New Tamworth cross weaners, born mid-december
A new feed hopper to stop us losing on average two sacks a tonne to marauding rats
The original Saddleback weaners are nearly reaching finishing weight. We weighed some of them at the weekend (many comedy pig chasing moments) and they were about 65kg. We're aiming for 75kg for the Saddlebacks boys. A friend has suggested we fatten the gilts to more like 100kg as there obviously aren't the problems with bore taint. We're weighing it up at the moment, on the one hand it would fill a gap in production and save us having to buy more weaners for a few months and we'd produce more meat per animal on the other hand we need to feed them more.
There were also meant to be photos of the new kitchen blinds Ed and I made a few weekends ago, Ed even drove the sewing machine and is inordinately proud of 'his' blind, but we forgot to take photos. Will feature them next time...
