{Here Piggy Piggy}

Okay Okay Okay!

Two pigs for 4H turned into six pigs!

That't right! We are regular pigs farmers now.

They are not near as stinky as I thought they would be, but let's face it,

they haven't had time to poop up the place.

They have a great set up though.

When we got them and let them outside, they just stood there, they had never breathed fresh air

or stood on ground before. We got them from a Hutterite Colony and the hutts keep them in a heated barn all the time.

It was probably a shock to their system the first few days, but they have adjusted well even with the cold snow storm we had last night.

I think they are so cute!

I told the kids they could not name them though. They will be for consumption. {not from me, I don't eat pig, but for the neighbors, the 4-H people and one for us to share with others}

They named them though. Names like: Chris- for christmas dinner, Ham, and porkie-from porkies on a stick that you can get at the farmers market, I refuse to call them these things though. They are just "the pigs".

I didn't know how I really felt about this, but lets face it. These pigs will have a great life until they are....well you know.
Every night for dinner the kids say..."this would be great with bacon" When I inform them we have none, they just say..
"but we will soon" ... soon is a relative term.

Emma was out with me and the pigs and got so distraught because a pig "...ate my shoe..."
She is so funny. She says here piggy...then freaks out if they get too close. She loves them from a distance, smart girl!

We had good fortune. We were looking for a feeder for the pigs, and they are not cheap. While talking to a man in our ward, and telling him we were getting pigs he said "oh, need a feeder?"
How fortunate he would ask.
He happened to have a small pig feeder, and I happened to have a water cooler that he needed.
As they say on Dances with Wolves "Good. Trade."
As my mom would say... that was a tender mercy from the Lord.
As you can see in the picture. It is just a small one.
This is how lazy pig farmers farm. With huge feeders that you only have to fill once a month if that.
They can't waste food because they have to lift the door with their snout and if they pull their head out, the door closes.

We were also very fortunate that our neighbor, Miles rigged up this great water bucket.
The water only comes out if the pigs suck on the end of it.
We truly have a great set up.
I love to go out and watch them. They are cheap entertainment.
I count my blessings daily and am truly overwhelmed at how much the Lord blesses me.
He might just bless me just a little too much. Because sometimes the blessings come with work, but I love it.