We just bought our first pig. She's a little over 2 yrs old, a hamp/york and is due 9/23. She's had two litters with 12 to 15 piglets each time. She delivered and raised them with no problems. So we brought her home to a nice big pen with a elect wire around the bottom and a
shelter with a bale of
straw, food and
water. We tucked her in bed, kissed her goodnight and went inside. That night we had a tremendous rain storm with thunder and lightening. In the morning she was gone! She stayed gone for four days except for a couple of sneaky visits to her food and water. We finally caught her at the trough and slammed the gate. Boy was she mad! She rushed the
fence, tried to climb over, broke the hot wire and generally scared the bejeebers out of us. Finally after a couple of days she's calmed down. But she's thinner than when she went on her little walk-about. Do you think she's lost her babies? How can we tell? Is there any special
feed for a skinny (maybe) pregnant sow? Thanks for listening to all this!
