The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

believe me at the time it was funny, thought we would never get her hooves done and with her squealing the whole time i was about ready to just let her go but we finally got it done, after that we put big rocks where she had to walk and that kept them trimmed, had her for 14 years and she hated me, always was trying to bite me, loved my husband that why she became his as for wilbur, his hooves aren't long yet its just the way he hit my foot, he was running to see if there was any dog food down on his way outside(hes housebroke)he hit my foot and twisted to turn to go down the hallway

LOL that's a good plan! Maybe I need to do that with my dog. He doesn't let us trim his nails.

And oh that makes sense. Sounds painful.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Remember me? Hope everyone is doing well.

@sharron Wilbur is gorgeous! @rjohns39 what's hatching?

I've finally downloaded the camera so I can show you my DD's birthday cake. She decorated it herself in the end.
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Our miniature peach tree has burst into bloom and I was feeling a little sad about having to leave it behind when we move, then I was weeding around it and found lots of little peach seedlings. They have been potted up so hopefully some will survive and be the start of my orchard at our new place (when we finally get there). Sounds like they take about 3 years to start producing fruit when grown from seed which is pretty good.
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I got to cuddle a 3 day old lamb the other day. So adorable! DD's friend's family is looking after it until it's big enough to be integrated with the older lambs at the local regional park where they keep orphaned lambs for kids to bottle feed. Our son's favourite animal is sheep and now he really can't wait to get to our farm.

And I have a few cute/funny photos of our crazy cat, Mistletoe.
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View attachment 1512968 (I actually gave her a poke after snapping a few photos like this as she wasn't moving at all - she certainly 'plays dead' better than the dog can)!

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I promise to try and stop by more often. I'm not quite sure what's happening to my days at the moment!

Hi Jae! Good to see youAwesome pictures!

 

[JaeG]

thank you and that cake looks so delicious , as for the sheep, we use to have wool sheep for many years then we discovered hair sheep, can't beat hair sheep, don't have to sheer them or dock the tails and the meat is out of this world, didn't care for the wool sheeps meat but anyway, good to hear from you again

Yes, I've definitely been looking at sheep that shed their own wool. A friend of my Mums has Demara sheep and that's often crossed with a Wiltshire here to make a 'Meatmaster' sheep. I do like the Demara sheep as they are very pretty with their colours and patterns.

 

[CapricornFarm]

this is my big boy now, wilbur or as i sometimes call him, piggly wiggleyView attachment 1512631 View attachment 1512634

Love the spots! We had Guinea Hogs.

 

[CapricornFarm]

you know, they really ought to have a love button beside the like

And a dislike button!

 

[CapricornFarm]

lucky, i still have to wait til this weekend before the rest of mine are due, poor little one is all by itself til then

See, perfect spot for dislike. Poor lonely only!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

View attachment 1512626 View attachment 1512627 View attachment 1512628 View attachment 1512629 this when he was a baby, about 5 or 6 months old

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is so cool yet funny at the same time.

 

[sharron]

And not saying this was the case with Wilbur but sadly a lot of people lie about the size of their adult pigs or sell underage pigs so that they look smaller when sold. Some even tell people to essentially under feed/starve their pig so that it stays really small. But unfortunately the extreme "tea cup" thing is basically a myth and usually the pigs end up eay bigger than intended. Whether it's just 60 or 100 pounds but still somewhat manageable up to a couple hundred and I knew one that had a full size like 600 some pound female but they kept her because they were attached. It's really a shame they do that cause not everyone can keep them when they get that big. :/ now of course there are some breeders that do have small ligs, I'm not sure exactly how they do it, but it's sad how many lie and/or sell underage or sick pigs to unsuspecting buyers just cause pet pigs are kind of a fad right now and they care more about the money than the pigs.

Sorry for the rant lol didn't mean for it to turn into that. And not saying that's where Wilbur came from or anything, it's just that you saying Wilbur is bigger than you thought reminded me of that. There are A LOT of unscrupulous pig breeders sadly. People see cute "mini", "teacup" etc. Pigs and want one and breeders capitalize on it. Same thing happens with dogs in popular movies. I think the videos are part of the problem, people don't realize the tiny little pigs in those videos are likely still babies.

yes. i know that everything you said is true and i've seen some pretty little things that i thought were unweaned, in fact some people we know bought one and she at 8 months of was only 50 lbs and on the other end some people we know had one that was well 250 lbs, wilbur is about the same size as the sow husband had so its ok his size except when he runs over my toes, i love him and it is a pain when we go to florida for the winter but he goes too, he loves it down there, believe me i knew what i was getting in, he loves me too, likes husband but he's picked me as his person so we're good

 

[sharron]

morning everyone