Wedding Fruits

It's always sad to say 'Good Bye' to piglets. Here's the Precious's Little Fruits watching Moses leave. He's gone  to a good home where there are other pigs and where two young Mangalitza gilts are waiting to become his paramours. He'll want for little we think. Arriving at his new home, the humans went off for a cup of tea, leaving him in his travelling box in the van - when they returned to take him to his quarters he was sitting in the front seat! 

"Wish we'd had a camera" Jim said when we spoke on the 'phone the next day.
Think Moses is going to be alright.

Yesterday it was the turn of Mave and Babe.

They've gone off to newly wed Custodians, Rachelle and her husband.

 They were given Custodianship as a wedding present. Apparently on the wedding day a cuddly pink pig kept appearing in this guest's arms, on that guest's chair, with one of the children..... Rachelle thought it a bit strange but it wasn't till she and her new husband got home that night and found the certificate informing them that "Mave and Babe" were coming to live with them for a few months that the penny dropped!
What a lovely idea.

As soon as they returned from their honeymoon they got in touch with us and came over to select their piglets and yesterday we delivered them. Mave's the red one: she was not at all happy to be in the car and squeaked, squealed, peed and pooed, climbed over Babe, threw herself against the cage sides, ripped up all the paper. I think she's  going to be a handful!

Babe, on the other hand, was as good as gold. Perhaps she's a dumb blonde and was just computing everything - slowly!
Whatever - both little weaners were more than happy to get out of the car and go exploring round their new quarters. They've a unique des.res. - but it didn't interest them at all - least not whilst The Boss and I were watching. Having been indoors since they were weaned they were far more excited by the smells on the ground. Which they lost little time in rootling into. "Don't think that grass swathe is going to last long" said The Boss as we walked back to the car.  "Don't think that Res. is going to look quite so des. once they start their modifications" I thought to myself. For the time being though it'll be nice and snug for them and I'm sure the Humans at Dovecote Farm will soon rustle up a replacement if needs be. Mave and Babe will be well looked after for the next 9 months or so and Rachelle has promised to send us regular updates and photos.

What a lovely way to start married life!