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Cabin fever





Farmer J got busy with his saw and drill (with the help of his gopher, me) spending last week building cabins for the pigs with the hope of finishing them before the rain came which stops the tractor from going (and staying) up the hill.

 Bases have been put in to hopefully stop the wet seeping up and keep piggies cosy wrapped up in straw when winter hits. We managed to finish them, replaced fence posts, put up electric fencing to make sure enclosures are pig proof and added the first lot of pigs Monday morning, which this time went very smoothly with all pigs able to pass through the gateway where electric fencing has been before (one usually says behind) following a bread trail into their new enclosure.

The areas where these cabins were placed had been empty for quiet a while even greenery had started to grow again. By today it  has taken those four pigs four days with a bit of rain to turn it into mud.
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