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Farming through the eyes of a child
Hello! My name is Henry and I’m six. I’m big brother to Florence, who’s four – nearly five, and little Freddie, who’s just turned two. We live in a very old house on a farm near Truro, in Cornwall.
Along with mummy and daddy, we share our lovely farm with a herd of Dexter cows, six ponies, four dogs, three cats, lots of chickens, and most importantly, our amazing Oxford Sandy and Black Pigs.
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Mummy and daddy have kept pigs since 2018 - they started with one pedigree mummy pig and now we have seven mummy pigs and two daddy pigs. My most favourite thing in the world is helping mummy and daddy look after them, and my brother and sister are getting really good at helping too.
After school, we all head out to feed the pigs, fill up their water and check everything is ok. Mummy drives the quad up to the fields and I follow behind in my awesome buggy. Every day, I cross my fingers that we won’t have to sort the fencing - it’s my least favourite job!
There is always lots to do to make sure our pigs are happy and healthy, but they always make us laugh with their different personalities, and we each have a favourite. A while ago, mummy and daddy gave us one each to take care of, but I don’t think they’ll do that again as mine couldn’t have piglets, so she had to go to market!
There is always lots to do to make sure our pigs are happy and healthy, but they always make us laugh with their different personalities, and we each have a favourite. A while ago, mummy and daddy gave us one each to take care of, but I don’t think they’ll do that again as mine couldn’t have piglets, so she had to go to market!
Me and my brother and sister love being involved at every stage of our pigs’ lives; we bring them in when they’re ready to have their piglets, help with farrowing and take care of the new litters - we even help load them when they’re going off to market, and then collect them from the butchers. We have a stall at a local farmers market where we sell our pork - everyone loves it! We help mummy and daddy label the pork, and sometimes I go with daddy to help man the stall.
We absolutely love taking care of our Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, even when it’s raining!
