Around 6 30 AM Brownie had a light breakfast and laid down again.... Around 8 20 AM we heard strange noises and saw the first piglet. We are left her completely alone to see how she coped -but were ready to intervene in case there were problems.....

Fatima says that at first Brownie seemed a bit confused by the piglet's appearance -but by 8 30 AM had settled down and was suckling it

Just after 8 30 AM the second piglet arrived.

By 9 30 AM -it was over: Mother resting and the kids drinking. Unfortunately, the last born (exceptionally small) was already dead. We watched from our balcony and didn't go down there until later.

By 11 AM mother and piglets were resting, We still hadn't been down to take a look yet. This time we will leave as much as possible to the mother and allow nature to take its course.

Around 11 35 AM mother is quietly suckling the brood and we sneak down for the first photo shoot. Just a few shots and then back to the house. Everything is very quiet and peaceful.....

Around 2.30 PM -she gets up and starts eating some of the nesting material. Then she takes a rest away from the piglets for a while. We still haven't gone into the pen -but it looks like 10 or 11 live piglets plus one (or possibly two) dead ones.

By 4 PM (normal feeding time) Fatima went in to the pen after feeding and collected the one dead piglet. Brownie had eaten the placenta.

We buried the dead piglet in the garden and around 5 30 PM closed down for the evening.