last day for our pigs - mixed feelings all round
We're finally here. The last day of the 'live pig' part of the pig project.
Sam and I spent yesterday 'pig-proofing' our trailer for the boys trip to our local abbatoir/butcher tomorrow. As our trailer is an open one with sides that are mostly mesh wire and no roof, we've had to tie cardboard up against all the open sides to make it windproof and then secure plastic tarpaulin over the top and sides to make it rain proof. We've put down a load of their normal bedding (easibed woodchips and a pile of fresh straw) to make it warm and cosy. The next bit will be getting them into their luxury transportation.
The plan is to not feed them as normal tomorrow night, but instead rattle their food bowl in front of them all the way down the garden path, round the back of the potting shed which has a nice handy wall next to it, with the only way forward being up into the trailer where food, water and straw awaits them..... sounds like a good plan but we'll let you know if it actully works!
How are we feeling? Well we re-watched Pig in a Day again last night, and also ordered a load of stuff like knives, containers, sausage skins etc which was kind of exciting (if a tad expensive!) and we are looking forward to making sausage recipes and curing our own ham.
But there is a bit of the sentimental part in me that keeps thinking things like - i wish it wasn't windy and cold today, because the boys are in bed and they don't know that this is their last chance to dig and sniff and run about..... and that's because I'm taking them to be killed tomorrow.
But then there's another bit of me that is looking forward to not having to feed them, clean them, worry about them escaping etc, and having more time to focus on the DIY at our house, which has been noticably put back because of the pigs.
So, its mixed feelings. I'm glad that tomorrow its an early start. There won't be time to get sad, we just need to be practical. Quick, efficent, painless is the order of the day - for me and the pigs!
Sam and I spent yesterday 'pig-proofing' our trailer for the boys trip to our local abbatoir/butcher tomorrow. As our trailer is an open one with sides that are mostly mesh wire and no roof, we've had to tie cardboard up against all the open sides to make it windproof and then secure plastic tarpaulin over the top and sides to make it rain proof. We've put down a load of their normal bedding (easibed woodchips and a pile of fresh straw) to make it warm and cosy. The next bit will be getting them into their luxury transportation.
The plan is to not feed them as normal tomorrow night, but instead rattle their food bowl in front of them all the way down the garden path, round the back of the potting shed which has a nice handy wall next to it, with the only way forward being up into the trailer where food, water and straw awaits them..... sounds like a good plan but we'll let you know if it actully works!
How are we feeling? Well we re-watched Pig in a Day again last night, and also ordered a load of stuff like knives, containers, sausage skins etc which was kind of exciting (if a tad expensive!) and we are looking forward to making sausage recipes and curing our own ham.
But there is a bit of the sentimental part in me that keeps thinking things like - i wish it wasn't windy and cold today, because the boys are in bed and they don't know that this is their last chance to dig and sniff and run about..... and that's because I'm taking them to be killed tomorrow.
But then there's another bit of me that is looking forward to not having to feed them, clean them, worry about them escaping etc, and having more time to focus on the DIY at our house, which has been noticably put back because of the pigs.
So, its mixed feelings. I'm glad that tomorrow its an early start. There won't be time to get sad, we just need to be practical. Quick, efficent, painless is the order of the day - for me and the pigs!
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