PIGLETS 2016 -Preparations (in 2016):


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2016:

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February 02:

Butlig escapes -and is placed in empty (fallow) pen

Images of pig outside and inside new pig pen

February 08:

Butlig breaks into the neighbours' pen

Images of male and female pigs together in pen

...but is sent back home again

Images of pig returning to pen

Meanwhile, the girls get excited

Images of female pigs excited by boar

So Butlig returns


Images of pigs mating

But is sent home again


Images of boar being sent back to his own pen


February 09:

Penny and Terri work on improving the pig pen -again

Images of pig pen fence being improved to prevent
          escape


February 27:

Mission Accomplished?

Butlig with No.1 -A second chanceImages of boar with possible gilt
Result in 18 days....


February 29:

Butlig alone again

Images of pigs


March 14:

Modifications to the pig pen roof

Images of pig pen roof being extended

March 15:

Building a Pig Trough

Images of building a pig trough

Butlig gets a net as protection against falling coconuts

Images of net cinstruction as protection for pig pen
          against falling coconuts

Pig Pen finished -with tarpaulin in place

Images of tarpauline being placed on pig pen roof


March 17:

No.1 starting to loose her figure...

Images of pigs' bellies

Images of pigs

March 29:

Empty pen being modified

Images of pig pen being modified


March 30:

Brownie is moved to the empty pen

Images of pig being transfered to nother pen

No. 3 is moved too -leaving No.1 alone in her private suite

Images of pig being moved to new pen

April 12:

Butlig  gets a wooden feeding trough

Images of making a wooden trough as part of pig pen

Terri levels Butlig's pen with sand

Images of woman leveling pig pen with sand

Preparing to replace the Pig Pen tarpaulin

Images of cleaning up Pig Pen before renewing Nipa
          roof


April 13:

The Butlig's Tarpaulin roof is replaced by Nipa

Images of construction of nipa roof for pig pen



May 26:

Pig Pen wired for electric lighting

Images of pigpen being wired for electric lighting


IMages of tropical Pig Pen lit up in the evening


June  03:

Protection for the light socket in the pig pen against leaking roof

Images of making a protective lampshade for the pig
          pen to prevent water dropping on to light socket

Main wallowing area leveled off
in the Farrowing Pen -but another dip remains,

Images of soil in pig pen being evened out

Images of pregnant pig, water trough and wallowing
          area


June  14:

A temporary extension provided for the Farrowing Pen roof

I(mages of men building temporary extension to pig
          farrowing pen roof


June  16:

Metal frame for Piglet Creep Space arrives and is fitted

Images of metal creep space brrier for piglets
          arriving and being fitted


June  18:

Newly Born Piglets
Visual link to
            web-page documenting first week after sow has farrowed




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Piglets -2016
Preparations 2015

Piglets -2015
Butlig's Diary

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Agrodok publications list

Pig keeping in the tropics
— Housing, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, healthcare, AD-1, ISBN 90-77073-53-1, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
 — Download here

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