Oh Fiddle Sticks!
Well Fiddle sticks. Miss Fiddle Fern STILL has not had her babes! We were sure she was plumb ready to pop weeks ago and not sure how she could have gotten any bigger. But she has! One thing is for sure though, she couldn't get any sweeter! This precious girl heaves her big self up on the stall door the second she sees us in hopes of getting some loving. She doesn't squeal or scream like most pigs. She hums. Yes a hum. See she's a more rare, critically endangered Chinese Meishan breed. They are just different. They make a really cool series of hums, trills and barks to communicate their needs. Here she's just happily communicating her need for a little more loving to make it through this "home stretch" and getting those babes safely delivered! We just hug her and say "we know sweetie, we want them here too"! Anyone else ready for them already? Did you happen to see her at the fair, when it looked like she couldn't possibly go even another da...