Last year we raised two Berkshire pigs as an experiment – and they were SO cool!! They were a perfect compliment to our dairy, feasting on our discard of skim, buttermilk, whey, and scraps. They were moved through a couple of our pastures and we also added some soaked oats to their diet. It was important to us to not feed any corn or soy. {Click here to read more details about Dave & Buster.}🐷

It has been a joy to have pork in our freezer! We have been very pleased with the flavor of the meat.👍🏼

Since our experiment went so well, we decided to open it up to our customers for ordering this year. The response was amazing! We closed orders at 10 after a couple days because we didn’t want to be too overwhelmed in the jump from 2 to 10…🙏🏼

Today we headed to Loudonville and picked up 7. (The final 3 will come from a separate batch.) They are 7 weeks old. These will be named after the 7 dwarves: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey.❤️ (Can’t wait to see who will get each name!!)👏🏼

So fun that our friend Jennifer stopped by when we were unloading them! She also raises piggies and was excited to see them!❤️

The last one! Wonder if it will end up being named Bashful?🙄🐷😉

Here they are in their new place. We’ll keep them in here for a few days to get used to us and learn what electric fence is. (You can see we have a line of fence strung along the side.)

The calves even came down to check out what was going on…🐮

Didn’t take them but a few minutes to start rooting around…🐽

No doubt, more posts will follow as they grow and the season progresses. Can’t believe May is almost here!🌷💐🌺