December 2011
We will have four litters in February and March 2012!
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Plum, June, Rosa and Lily are in pig. Sire of all four litters is friendly Tutaki boar Fluffy. And yes, his colour really is carrot-orange.
Ready for winter. Bought twenty packages of haylage and a trailer full of fodder beet.
Some fields beginning to look like a swamp. Glad we did put tiles around our pig huts.
Black ice this morning. Boar-piglets Oscar and Jack were slipping on the tiles, Rosa fell flat on her face and tore her lip. An extra portion fodder beet gave some comfort.
Betsey is gaining wait again, she lost too much (well relatively speaking) feeding her last litter. Also starting to look half decent again after totally (think ´bald`) blowing her coat.
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November 2011
Kunekune to Berlin
Two of our little (castrated) boars left for Berlin
Tierhof Alt Marzahn is an educational city farm, part of a three hundred years old village, now fully enclosed by the high-rise buildings of Berlin
Every year more than 50.000 people visit the city farm and 300 school classes have tours for educational projects and fun. Employees read fairy tales, and other stories, to the youngest kindergarten children, with the farm animals as ‘living’ figurants.
Our kunes Max and Moritz are already feeling at home and fully loving all the attention.
We are looking forward to visiting them in Germany
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November 2011
All our piglets found new great homes.
We will keep two little breeding boars.
Spring 2012 we will have new litters!
Spring 2012 we will have new litters!
October 2011
Plums litter, three weeks old.
September 2011
Annette, William and I gave our day long ‘kune kune pig keeping workshop’, this time at Annette’s place. A lovely sunny autumn day, enthusiastic and happy participants... and the pigs had a blast (a lot of cuddling).
Lots of theory but also enough time for 'hands-on' experience.
Lots of theory but also enough time for 'hands-on' experience.
Pictures W. Erkens
Next workshop will be spring 2012.
September 2011
And now something completely different…..
These three girls are here to assist our pigs keeping the grass down. Our Walliser Schwarznasen... Swiss mountain sheep, now on flat peat land. Quiet and cuddly, so a good match with our not so quiet and cuddly kunes.
September 2011
Rain or shine, these girls are always ‘into wellness’, especially mud-baths. Pigs!!
Boisterous piglets on a raid!
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August 2011
One of Betsey’s first piglets celebrated her 2nd birthday. Her new owners send us these lovely birthday-pics.
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August 2011
Betsey's piglets
Piglets visiting (read: bothering and stealing treats from) the neighbours
Rosa's piglets
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July 2011
One of our first piglets, now Rosie in her new home, as… Hollands
Esight Photography came to take some pictures of the dogs but couldn’t resist the kune kunes. Turned out the kunes were more obedient than the dogs. Must have been some dogs.
They did do 'a tiny bit' of photoshopping, in daily life Rosie is a real pig.
July 2011
Betsey's litter....
... and Rosa's litter.
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... and Rosa's litter.
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June 2011
Visited the UK for a few days.
The Royal Bath and West Country Show.
And what do kunekune breeders find when exploring the Jurrasic Coast?! Ofcourse, a shark coprolite.. or 200million years old shark-dung! Our guide was surprised we spotted such a nice species. Might be because we muck out our pig-fields twice a day?
And for everyone who thinks kunekunes are large pigs......
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The Royal Bath and West Country Show.
And what do kunekune breeders find when exploring the Jurrasic Coast?! Ofcourse, a shark coprolite.. or 200million years old shark-dung! Our guide was surprised we spotted such a nice species. Might be because we muck out our pig-fields twice a day?
And for everyone who thinks kunekunes are large pigs......
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June 2011
Pictures Nanouk Weijnen!
May 2011
Many new pictures of ‘pigs in their new homes’ in the gallery.
Plum is back home after her date with handsome boar Boris. Don’t know why I have a feeling she didn’t miss us. Litter is expected in August.
Pictures William Erkens
May 2011
April 2011
Spring! So it is time to...
…lose your coat
… laze in the sun after ‘pigging out’
… put shade nets in the pig fields
…. stroll around the meadow together
... have piglets still, more or less, clean
…. rise nice and clean.... but look like this after a few hours.
March 2011
Plum’s litter, week two!
One of the first piglets we ever sold is back, after one and a half year, for a date with our boar Tom! Looks like she still feels at home.
Boar Tom didn’t like our hay until he saw the girls eating it. Must be very good stuff if they like it that much?!
March 2011
Plums litter!
Some new photo's in the gallery.
Some new photo's in the gallery.
March 2011
Some new pictures in the gallery!
Februari 2011
Piglets almost five weeks old.
February 2011
Rosa's litter!
Did put some new pictures in the gallery.
Did put some new pictures in the gallery.