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Quote: Oh man! Did you know that piglets usually nurse for 1 or 2 minutes every hour? Normally the sow lets the milk down only for a short time. She'll usually grunt and the piglets learn to run over and drink while they can!

Quote: It looks like she has a little pink heart on her nose!! What is her name?

Quote: Congratulations!!! How is she doing? Do you have any 7% iodine to dip their navels?

Quote: I learned about farrowing from an expert on hogs. He's a PhD and has spent his whole life studying them. He knows more about pigs than even the pigs themselves know. A squirt or two certainly won't use up all the colostrum, and could help tell when the sow will deliver.

When she's very close to farrowing, you can rub her belly and she'll flop right over on her side. You'll also be able to express milk from her teats (but don't do it much). How cold is it there? Piglets like it warm...I'd suggest building a little section where the babies can go and get...