Pigs #20 - Progress!

Major breakthrough yesterday - I sat down in the pig's barn with some food in a pan, poured it out on the floor next to me and sat quietly until they plucked up enough courage to come and eat it right next to me!  After a minute I was able to scratch behind their ears - only for a few seconds before they backed away, but it was really nice to be able to interact with them like that, its the closest I've got to them so far.  I think if I keep this up each night from now on, and spend a bit more quality time with them on the weekend we should be able to get them to bucket-following stage pretty soon.

James from Morris Free Range Meats & Horticulture (https://www.facebook.com/#!/morrismeats) came over on the weekend and had a look at the pigs' outside enclosure.  I've been a bit nervous (understandably!) about putting them out into their pen, so a second opinion was really helpful.  He thought that with another strand or two of wire here or there we should be able to safely put them out.  I can't wait to see them out there, rooting around and enjoying exploring and ploughing up the area!