Maybe...

 

Well, we are 99.9% sure that this girl is bred. Rex hasn't been nearly as interested in her in over a month. We are hopeful that she's going to have piglets possibly in March. 

She is such a sweet girl. The photo above isn't great, but I knew that if I got into the pen with her, she would come over to me and start rubbing her head on my leg. 

It's very interesting to me to compare the offspring of the different litters that we have had over the past couple of years. Big Momma's piglets have grown up to be very sweet and easy to be around. Like Bill & Ted, they seem to like getting their belly rubs or ears scratched. The boys are more likely to come around then the girls. Although, the girls warm up eventually. We sold one of Big Momma's gilts to a lady who once lived here in Clark County, but now lives in Idaho. She wanted a gilt and we happened to have a couple available. After many texts and a week, this little lady went to her new home in Idaho. If she is anything like her momma, she'll be a good breeder and very sweet. She also looks like Fiona.

Big Momma's baby, Ida

Oliver, our big boy that came from one of Fiona's offspring (fathered by Rex) he's a lot like his momma. She was very pushy and a pip. He has his moments and can be a nice boar, but his eyes...when he looks at you it is intense, much like his momma. Her look was always intense. 

The exception to offspring of Rex & Fiona having piglets would be Little Momma. Her piglets have all been so sweet and she's a wonderful sow and mothers very well. So we'll keep her for a while. She's already had three litters, maybe four. I've lost count. She'll be rotated in with Rex before the weekend is over. So maybe another litter of piglets will come in April or May. 

I'm very excited about the possibility of new piglets. Mostly because we are the ones who are controlling the breeding periods.