04/28/2026
Farm life has not been an easy life this past week. After our piglets arrived a week ago Friday, we lost one 36 hours after arrival to stress. Then what transpired became an avalanche with finding another sick piglet on Monday, isolating it, having the vet out, and still watching it perish by Friday. And then over this last weekend, another two piglets fell ill. We took the fourth piglet to the diagnostic lab for a necropsy, so we’ll find out soon whether it’s a virus as our vets thinks and what strain. Though Tyler and I have been farming for 10 years, life still throws curveballs and it’s hard watching any young life wither in front of our eyes. The remaining eight pigs are looking good and are settled in a new pen with lots of fresh hay. 🤞