This Little Piggy is Growing Up!

I've gotten behind with posting about our little piggies, so now I am playing catch up!  

It is finally County Fair week and our little piggies have been busy growing, growing, growing!  Here are a bunch of pictures that show how much they've grown.

These pics are from May 29th, so about 1 month after we brought them home - they were about 3 months old.

Pigs in a normal pig barn are fed a feed mix supplied by the local coop - Show pigs are fed a special feed mix to help them pack on the muscle.

I would have never expected Kate to be the one that's most attached to the pigs but she is first in the pen and last to leave when we visit!

CHIP     SPOT     WANDA    DALE    COW

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June 11th - it was a perfect day for getting the pigs out of the barn and working with them.

Scott and Farmer Kurt keeping an eye on the pigs and the kids!

Walking a pig is kind of like steering a horse - except the pig doesn't listen quite as well!

Our 4Hers - Keeley, Kate, & Jake 💚

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It was really hot on the 4th of July, but since we all had a day off, we decided to go for a visit.  They were all fast asleep in the barn with their fan on high when we got there!

At this point we were unfortunately down to 4 pigs - Dale, the completely white one, had had a few health issues since we got him and on June 22nd he passed away.  There were a few tears, of course, but it's part of owning and loving an animal and learning life lessons.

Katelyn is ALWAYS in the pen - she is just too stinkin' cute!!!