PIGLETS 2016 -Preparations (in 2015):

July 03:

Area selected for new animal pens

July 04:

Cutting trees for new animal pens

July 18:

July 19:

Butlig seems ok after his operation

...but goodbye Miss Piggy!

August 11:

Work started on the new pig pens

August 15:

We explore the possibility of buying piglets from a neighbour

...and Butlig explores the new pig pens

August 18:

New Pig Pens are now ready for occupancy

August 29:

Final Touches to New Pig pens

Painting with used oil to protect wood

...and the new piglets move in

(photo: Fatima Lasay)

August 30:

....with a new hedge planted along the pig pen fence
To provide fodder for animals

September 02:

The Piglets need extra shade to prevent sunburn

September 16:

Happy pigs
while work continues painting wood with protective oil

October 02:

A Tale of Two Pig Pens
One without and one with pigs

December 04:

Anti-mud Coconut fronds seem to be working -but more needed

December 16:

The Piglets are given fresh bedding material (Sawdust and Rice Hulls)

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Agrodok publications list

Pig keeping in the tropics
— Housing, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, healthcare, AD-1, ISBN 90-77073-53-1, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
 — Download here

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