midnight pig delivery

Soundguy · Oct 30, 2006

A friend of a friend calle dus last night for a 'pig rescue' mission.

We periodically take, or place displaced farm animals. generally it is animal control or zoneing officers that call us to place animals that have been seized or are turned in. however on this occasion, a friend of a friend had taken ownership of a pig that their neighbor had. the neighbor was letting the pig run loose... so these people got him.. he became too much to handle, so they started asking for help... prev owner didn't want him back. Our mutual friends told them we had a farm, and aranged for us to get the pig.

So there I was last night.. it had just started to get dark at 5:30pm, and I was outside preping for a pig delivery. Had to rearange some of my other animals and setup a temporary pen for the new arrival while I got my regular pig pens situated and some other pigs moved. I was afraid that the little guy ( 5mo old ) was gonna escape from the holding pen i setup before i had my other animals moved to make room for him. About the time I figured everything was going good.. the little guy got the scent of the females I have... So then I had a young, strong, aroused pig to handle...

In the end, i got him in a pen in a holding 'cell' so that he could be acclimated to his cellmate. I moved an older male out of that pen which also has a younger female in it... as i didn't want the males to fight. what a job. I finished about 9pm... Wish i had been more prepaired for that..

Soundguy

Slacker · Oct 30, 2006

I'm confuzled...friend of a friend has an unwanted pig on the hoof, you pick it up and make a pen for it. The following morning it isn't on the way to the butcher? That doesn't make sense to me! [

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Highbeam · Oct 30, 2006

Funny, I was thinking fresh pork too.

Soundguy · Oct 30, 2006

We got a few other pigs as it is. If ones going to the block.. it'd be one of the fatter ones.. This one was small... fit in a med sized dog carrier.. not even good bacon or chops on him yet.. I'm patient..(grin)

Besides.. i got a young female he needs to service. My old male stopped 'servicing' about 2 ys ago.. so no piglets.. etc..

Soundguy

Casco1 · Oct 30, 2006

Your thread name brought back a long forgotten memory. About 40 years ago in my younger foolish days I was involved in a "midnight pig abduction". Hadn't thought about that in years. Thanks for the memory.

redlevel · Oct 30, 2006

Casco1 said:
"midnight pig abduction".

We do this before each 4th of July BBQ.

SkyPup · Oct 30, 2006

I had some wild hogs show up this past weekend who proceeded to rooting up my pond pretty badly at night.

The Winchester Model 94 is now loaded and ready to go!

Betcha I nail a couple soon...

roxynoodle · Oct 30, 2006

Here is my pig story. I have a 10 year old Vietnamese Pot Belly, neutured male. I was looking for some new broadband internet service because the company I had filed bankruptcy and was going to be shutting down in a month. I contacted a similar fixed wireless company and apparently without my knowing, they came out here to do a sight inspection. They went through the gate into the fenced back yard and must have had the gate open while they were here. I came home from work and my pig was gone. I couldn't figure out how, the gate was shut, no holes or loose places on the fence (chainlink). Hmm, well, where would I go if I was a pig? I'm thinking the cornfield across the road would be the place. After 2 days of searching for him in it, I found him. He follows me to the road, takes one look at the road and runs WAY faster than I knew he could back into the field. Well, he would be sighted here and there by neighbors, but I couldn't find him again. It didn't help that when a couple neighbors had seem him and told other neighbors that they were assumed drunk and delusional, lol! Well, finally someone sees him eating weeds under the bushes outside her house and she calls the sheriff to report a wild boar is in her yard. Luckily the deputies at least knew he was a pot belly pig, not a boar, but they chased him through the fields in their squad cars. Eventually he just passed out in another neighbor's yard and they called me. Poor little guy was nearly in shock. We managed to pick him up and put him in a horse trailer and bring him back and he recovered. I'm glad I didn't see them chasing my pig because I'd have been pretty mad... everyone who did though thought it was a hoot.

NSBound · Oct 30, 2006

Soundguy said:
A friend of a friend called us last night for a 'pig rescue' mission.
Soundguy

You had me fooled with that title, Soundguy! For all the world it sounded like a tale by "itsmecindi' from CBN, who I haven't seen anything from in ages!!

Soundguy · Oct 31, 2006

hey Roxy.. i think I'd have sent a bill to the new service provider.

Soundguy

PS.. I found a way to keep people from coming into my yard....

hang a "Beware of bull'' sign at all your gates... and then get some longhorn cattle.

Soundguy

roxynoodle said:
Here is my pig story. I have a 10 year old Vietnamese Pot Belly, neutured male. I was looking for some new broadband internet service because the company I had filed bankruptcy and was going to be shutting down in a month. I contacted a similar fixed wireless company and apparently without my knowing, they came out here to do a sight inspection. They went through the gate into the fenced back yard and must have had the gate open while they were here. I came home from work and my pig was gone. I couldn't figure out how, the gate was shut, no holes or loose places on the fence (chainlink). Hmm, well, where would I go if I was a pig? I'm thinking the cornfield across the road would be the place. After 2 days of searching for him in it, I found him. He follows me to the road, takes one look at the road and runs WAY faster than I knew he could back into the field. Well, he would be sighted here and there by neighbors, but I couldn't find him again. It didn't help that when a couple neighbors had seem him and told other neighbors that they were assumed drunk and delusional, lol! Well, finally someone sees him eating weeds under the bushes outside her house and she calls the sheriff to report a wild boar is in her yard. Luckily the deputies at least knew he was a pot belly pig, not a boar, but they chased him through the fields in their squad cars. Eventually he just passed out in another neighbor's yard and they called me. Poor little guy was nearly in shock. We managed to pick him up and put him in a horse trailer and bring him back and he recovered. I'm glad I didn't see them chasing my pig because I'd have been pretty mad... everyone who did though thought it was a hoot.