New pasture for the pigs

So today's forecast was for scattered showers in the morning and then sun, well I wouldn't call them scattered or showers. It was rain. Unfortunately, it had only just started when we set up to fence in the new pasture for the pigs. It sucked but we all knew we had to get the work done today, all of us wanted them off of the mud. The kids came to help, as did the turkeys.

We were all slipping and sliding at times with the pigs grunting their pleasure at watching the show. Finely we were ready for them. Amazingly it was quite easy to move them in. Follow me I've got food.

I'm very proud of how comfortable they are with us now. When they first got here they had very little human contact and now we can rub them all over and a few times today they even approached for a few scratches on the forehead.

They started digging their new digs right away! I had just lugged a pail of clean water up and within a minute they had turned it over looking for grubs and other delicacies. Mental note: put a rain barrel up there! I love the new pasture as it's much more of a natural environment for them with a few trees and shrubs. I'm hoping it will be big enough for them for at least a couple months? We'll see, this is all a new experience.
Also with today being Rememberance Day we stopped for the moment of silence at 11am. We then shared with each other our families stories. It will be a special  memory for me of remembering our past and working together for our future.