Three Little Pigs

We are now proud owners of three little pigs!

We bought three weaners (all gilts) from a farm on the next hill from ours.

They are very curious, and very fun.

They were scared of us at first, but soon came to associate us with food, and...voila! They make quite an astonishing racket when we get up in the morning, or home from work in the afternoon.

They are also tremendous rooters!

You can see where they've been...

The soil where they've been feels like rototilled garden soil!

We feed them food scraps, they will provide us with delicious, nutritious meat -- not a bad deal for a rototiller!

They take their rooting very seriously.

Gretta so far is the only one we have named -- in honor of a blond Homer Junior High Life Science student who loves pigs and made her request!

Did I mention they are curious? We are loving our newest additions to the family!