Bertie in love

We have borrowed Bertie, a handsome young Berkshire boar, to pay his attentions to our two Oxford Sandy & Black gilts (females), and if all goes well (and judging by appearances Bertie and the gilts have set about the work already) we should have piglets in July.

Alice, a friend, brought her two children, Mollie and Jack, to visit our pigs and all was going well until Bertie started performing. This provoked the sort of questions that parents are never quite ready for - about the birds and the bees, or in this case boars and babes. Jack and Mollie sent pictures of their visit and we are looking forward to telling them when the piglets arrive.