FARM FEST FIASCO

Recently we had an interesting experience with the pigs. We were going to try and bring the pigs to a festival in our town called Farm Fest. We got everything ready and we went to get the pigs. We put some whey in their trough and both of them ran up to drink it. We then picked Pip up by her back legs, then before we popped her into the box we measured her to find out what she weighed.  Both pigs weighed about 30 pounds. We then popped Pip in the box and went to pick up Hamlet. We were able to pick Hamlet up and measure him. But, then when we were lowering Hamlet into the box, that’s when disaster struck! Several things happened at once.  First Pip poked here head out of the box, then Hamlet freaked out about his sister’s head suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Then our Dad lost grip on Hamlet's legs and Hamlet tumbled onto his sister’s head. After that there were several seconds of grabbing pig legs, losing grip on the pig legs, and absolute and total confusion. Then our Dad flipped one pig over his shoulder into the pen, our Mom handed him the other pig and he did the same with that one. Here ends our account of trying to bring the pigs to Farm Fest. Lesson learned from this experience:  pigs do not like to travel.

We did bring a nice display about our pigs and their breeds to Farm Fest, (shown above).  They are Old Spot and Tamworth.  On the display we also put how much they weighed and how old they are. (They are now 8 weeks old.) We did all the research about the breeds ourselves.           

Oink to ya later,

Caleb and Anika
The Bloggin' Hog Farmers
Blackberry Hill (Hog) Farm