Pig etiquette

me, personally?  the way i act around the pigs is always very calm and mild mannered.  if they are going to remember only one single thing about me, i’d prefer it to be that they are comfortable with me in their space.

as the video footage documents, chef francois takes a slightly different “approach” to managing the hogs.  if you listen closely, you can hear him justify this assault with “i gotta get a quick weight on brutus.” 

poor brutus.

Piglets

some top notch piglet footage up in here.  today we introduced our six new piglets to their remodeled sidecar paddock.  we built a small area for them to live, with trees for shade, while they transition into general population over the next few weeks.

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liar, liar

i’m actually starting to think that tommy’s whole broken leg thing is a farce.  twice a day i walk deep into prickly blackberry bushes to hand deliver fresh water and delicious slop from the restaurant’s kitchen, and twice a day he’s laughin all the way to the piggy bank.