Skip to content

Dr Vet Sonya

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

“Loving God, Loving People, Loving Animals.”

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact

Tag: farrowing

Farrowing Day – Aug 3, 2021

Today we had two gilts give birth. The first gilt had a quick and easy delivery. She began her litter … More

4-H show pigs, agriculture, animal health, animal science, farm, farm animals, farm life, farm school, farrowing, garden, gardening, gilts, homestead, homesteading, pig breeding, piglets, pigs, rural, show pigs, sows, veterinary, veterinary care, veterinary science

August Farm Happenings – Aug 2, 2021

We have had such a whirlwind of a summer! It’s time to settle back in for the school year. We … More

agriculture, animal health, animal science, education, family, farm, farm animals, farm life, farrowing, homeschool, homeschool journey, homeschooling, homestead, homesteading, okra, pigs, rural, teenagers, veterinary science

July 7, 2020 – Farm Schooling

As you may realize, I am a veterinarian. We live on a small farm where we raise pigs, chickens, a … More

education, farm animals, farm life, farm school, farrowing, homesteading, pig gestation, piglets, pigs

March 10, 2020 – Inducing Parturition in Sows

We have two sows that are at their 114 day of pregnancy today. We know the exact breeding date because … More

4-H show pigs, farm, farm animals, farm life, farrowing, homesteading, induction of farrowing, parturition, pigs, show pigs, sows

Farrowing Update 7/23

We moved 2 more Sows into the farrowing crates.  This first one is a Duroc gilt (a young female pig … More

4-H, animal science, farrowing, homesteading, pigs, veterinary medicine

It’s Farrowing Time!

We are preparing to farrow (the term for pigs giving birth) 6 sows (adult female pigs) this week. You will … More

animal science, farrowing, homesteading, pigs, veterinary science

Heat lamps, hay, and oxytocin 

Cleo has delivered 7 healthy piglets: 5 gilts (girls) and 2 boars (boys). Newborn piglets can’t regulate their body temp … More

animal science, farrowing, homesteading, piglets, rural, veterinary

Berkshire babies!

Our Berkshire sow went into labor at lunch today. We have 4 healthy piglets under the heat lamp so far. … More

berkshire, farm life, farrowing, homesteading, mummified fetus, pigs, rural, veterinary

Search

Text Widget

This is a text widget, which allows you to add text or HTML to your sidebar. You can use them to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. Edit them in the Widget section of the Customizer.
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Dr Vet Sonya
    • Join 266 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Dr Vet Sonya
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...