Piggie Update

 Just in case anyone was wondering what the piggies look like after 4 weeks, the top picture is the boy, and the bottom is the girl.  You can see that they are getting bigger!  As well they should since all they do is eat. 

They are very happy, and they both come right up to me.  The girl is a little bit more cautious than the boy.  She still needs to sniff my hand before she'll get near me.  They both like to nip at my pant legs, and try to scratch their sides using my leg.  That probably won't be okay when they're 200 lbs!

Thanks for reading,

-Jay

Efficiency Renovation

I realized that I haven't said much about anything other than the pigs, and this farm has much more to explore!  The efficiency is my current project.  This is pretty much a before picture, even though the interior has almost completely been gutted.  I plan to change it's look quite a bit, so this picture will suffice.  I will try to remember to update the blog regarding this project more often, or at least every time I make progress on the renovations.

Today I had Nature's Way Pest Control stop by for a free pest inspection, and I'm very impressed with them.  They adjusted their usual inspection hours for me because I'm on the Swing shift, so that was the first thing that impressed me.  I told them sometime between 9am and noon, and the earlier the better, and they were here right at 9am.  Awesome.  The inspection revealed that there was damage caused by carpenter ants, powder post beetles, and water.  He told me that as long as I am replacing the damaged wood that I don't need to have the building treated!  How often does that happen?  I figured he was going to tell me that I was going to need hundreds of dollars of treatments.  He even gave me a few pointers for the renovation, and was on his way after only about 15 minutes.  So that's my not-so-shameless plug for today!

Thanks for reading,

-Jay

P.S. Just wanted to publicly thank Chris Roney for helping me with the beginnings of this project, and I'm sure more to come.  Thanks man!

Piggie Update

It's been almost three weeks since we brought the pigs home and so far so good.  They've settled in quite nicely to their pen and have both begun to be okay with me petting them. I'm still worried about Elaine getting attached, but she doesn't go  to see them very much, so maybe I'll be okay.  They look like they've doubled in size already!  They love to eat, and they drink a lot more water than I expected.  I am checking on them two or three times per day!  I'm already through two hundred pounds of food and it's only going to go faster.  I'm thinking about getting more than 600 lbs next time.  If anyone feels like getting a workout let me know!  I'll take any available help to move the bags into the barn.  I will start attaching photos now that I know how to do it.  Thanks for reading!

- Jay