Pigs

The pigs arrived four days ago and already they are a fixture.  They are twelve weeks old and are a cross between a saddleback and a black pig.  I was sort of delighted that they were black as I wasn't looking forward to rubbing in suntan lotion into them.  Also pigs are fast how would I have caught them?  Anyways there was great fun getting them into their house for the first time but now they go into it themselves. 

They are now trusting me a bit more everyday.  Today they followed me to the trough without being skittish and running. 

My Girls

Introducing "my girls". The redder hen is older than the paler chicken.  Don't ask how I know I was told,  I was also told that the younger hen wouldn't start laying for a few weeks. But the day after the picture of the egg  on the left is from that said hen!!  So maybe the upset of moving house moved things along!!  We have "the girls" now for five days now and we have had an egg of each of them every day!  And they are the best eggs I have ever tasted. But hey I am biased! 
All weekend my other-half with the help of his brothers fenced the area for the pigs and moved the pig house into place.  Tomorrow the official from the Department of Agriculture will come and inspect the area. All's in place except the electric fence, which my husband is reading the instruction manual as I type!