The piglets hit town

The piglets arrived on Saturday night, but didn't get here until dark so spent the night in the tack shed with a pile of hay to snuggle up on. My mate Jacqui drove them down from up north (yes she's nuts) and ended up with a distinct piggie odour in her car. They were a bit shell shocked when they arrived and the next morning when we moved them to their new enclosure at the end of the cattle yards they were not thrilled to be handled. But they have settled in heaps, are loving the pellets I got for them and seem to spend an awful lot of time snoozing on their king sized bed (a couple of pallets with hay on).
Spot the piggies....

Getting stuck into their pellets - breakfast in bed, nice for some huh! They are about the size of a large fox terrier right now and love to burrow under the hay and snuggle up together, very cute. Glad there are two of them to keep each other company. Just try not to think about what will happen in 12 weeks.

The chooks are not very impressed so far. They made an attempt to go and scavenge some of the pigs' food but once the pigs actually moved the chooks thought better of it and scuttled away. The horses seem ok so far, but a certain black pony has noticed something is new in his paddock:


The paddock still looks pretty awful but it is actually heaps drier than it was a few days ago and I am sure I can see some grass growing....

Checked the cows today and mum-to-be still looks the same. A bit rounder in the belly but no udder yet so she can stay where she is until the end of the week and then we'll bring her up next to the house in the flattish paddock to keep an eye on her.

Started de-weeding the vege patch on Friday, sprayed it all out as it was completely over-run and will get a rotary hoe from the hire place in a couple of weeks to dig it all up. Dad has planted some tomato seeds for us so we'll get those going along with some peas as soon as possible, yum!!