Stone's Throw Farm

The pigs arrived on Thursday! My parents brought a lot of pig pen materials, pig feed, and miscellaneous stuff along with the pigs, so the first thing we did was unload everything. We got the pen all set up and transferred the pigs into their new space (see below). As soon as they hit the ground, the pigs started rooting. They found their food and water and the hut and seemed right at home. At the end of the day, we tucked them in and left the farm for Duluth. When we got back to the farm on Friday it was cold and rainy, and the pigs were all burrowed into the straw in their hut. It was pretty cute, even though I felt sorry for them. We leaned some boards up against the opening in the hut so it couldn’t rain in.

Since then, the pigs have been rooting merrily away at their leisure and learning about electric fence. They’ve also spent a lot of time sleeping in their hut. Soon, I’ll open up one side of their pen and let them out onto some of the tall rye.

Here’s a little video Elden took of my dad and I moving the pigs from the trailer to their new pen. The pigs all squealed when I transferred them, but the last one yelled “ahhhh!” exactly like a person. (Sorry; I couldn’t figure out how to flip the picture on its side.)