Darceys Piggies ❤❤❤❤❤💙

[Darcey15]

Gorgeous piggies.
Love all these pictures

Thankyou! I love seeing all the piggie pics on here i did a video of me trying to catch them- it was too big but you can imagine it was like a benny hill episode

 

[Bill & Ted]

Thankyou! I love seeing all the piggie pics on here i did a video of me trying to catch them- it was too big but you can imagine it was like a benny hill episode

Aw, all your piggies are gorgeous and a real credit to you x I absolutely love Vimto x

 

[Bill & Ted]

Would you mind coming round and cutting Bill and Ted’s nails. Bill’s a right deva shrieking as soon as he sees the nail clippers! I have never cut the quick but he still shrieks like a banshee!

 

[Posyrose]

I am in awe of your piggy hairdressing skills, particularly with Shelby - very neat

 

[Darcey15]

Would you mind coming round and cutting Bill and Ted’s nails. Bill’s a right deva shrieking as soon as he sees the nail clippers! I have never cut the quick but he still shrieks like a banshee!

Ha ha...i think I find it more traumatic than them and now I need glasses for close up work, they sometimes steam up honestly thought Shelby was going to bite me she was screaming like crazy....she'd get on well with Bill !

 

[Darcey15]

I am in awe of your piggy hairdressing skills, particularly with Shelby - very neat

Ah thanks, she's a good customer for a hair cut. She gets matted very easily especially being outside & in the tube but she scrubs up well. I'll do her a french plait in summer

 

[Darcey15]

Box of pigs anyone?

Being transported from a nice afternoon inside back to their now very clean piggie palace (currently with fan heater on ).

 

[Darcey15]

It might be grass-sparse on our wintery lawn but a couple of them were trying desperately to munch the remaining stalks! Thought I'd give them an early tea & chucked some kale in to cheer them up....
Needless to say, all 6 popped out VERY quickly! They will be out now until all the light goes & now is peak popcorn time- fab to watch!

 

[Darcey15]

A few pics of the Darcey herd from lunchtime. They've been enjoying a nice bit of sun & some fresh grass. I was trying to get them all lined up for the valentine comp but thats quite a challenge so I'll try again at the weekend .

 

[Darcey15]

A few nice pigtures of Roma tonight. She's such a sociable chatty pig ❤

 

[piggieminder]

Your piggies are absolutely adorable. So many with some lovely agouti coulouring, my favourite type whatever colour or breed.

 

[Darcey15]

Your piggies are absolutely adorable. So many with some lovely agouti coulouring, my favourite type whatever colour or breed.

I love the agouti colouring too. I thought they were supposed to be chilled though. This lady is super dramatic!

 

[Darcey15]

Cuddles for Sonya tonight (one for @Black piggies ). She blends in with my pyjamas so tiny compared to the rest but super soft shiny and I've just noticed rather large ears! All the better for hearing the fridge open! ❤

 

[Darcey15]

Let the corn battles begin! Roma in first (as always with her own piece) anyone comes near and she kangaroo kicks them. Every piggie for herself in Romas world. It lasted all of about a minute and not one kernel left (good piggie skills that!)....she then did a hostile takeover of someone elses

There are only 4 pieces today & 6 pigs so I was asking for trouble but there's some friendy sharing going on and some other yummy veg tonight to keep everyone happy.

 

[Darcey15]

Roma having a little cuddle time. I let her roam on the floor & the sweetest thing happened. Shelby was at the bars on their temporary indoor C&C run and Roma went straight up to her squeaking & was trying to get back in. I opened the C&C and she ran in. Maybe my living room is just not that interesting.. apart from the TV!

 

[Darcey15]

Interesting having outdoor piggies inside though as they are not so used to being handled. Roma did not settle at all, the noises are unfamiliar & the smell of my candle were distracting. So the session lasted about 20 minutes. She was much happier being back with the herd than being separated. It worked better when I brought them out in pairs so when I do handle occasionally for grooming, that's what I'll do but for now, I'll leave them be.

Looking forward to the storms passing and they can go back in the shed with normality resumed & more natural sounds & smells.

 

[Darcey15]

Oh my- do you ever wish you hadn't started trying to rearrange the piggie set up so late in the day!? Currently sitting in the piggie shed, it's raining heavily, I'm dirty having given it a deep clean & now scratching my head as I always do when I decide to "rearrange".

I thought I'd give them even more room but I'm losing the light and I've run out of grids as the herd are still inside the house (using said grids) and probably thinking "thanks for your efforts but we are staying put".

I think I'll revisit the situation tomorrow ...

 

[piggieminder]

Tomorrow will do!

 

[Darcey15]

Tomorrow will do!

It'll have to! At least its clean & aired now, the rest (in daylight) is the fun bit .

 

[Darcey15]

Very compliant piggies for weigh in today. Pretty much the order of weight I'd expected simply from looking at them and how they feel although I would have put Roma at the top but she's a ball of fluff so a bit deceiving!
Sonya is a delicate lady in every aspect but they all seem nice & healthy .

Very happy to be back home in their piggie shed today.

 

[Darcey15]

Not great pics because I'm losing the light but picked a full carrier bag full of grass this afternoon to suppliment my rather pathetic lawn offerings. First out was Shelby (long haired)....then Vimto (agouti)....then Sonya (little black cutie). No sign of the other 3, they are probably snoozing away in the shed.

Glad the soggy lawn hasn't put them off but to be fair its the first day we've had in ages with no rain.

Fresh air & fresh grass....it's a good piggie day ❤

 

[Spoink]

Such stunning piggies you have, how good they are to sit so nicely to be weighed.

Such lucky piggies to have such a lovely human.

 

[Darcey15]

Such stunning piggies you have, how good they are to sit so nicely to be weighed.

Such lucky piggies to have such a lovely human.

Thankyou, that's very kind. I think they thought they were about to be baked in a cake (those are my baking scales ) so I was super quick...one in one out!

 

[Black piggies]

Not great pics because I'm losing the light but picked a full carrier bag full of grass this afternoon to suppliment my rather pathetic lawn offerings. First out was Shelby (long haired)....then Vimto (agouti)....then Sonya (little black cutie). No sign of the other 3, they are probably snoozing away in the shed.

Glad the soggy lawn hasn't put them off but to be fair its the first day we've had in ages with no rain.

Fresh air & fresh grass....it's a good piggie day ❤

Have they got that tube tunnel to a shed? Love those tube tunnel things.

 

[Darcey15]

Have they got that tube tunnel to a shed? Love those tube tunnel things.

Yes, it's a runaround kit with an extension pipe to make it even longer. I just move it round once a week.....struggling to find a good patch of grass currently! You can close each end at night.

 

[Black piggies]

Yes, it's a runaround kit with an extension pipe to make it even longer. I just move it round once a week.....struggling to find a good patch of grass currently! You can close each end at night.

That seems such a natural set up for piggies. Love it. How do you clean the poos from the tube?

 

[Darcey15]

That seems such a natural set up for piggies. Love it. How do you clean the poos from the tube?

Thanks, yes it gives them a decent level of freedom. Ha ha good question....I don't yet but when the weather gets nicer I will unclip each end and blast it with the power washer (fun job poo blasting!). Honestly its compacted poo at one end but they dont care & sit in the tube alot! Probably what their tunnels in the wild might be like but what surprises me is how clean they keep themselves considering the muddy lawn & poo tube! It has air holes all along it so probably just dries out.

I'll report back when I do the poo blasting

 

[Darcey15]

5 happy pigs (in muck) enjoying the grass I picked. I felt a bit sorry for them trying to munch whats left of my lawn/bog so I picked a big pile from the front garden.
Roma nowhere to be seen so will hunt her down when I feed them shortly.

 

[Bill & Ted]

5 happy pigs (in muck) enjoying the grass I picked. I felt a bit sorry for them trying to munch whats left of my lawn/bog so I picked a big pile from the front garden.
Roma nowhere to be seen so will hunt her down when I feed them shortly.

Aw I love your set up! We have a bunny tunnel like yours too, not quite as long though. Your piggies are gorgeous, it’s nice to see them out on the grass. Kept Bill and Ted in his winter and wish I hadn’t, they were always so happy outside on the lawn. The poo blasting is a major task, it always collects in the rungs

 

[Darcey15]

Aw I love your set up! We have a bunny tunnel like yours too, not quite as long though. Your piggies are gorgeous, it’s nice to see them out on the grass. Kept Bill and Ted in his winter and wish I hadn’t, they were always so happy outside on the lawn. The poo blasting is a major task, it always collects in the rungs

Thankyou its been so unbelievably wet but they dont seem to mind. It was only when it hail stormed that they shot inside.

Really looking forward to the tube cleaning job (not). I have a Victor Meldrew neighbour who complains for fun so that will be the direction I poo blast in ...