This April we bought an Oxford Sandy and Black boar called ‘’Alexander’’. As you can see he is very handsome.
Farming through the eyes of a child By Oliver Harry Pye and Isla Lily Pye
My name is Oliver and I am 3 ½ years old. I live with my Mummy and Daddy and little Sister Isla who is 19 months old in Arkholme in Lancashire. My Gran, Grandad, Daddy and Auntie Sarah are all farmers and my Mummy helps on the farm too when she isn’t working at Nursery looking after other people’s children. On our farm we have pedigree Jersey cows and pigs. Our herd prefix is Bayview Jerseys. One day my Grandad decided to take me to the auction and he bought some Pietrain weaners for me and that’s when we started to keep pigs. Then we bought a British lop boar and then we soon had lots of piglets. Then piglets grew bigger and then off they went to be sold at the Auction. That same day Grandad brought back 4 Oxford Sandy and Black gilts for myself and Isla. We named them ‘’ Minnie, Blackberry, Charm and June’’.
We like being on our farm with all the animals, playing on our ride on and pedal tractors around the farm and helping milking the cows and looking after the pigs. We often watch Daddy working in the fields and often in Summer we will have a picnic.
