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Dennis Farms Lawnmowers

Sheep in Yard (2)

 Dennis Farms’ Lawnmowers
An every summer ritual at Dennis Farms is Janie complaining that I spend far too much time taking care of the pastures and not near enough time taking care of the yard.  The complaining escalates in  direct relationship to the length of the grass.  By the time the grass in the yard is a foot high, my ears are really getting burned.
This year, Janie took matters into her own hands.  When the grass had gotten out of control (in Janie’s mind), she told me, “I’ve had it.  I’m putting some sheep in the yard and letting them eat it down.”
Well, I guess it must be working.  This picture of the “lawnmowers” chewing their morning cud is the 3rd time this summer the yard has been mowed.  That’s 2 more times than it usually gets mowed.  Of course, tippy-toeing around the deposits the sheep leave behind can be aggravating, but a good rain usually takes care of that.

In the Life of a Dennis Farm Pig…

Here at Dennis Farms we like to think we have some pretty content animals.  Below are a few snapshots of what it looks like around here for a few of our pigs.  Enjoy!

Trained Pigs

Here are 3 of our sows and one of our boars (Larry).  They have been trained to eat out of their specific food bowl.  We do this with our sows to ensure that each one gets it’s full ration every day during late gestation and while lactating.  If we did not do this, the dominate sows (and boar in this case) would eat more than their share leaving the less dominate sows undernourished.  That’s Janie supervising supper.  Without one of us present, you can kiss the training good bye.

Snuggling Piggies

And above you can see a group of piggies about a week old snuggling in the late afternoon sun – much cuter than their parents!