Crewyard Clearance Squad

Tuesday dawned bright and sunny...again....for the first two weanlings to leave for their new home.

Since they're still quite young - just over 6 weeks - they are small enough to go in the back of the car - with a few modifications - rather than rattling around in the trailer.... which makes life a lot simpler.

Although we'd allowed an hour to catch, ear tag, inject and load the two piglets it all went so smoothly that they were in their cage within 20 minutes.

"Proves that planning pays" said the Boss, who'd worked out the process of one (person) to catch, one to hold and one to inject.

And then they were off to their new custodian in the North of the County. Where they have serious work to do..... The Wicked Stepmother (check out http://www.wickedstepmothersworld.co.uk/) lives on a glorious farm with an ancient but rather lovely crewyard - which is well and truly overgrown at the moment. Although it may look a mess to us, to a pig it is paradise.......and Malibu and Bacardi have the enviable job of clearing it over the coming summer months.

They will just love that ----- but I do think they need to grow a little more before tackling some of the nettles. By the time we go to collect them in the autumn that crewyard will be all clean and tidy....... well, ok, cleared and dug over!

What a wonderful way to spend the summer............ and spoiled within an inch of their lives by the Wicked Stepmother and her family................. could they ask for more?

The piglets just don't know the lengths we go to in order to find such ideal homes for them!