The Piglets Just Arrived
Have you ever tried to tell a story but couldn’t get beyond the giggles well enough to talk?
I couldn’t get beyond the giggles to start this post.
Saturday morning we picked up the piglets.
When we arrived at the pig farm the owner climbed into the pen. All of the piglets were asleep, practically curled up under the straw. Not for long.
Within moments there were little piglets running everywhere.
It did not take long for the man to grab the male (the black and white piglet). He carried him by his back legs over to me. The piglet was still, calm as it could be. I sensed that was a good way to carry a piglet, I could just tell.
What did I do?
I put my hands on the piglet, started to turn him over like you would a goat kid. That was smart…very, very smart. The piglet immediately went into action. Squirming…almost out of my hands. The man and my husband snickered, and luckily, between the two of them, caught him.
The two female piglets were not so easy to catch. They ran through the mud for at least 20 minutes. The owner had mud up and down himself, including in his eyes.
When we arrived home with the piglets we backed the truck up to the temporary pen. The first two came out of the crate easily, but the last one escaped our grasp. I am telling you, the statement about something being slicker than a greased pig is absolutely, without a doubt, true! They are fat, smart, and quick.
Down the third piglet went, out of our hands, on the wrong side of the fence. Across the lot she went.
I have no idea how I did it, but I corralled her. I guess years of catching goats taught me something. It didn’t teach me how to keep my hands on a piglet, that’s for sure…tee hee.
Caleb, our pyrenees mix, is having a fit watching over his new piglets. He has not left their side. He does not know that the pigs are moving to their own set up in 3 or 4 days. Temporary situation, sorry Caleb…you have goats to take care of.
Have a wonderful Sunday!
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I can hear the laughter!
Funny how we can have so much fun trying to catch something that is determined NOT to be caught.
They’re darling, I’d love to play with ’em.
Piglets are so cute to watch-noisy-playful-and hard to catch too : )
someone should have taken a video!
sounds fun… enjoy them when they’re small!! 🙂
What a funny and entertaining story! I would have done the exact same thing, trying to hold that pig like a goat. It sure would have seemed like a better way at the time. I know I would have and would have had the same outcome too! Glad you were able to catch the little escape artist! They are both awful cute.
LOL too funny, I guess you don’t hold piglets the same as goat kid’s since with goat’s if you tuck their legs under them then tehy can’t squirm too much!
Amy
Your piglets are to cute! Makes me want some! This also brings back memories of chasing piglets as a kid… seemed they got out alllll the time, they are quite good escape artist! Then we would chase them down and catch them, only to do it again in a few days, they had escaped again… and so it went LOL…
Many moons ago, ahem, many years ago when I was very young ,our family would enjoy the Klamath Falls , Oregon ‘Indian Rodeo’. A highlight of the rodeo for us was the greased piglet chase. The chute would be opened to many greased piglets immediately being chased by Indian youths. I guess after reading your account it should be obvious why it was such an entertaining event! Who needs T.V. at your place Mary, you provide the comedy!
Now that is funny.
Chasing the creatures is an adventure in itself, but yeah, you gotta carry them by the hind feet or you’re beat!
Where was the video camera when all this pig-chasin’ was going on? I’d pay good money to see that!
They are cute little stinkers tho, aren’t they!
It was hilarious…quite the comedy scene. Now I am wondering how we are going to move them from their temporary pen to their permanent residence. They have already grown, and have more room now to get away from us.
Perhaps another funny story? I am already laughing!