10/13/2022
Good Morning everyone. For those who have been watching for me to finally start updating the page, here goes nothing.
It's been well over a year now since I first set up this page. I mainly did so preemptively, so as to have something in place once I was ready to move forward, and make myself known in the public eye; and finally, that day has arrived.
We have been working hard over the past year, and have found the inevitable traps that were left for us when we bought the place; and even though we are still dealing with two of them, we are on track to having them finished by Spring and Summer of 2023.
When we first moved in, I immediately started working towards raising chickens. I set us up with about twenty of them all told, but circumstances unfolding as they did, we lost all of them (nothing to sickness or ill use though; just the eagles). We put off getting new ones until we had a better set up, which means fully enclosed yard and coop. Then Covid hit, and our feathered friends became much harder to get. So as of right now, they are on the back burner until next year.
This past spring (2022), I made the decision to go ahead and pick up three piglets, since we had a full barn and corral that was not being used at the time. We have had a blast learning about how tenacious and ornery Kune Kune (pronounced cooney cooney) can be, as well as our one little potbelly. After several months, we have pretty much shored up the fenceline so that they do not escape to run with the cows; though they DO still break into the feed room on occasion to raid the storage bins.
Last night, we began stud service with our male Kune Kune, Sue. Daisy was delivered in the afternoon and so far they seem to be getting along well enough. She absolutely loved the mudpit when she found it, literally running and jumping into it like a kid with a pile of leaves, then rolling around splashing mud all over. This morning when I went out to feed them though, I found she had found a way outside of the corral; remember I said pigs can be tenacious and ornery? lol. No big deal as she was still right next to the corral and went right back in readily enough when I opened the gate and called for her. I think I found where she burrowed under the fence and have it blocked in with cement blocks for now until we can get something more permanent. She has had her breakfast and seems to be quite content.
For those who may be interested in the future, I am currently looking at offering Sue out for stud under the following conditions after Daisy goes back home:
1. You must bring your female to us
2. It is $30/Half Month of boarding. This goes to cover feed and
labor
3. a Signed contract agreeing to supply me with one male and one
female from the resulting pregnancy, based upon it being
successful, and a minimum of two males and two females were
born and survived. This will occur at approximately 6 - 8 weeks.
Sue is a full-blooded, double-watted Kune Kune, gold and black spotted. he is NOT registered. he has an even temper, and loves to talk with me when I go to the barn.
