Pretty thankful today, not only because it’s Easter Sunday 2023, but also because our Berkshire Pig, our Sow, Lara, had 8 baby Piglets four days ago on Thursday. Especially because now, four days later all eight babies and Momma, Lara are all healthy and doing well. Watch our Video at BridenFarm.productions
It was quite a night, she was just 5 hours ahead of her due date, and she remained very calm and gentle throughout the 4-5 hour process. She was very gentle, with the babies and with me as I sat with her and as you can see in one of the Videos I was even patting her.
This morning she was up and drank some water and when she went back to lay down she laid near the piglets and let them come to her. Well done Lara, well done!
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It’s an exciting time at Briden Farm as our Gilt, female Pig, gets ready to Farrow (have babies) and become a Sow! One of the sure signs is when her body starts to show obvious signs of soon being able to feed her piglets…
Another she sign is when she builds her nest, which usually indicates the birthing will start within the next 12-24 hours. Just look at the beautiful nest she’s built…
I suspect by tomorrow morning we may have our first piglets and I also suspect this may be a sleepless night for Lara and I. I’ll do my best to keep You as up-to-date as things progress.
We are often asked about selling milk, dairy, pork, eggs, and other farm products.
Joel Salatin has a Book entitled “Everything I want to do is Illegal”
Unfortunately that is true of about everyone brave, or crazy enough to run a homestead, or farm, or homesteading farm, these days!
Many Homesteaders and Farmers do what they can. Some strictly trying to adhere to obscure, difficult to understand and interpret Government Regulations while others try to fly under the radar. Either way it is very counterproductive.
Sadly, these would be Providers accomplish little when it comes to influencing Government and They find it difficult to meet consumer demands and sully those needs. So, it’s been on my mind for sometime that we may be putting the cart before the horse!
What if, instead of a handful of small Homesteads operators and small scale Farmers seeking change, the Consumers acted instead. First of all, the Consumer base is 10 to 100, perhaps even 1000, times larger than the would be providers. So, that means that instead of a small handful of Homesteaders and Small Scale Farmers trying to influence Government, a larger more concerning number of Voters would be more noticeable! Political Power comes in numbers!
Does this interest You? Brian at Briden Farm would be interested in hearing from You. Call Brian at 902-907-0770