48
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Knittings Nice!25 January 2010 at 11:57
Striking heading......hehehe!!!
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Unknown25 January 2010 at 12:14
Boy, that's exciting!
Can't wait, hope it works.
Happy day!
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A Bun Can Dance25 January 2010 at 13:30
Hello Sue
Your name came out of the hat (well, jug actually!) for my Pay It Forward :-)
Send me your email address, or your postal address in a comment - I'll keep it private and won't post your details on the blog!
Happy Days,
Denise x
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landcuckoo25 January 2010 at 15:05
What a lovely neat and tidy time til little Betties - all the 3's! Will keep a few digits crossed here for you too, how long before you will know anything?
Sarah x
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Sue @ Smiffy's Blog25 January 2010 at 16:29
Hi Sue, there is no way on earth I would have ever been able to get my hubby to do that job! So well first time! Sue x
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Bertie Meadows25 January 2010 at 21:33
Oh how exciting Sue, I'll be watching with interest. I hope it all goes well for you and Betty.
Bertie x
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Taz26 January 2010 at 00:17
Romantic moments in the pig pen :)
Here's to the patter of wee trotters soon.
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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