Meet the pigs
Lillibet
Lilibet is so named because I collected her on the Queens Diamond Jubilee weekend in 2022. She has, ever since, lived up to her name and is the Queen. Lilibet often doesn’t join us on our walks because, a, she is the queen and does what she likes and b, she is rather large and has poor eyesight so could easily stand on a toe or bump into someone. You can usually find her snoozing in a pig ark or under a tree.
Mollie
Mollie is a very sweet pig and the mother of quite a few of our youngsters as she is a fantastic mum. Like Lilibet, Mollie feels she is a bit too old and sensible for walks with silly humans so can often be seen grazing in the field happily in her own little world.
Nancy
Fancy Nancy loves a tummy rub and happily joins us on our walks to enjoy a tasty carrot and stroke. At a year old she is one of our younger pigs and will be one of our breeding females when old enough. She also accompanies me to shows where she had done rather well in the show ring!
Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell is named after the naughty fairy in Peter Pan as she is always getting into mischief. Tinkerbell loves to join us on our walks but can be rather noisy as she sings while she walks. Unfortunately her voice isn’t the most tuneful! Giving her a tummy rub normally shuts her up for a while.
Nellie
Nellie is the daughter of Mollie and will happily roll over for a tummy rub and join us on our walks. Nellie was born in March this year so is one of our babies and is still very cute.
Sid
(ok, not a pig)
Sid is our ‘Lambassador’ and is always happy to pop over to say hello and have a scratch behind his ear. Once he’s checked if we have any food for him (I usually have a few sheep nuts in my pocket) he will re-join his flock of easycare sheep and wander off to enjoy the lush grass. Easycare sheep are a special breed of sheep that shed their wool in the spring so they don’t need shearing but can look a bit scruffy when moulting their coat. The wild birds love to gather up their wool to line their nests in spring-time.
Spot
(also not a pig)
Spot is also a friendly easycare sheep who likes to come over to see what we are up to. She is so named as she has a brown patch on her shoulder and I wasn’t allowed to call her Patch as, according to my son, the sheep’s names need to starts with an ‘S’.