tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post2639524302274860644..comments2008-07-08T15:33:53.904+01:00Malchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120038732155986660malc1961@hotmail.co.ukBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-55563295833509144952008-07-08T15:33:00.000+01:002008-07-08T15:33:00.000+01:00Congrats on populating your area with quality piggies! You will go down in the history of your island!!<BR/><BR/>I'm laughing at that last sentence in your blog post..."how hard can it be?" Only time will tell, Malc, only time will tell!<BR/><BR/>I, too, look forward to the stories and exploits of the young farmer at weaning time. For your sake, I hope it's a piece 'o cake...but for ours, well, I hope there are stories!!! (snicker)Ginni Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15054469216698857538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-37746129441605671712008-07-08T15:13:00.000+01:002008-07-08T15:13:00.000+01:00for some strange reason this has brought back the traumas of having to give up breast-feeding with less than 24 hours' notice<BR/><BR/>yet I'm <I>totally</I> with Molly on the exhaustion and feeding "off the back"<BR/><BR/><B>good luck all round</B><BR/><BR/>you, Sal, the sows, the piglets: everybody (animal of any sort!)<BR/><BR/>XXX<BR/><BR/>(I do quite like <B>zigz</B>' idea of new shoes tho. . .)I, like the view, stillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-1950231738461456432008-07-07T23:52:00.000+01:002008-07-07T23:52:00.000+01:00I find it tricky enough worrying about the care of one cat, three geckos, one corn snake and five baby Giant African Land Snails. The combined IQ of this lot is about twelve, so I'm not surprised that you worry about the welfare of such intelligent animals as pigs. How the industrial-style pig farmers can bear it I don't know. Lack of imagination, probably.Daphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14469075813149239051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-68101569930566315772008-07-07T18:57:00.000+01:002008-07-07T18:57:00.000+01:00my god Malc, anyone would think you were a proper pig farmer!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Take the mums out for a long drive, lunch, spot of shopping (new shoes help) and they'll soon cheer up.ziggihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-82761024683190548012008-07-07T18:48:00.000+01:002008-07-07T18:48:00.000+01:00*away from earshot* - presumably on the same principles as when the children stop howling the minute their despairing parent has left the school, playgroup, wherever?<BR/>It's good to know Molly will have a chance to recover :)<BR/>I have to say, it's a real tonic to come here and read about how well you deal with whatever life and pig farming throw at you.mig bardsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03300752183969606815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-86772551376903129862008-07-07T13:23:00.000+01:002008-07-07T13:23:00.000+01:00Selling animals to people you don't know is always a worry. We have only sold sheep at an auction twice in sixteen years and both times I was running around finding out who had bought them - not too difficult at rare breeds sales where a lot of people know each other. I would never sell at an ordinary mart. Is it easier on a small island to know who people are and what they are like? Or are you selling outside the island?<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the weaning - out of earshot is right. We don't have enough land to achieve this with the ewes and lambs and everyone baas themselves hoarse at weaning time.susihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849279962364901732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-66119737837989672752008-07-07T12:27:00.000+01:002008-07-07T12:27:00.000+01:00Hi there,<BR/><BR/>Sorry to be a bit off topic here but...<BR/> <BR/>You were recommended by Hannah Velten who blogs at 'Round the Water Trough' and you can find a post about her at<BR/>http://farmblogs.blogspot.com/2008/07/round-water-trough-recommends.html<BR/> <BR/>I'm a big fan of farm blogs and I have been frustrated by the lack of a single place to go to for farm blogs, not just from one country, but from around the world.<BR/> <BR/>Hence, I've recently started a blog called www.farmblogs.blogspot.com<BR/> <BR/>The idea is very simple: I ask farm/rural bloggers who have been recommended by other farm or rural bloggers to recommend their favourite farm blogs. I then link them to my blog roll, and write to them and ask them to do the same thing - that is to say to write to me with their favourite farm blogs.<BR/> <BR/>I've linked therefore your blog to www.farmblogs.blogspot.com and if you'd like to send me an email to info AT ianwalthew DOT com with a few words about your blog, and about your favourite farm blogs, then it would be very much appreciated.<BR/> <BR/>I should make a couple of things clear:<BR/> <BR/>Firstly, it is not my intention to sell advertising on this blog, or take your content - simply steer people in the direction of farm blogs I find interesting, which means that...<BR/> <BR/>Secondly, I am really trying to identify farm blogs that are primarily about farming/rural life (as oppossed to blogs written by people who may live on farms, but the subject of which isn't primarily about farming).<BR/> <BR/>Very much hoping to hear from you,<BR/> <BR/>With kind regards,<BR/>Ian<BR/> <BR/>www.ianwalthew.com<BR/>www.aplaceintheauvergne.blogspot.com<BR/>www.farmblogs.blogspot.comIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07857867583072689277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-64473690819774482622008-07-07T05:50:00.000+01:002008-07-07T05:50:00.000+01:00Waiting for post telling of hilarious exploits of pig farmer chasing pigs in twenty different directions, none of them where pig farmer intends.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-48208938966699827302008-07-07T04:15:00.000+01:002008-07-07T04:15:00.000+01:00There is a lot more to this than I would have ever expected. As an ignorant bystander, I'm totally impressed by the job you're doing. <BR/><BR/>Good luck. :)fiwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816465372283594972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-34279278703493398622008-07-06T23:57:00.000+01:002008-07-06T23:57:00.000+01:00You're doing fine, Malc!<BR/>Once you've got over your first weaning(earplugs for the farmer are a smart move!)perhaps you'd consider doing a Ziggi and having a Pig Pub Crawl?dinahmowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-45950921125729825082008-07-06T23:42:00.000+01:002008-07-06T23:42:00.000+01:00What a heart wrenching thing to be a pig farmer. Your better stock than I. I couldn't do the job. Good luck mate.Bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08680462833188999331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402205903282093537.post-87354685615152337192008-07-06T22:55:00.000+01:002008-07-06T22:55:00.000+01:00Well away from earshot, I'd say.Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com