We have no running water or ponds here. The pigs need mud to keep cool when the temps go over 75F because they can not sweat. So we set up a piggy dripper made of old drip hose, 3 2” x 4”s and a tarp. These guys said they were expert at digging holes and insisted on helping.
One exhausted inspector
Inspecting the first hole site
Inspecting the work and materials
Inspecting hole depth
Filling and tamping the hole
Helping with final fill and tamp
Helping with tamping
Inspecting tamping of second post
Filling in the third hole
Head inspector exhausted, assistant takes over
Dripper hose and tarp up, inspecting sturdiness of post
Excellent job!! Mud and shade a-plenty!
These 2 pigs were brother and sister, the brown one the barrow, the white the gilt. They were a Berkshire/Duroc cross and the sweetest tempered pigs we’ve had.