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 When we went to load the pigs for the second time we figured everything would go a lot better then the first. We had a bigger trailer that's lower to the ground so the incline on the ramp was significantly less. We figured now that the ramp's incline was shallower Toony would just walk right up into the trailer... not. So we once again were chasing around a pig in my dad's backyard while I desperately held the rope tied to her back leg and then it began to rain.
Add Comment  You really think I'm gonna cooperate? Ha! 2 Fridays ago things did not go as planned, which wasn't a huge surprise, but I didn't think they would go so spectacularly wrong. Everything started out well enough, Jeff had finished the boxes to transport the pigs in and we had my dad and our friend Yvonne to help us load them up, and then we let Toony loose. Boy was she happy to be our of her pen and because we figured she would just fallow us we didn't restrain her (not that you can really restrain a 500lb pig). She romped around for a bit and then followed us into my dad's backyard, so far so good. Then came time to go up the ramp... ya not so much. Toony would take three steps up the ramp and then jump off the side and start rooting around my dad's backyard.
| AuthorKayla lives with her family in South Dayton, NY. She along with her husband Jeff hope to start a small sustainable farm to provide their family and community with healthy, naturally produced vegetables and meat. Unfortunately they really had no idea what they were getting into when they started this little venture in the spring of 2009 when they purchased their first batch of laying hens. CategoriesAll ArchivesJanuary 2013 |
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