Fireworks!

Five fireworks getting ready to go off!

Ginger & Mangal are an amazing pair. For a start, Mangal has never 'got on' with any other female. Ginger is his "one and Only". For seconds, whenever we say they are 'over the hill' they prove us wrong. This last litter are their 13th. That must be some record. Each 'season' we question whether we should put them back together again and then we say : "Well, Ginger will let us know if we are right or wrong." Meaning if she doesn't have any piglets, or just one or two, that'll be the end of the line.  So far, she's winning - but how many litters can a lady sow have? Certainly in the commercial world she'd be well past it..... But that's a different world from ours here......

Who's more suprised - spaniel or squiglet?

This time round she had 7 - but sadly, being a large lady and having built a deep nest, she squashed two. The remaining 5 are very lively - at odd hours of the day. They like early mornings and late afternoons (most piglets like the middle of the day for running around!) and are amazingly courageous for their size - see here, one little chappie coming out to talk to Jaunty - I don't know which was the more surprised... Ginger was not in the least bit bothered..... mind you, all of a sudden, she gruntled and all the piglets ran back into their house..... quickly.... they're two weeks old and behaving like piglets at least a week older...... maybe well named as "Fireworks"... I sense they are going to be trouble...... They will be out on the bridleway in a day or two.... much to the delight of the walkers.....