The Pigs new home

First of all Id like to thank those who make supportive comments on the blog, I appreciate it and thanks to Jan whose comments on the loss of Sara Ann touched me immensely.Her epitaph to our lovely girl "Run free" brought tears to my eyes.
On a cheerier note, the pigs have now been moved to their newly made paddock- I had anticipated high jinks and a great deal of squealing and noise from the pigs.There was certainly a lot of squealing though it came mainly from the staff, not all of whom are used to being around pigs (well not the animal sort anyway!)and although they happily helped out with the move, were more than a little apprehensive.Still, they were moved with as little stress as was possible for such nervous animals and they are now comfortably esconced in Piggy Penthouse (the pigs not the staff)! I remember years ago changing the living accommodation of our pigs in Liverpool and they refused to go inside ..As that was winter it was extremely worrying. No amount of persuasion would entice them into their new shed and in protest at the enforced change (albeit a better one)in their quarters they all snuggled up to sleep outside in freezing conditions.We had to cover them with bales of straw, horse rugs and a massive tarpaulin to prevent them freezing to death. 3 days later they walked into the shed with no concern whatsoever!! Pigs loathe change, they are nervous animals who like familiarity,it distresses me immensely to think of those who are in the food chain, what they suffer on their last journey. Our pigs are real characters and I know Joe who cares for the pigs at Freshfields Liverpool would agree with that.They all have individual personalities, just like domestic animals. Enjoy your new home pigwigs.