Sage marie

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Today she hasnt barely touched her food. just a few nibbles. I brought her out some fruit, she cant resist peaches. She did eat that. Not touching her feed, which she normall devours. Has been drinking but mostly just laying still. Any thoughts?
11 years ago
Thank you Burra, I didnt know how to post the picture just the link. She was pretty restless last night changing positions and locations a lot.
11 years ago
Her stall is attached to an outside paddock, where she can come and go as she pleases. At night she is closed in, but we go let her out a couple of times so she can potty.she has been spending a lot of her time in the stall lately during the day. She has a corner outside that is also bedded with hay and shavings that she will lay down on. Every day she seems to be getting more uncomfortable, poor girl.

Heres are a cpl of pictures, you can see how large she is. Thanks for every ones input.

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/ShyBon/41314pm041_zpsf011c758.jpg

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/ShyBon/41314pm037_zps58176a18.jpg
11 years ago
Thank you! We are going to set up a corner in the stall where they will have a heat lamp and an area to get in where she cant so they can be safe. We are waiting to put it in when she has them. The waiting would be a lot less difficult had we had a breeding date...Our bad! So now we have to go by signs, and having never has a pig farrow before I have no experience to fall back on. I guess we will have a breeding date when she farrows lol!

So when you say near are these signs you notice in the weeks or days before? I know you certainly cant give me a due date but any guess is appreciated
11 years ago
I have a pig, she is pregnant, can feel piglettes moving and can hear hb's on doppler. Ive read and read til my eyes have crossed and think she is getting close to farrowing, but not sure. This is my first time birthing pigs, and her first time too. I have so many questions, looking for answers I am not sure can even be answered.
She was housed with the boar got them both when they were very young, she has always been extra friendly, lap pig and he is sweet but shy. They are now separated, but share a fence line so they can visit. Our girl has a 6 x 5 stall bedded and we have a barn cam on her so we can keep an eye out.
We do not know when she was bred, so no due date We do know that in the last several weeks her tummy has gotten MUCH larger being several inches off the ground to now dragging the ground. Her teats have gotten much bigger in the last couple of weeks, and has started an udder. Her vulva has started to get swollen and saggy. Still no milk, no nesting. She is breathing harded, due to a tummy full of piggies... We can see them move through her tummy now and they are kicking much harder than they were. She has even developed in the past 2 days a dark area around her nipples.

So with all these signs, we keep waiting and watching and hoping we can catch it to watch on camera. If she needs help we can, but we would like to just watch from the cam. From what ive read it seems she is close, but how close? days , weeks or a month?
11 years ago