Latest posts tagged with #farrowing on Bluesky
That's outstanding & I'm glad this has finally happened.
HOWEVER, #farrowing cages are still being used.
They are just as cruel & they have to be BANNED.
Ohio Moves to Restrict Gestation Crates for Pigs
veganfta.com/articles/202...
#NewResearchAlert
"A novel approach for encouraging prepartum nest-building behaviour in crated sows: Its effects on farrowing characteristics" by Chung et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/W_Chung_et_a...
#farrowing #sowwelfare #prepartumbehaviour
Dora happily settled in the farrowing shed this evening!
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#pedigree #tamworth #pigs #farrowing #northumberland #northpennines #allenvalleys
Beryl seems happy to be out of the snow and in the farrowing shed ready for Sun/Mon
#rarebreed #pedigree #tamworth #pigs #farrowing #northumberland #northpennines #smallholders
This is no way to treat a female, a mother.
Making #farrowing crates larger, is just welfarist thinking, we need to keep moving to END the barbarity and #animalcruelty.
Any day now for Betty... But I've been saying that for over a week already 🙄
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#tamworth #pigs #gilt #farrowing #smallholder #northpennines #northumberland
PigCam all set up in advance of farrowing in a day or two
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#pedigree #tamworth #pigs #farrowing #allenvalleys #northumberland #northpennines
Slowly recovering after major flu/virus but last weekend saw the first litter for 2024. Just 2 piglets in the end but they're indoors out of the weather and doing well so far
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#pedigree #tamworthpigs #piglets #farrowing #northpennines #northumberland #smallholder
