Today we moved them from the barn
to the enclosure. We thought (naively) we would be able
to just pick them up and carry them
to the gate. How wrong I was! They squealed very loudly and were not happy.
Ok, plan B. Using some stock fencing we made a sort of corridor up towards the gate. We tried shaking a food bucket, chivving them on etc but they just cowered in the back of the barn.
In the end we stood outside the fencing and waited.....and waited! 20mins later the made their may through the gate.
They ran down into the wallow and into the electric fence. Many squeals later they calmed down and started rooting around.
But we needed
to get them towards the ark so at least they would know where their shelter was. We stood around and one person slowly urged them forward.
Eventually, they made it up
to their ark and began
to root around. It took an hour for the whole process.
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Then the sheep and goats noticed something different and came up
to take a look. They are on the otherside of the electric fence. This spooked the pigs a little.
We also noticed they were reluctant
to go near the fence. Could they have learnt that quickly?
Anyway, have left them now for a couple of hours and will be popping back up
to check on them. Fingers crossed all is well.
The biggie is tonight and making sure they realise the ark is where they can sleep. I'll be mooching around in the dark later on
to check. It's just like having a baby!!!!!
