Tamworth & Berkshire Pigs
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Tamworth Boar, Waiting for the Vet6978 odsłonThe best way we could think of isolating the Tamwroth boar so the vet could check his back leg was to lure him into the stock trailer with food. In the end, he managed to push open the metal gate and escape.
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Berkshire Piglets and their Worried Looking Mother1185 odsłon
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The Vet Giving our Tamworth Boar an Injection5248 odsłonAnn Carman, from The White House Vets in Malvern, comes out on a Saturday and Sunday to see our Tamworth boar. He's a bit lame, but Ann found nothing in his paw (trotter?) and no apparent broken bones. An injection of a pain killer and some antibiotic is needed, but the first bends Ann's needle. Big tries to keep the boar in place while Ann tries again with a stronger needle.
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Westbrook, Tamworth Boar & Alpaca1988 odsłonWestbrook (our Berkshire boar), a Tamworth boar, and an alpaca enjoying a summer afternoon --- and coming for food.
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Westbook, Tamworth Boar & Alpaca2095 odsłonWestbrook (the black Berkshire boar), a Tamworth boar, and an alpaca --- looking for food.
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Pig, Pig, Pig, Alpaca, Alpaca2161 odsłonTwo Tamworth boars (the red pigs), Westbrook the Berkshire boar, and our two elderly alpacas --- enjoying a summer afternoon.
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Westbrook Having A Rest830 odsłonWestbrook is a Berkshire pig, or kurobuta. We brought him in to the stable yard to clean him up for a few photos. He loved the fact that this came with some celery, but after a while he decided to lie down on the cool concrete for a bit of a rest.
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Westbrook Enjoying A Beer1376 odsłonWestbrook is a Berkshire pig --- what the Japanese call kurobuta ("black pig"). Kurobuta pork is highly prized in Japan, and we've decided to take it one step further and feed our Berkshire pigs the same diet we feed our Kobe cattle. This, of course, includes beer. Here Vic is giving Westbrook some nice cool beer on a hot summer afternoon.
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Westbrook Enjoying A Cool Beer1129 odsłonHeineken, of course.
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Westbrook Enjoying A Cool Heineken805 odsłon
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Westbrook Enjoying A Beer723 odsłon
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Westbrook Having A Laugh1129 odsłonWestbrook is a Berkshire boar, or kurobuta ("black pig") in Japanese. I think happy animals produce the best meat --- and happy animals make us all happy. Westbrook is a happy pig, with a good sense of humour. And one of our alpacas is in love with him, and follows him everywhere.
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