Little Chefs and Fortune Cookies!

Last Friday, under the watchful gaze of Ginger and Mangal, the Little Chefs returned to the outside world. The sun turned out to watch too and all the little ones behaved impeccably, pausing only briefly in passing to bid good day to their parents!

After dashing madly about their new pen - much to Rocco's disgust - they settled down to a prolonged exchange of views with Dad which seemed to consist mainly of comparing the size of noses and teeth! Interesting to note that a 2 month old piglet's nose is already quarter the size of a 2 year old boar! No wonder they pack so much power......

Then it was off to collect Precious from Abbey Farm, where she has been honeymooning with Tang these past two months or so. Whilst there we took the opportunity to visit Tang's Fortune Cookies (as we've dubbed his Mischling offspring - who, by the way, are not from Babe but from Kerry - my mistake!). Surprisingly, they've mostly lost their stripes already. The spots and blotches, though, are developing most intriguingly! It even looks as though one of the pink ones is growing a long coat, which could be very interesting! And, on the subject of coats, Polly appears to have trained her little bunch in the very useful art of 'grooming mum's pelt' - a task which they have more than enough time for whilst they are still in the farrowing pen!

Which is just as well since, as you can see from Precious, a curly pig has more than enough coat to keep clean!