Chunk of the day - field egg
I mentioned that part of Chunk's daily routine is heading out to the pasture with us where, among other things, we feed the pigs, check on their areas, look in on the hens, gather the daily eggs and...
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Population explosion
We have been expecting Lola to give birth at the end of May. As it turns out, she made it just under the wire on the 31st. We were told that pigs mostly give birth at night so every night for the last...
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4H
Every year around June, there is a fair in upcountry Maui that includes a 4H event, paniolo (cowboy) history and family-fun rodeo competition. It's not quite as big as the famous 4th of July rodeo, but...
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Venturing out
It's been 2 weeks since the birth of our first litter of piglets, and we're happy to report that they have done amazingly well. It's not uncommon that a mother pig will accidentally crush some of her...
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The Emasculator
It sounds like a horror movie. It looks like a wrench. What is it? It's "the Emasculator": Over the course of a few weeks, there have been many firsts. First time helping a piglet out of a vulva. First...
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Limu wawae'iole
There are tons of edible seaweeds (limu) from the oceans of Hawaii. I've written before about how, at one time, there were over 70 different species referred to in the Hawaiian language. Limu...
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To Donkey or Not To Donkey
This is Bob, the donkey. I don't know if his name is actually Bob (I would venture to guess it's not), but that's what Dave and I always called him when we drove by him at his ranch on O'ahu every day...
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A watched pot never boils
The three ladies (Lola, Bubbles and Trixie) are taking a break in their own paddock after weaning out their piglets and before getting back together with Hef. Think of it as a Vegas weekend with the...
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Beauty and The Beast(s)
Is a pig beautiful? Well, one can hardly argue that a rainbow isn't beautiful.And Dave thinks that a tractor is a thing of beauty.So, yes, I think there are few things as beautiful as day to day...
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Wing-nut
Can you tell which one of these piglets is not like the others? Probably not. Now can you? Wingnut, a few months ago Well, the reasons one of our castrated male piglets can give our baby a lesson on...
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