Females

loopylucy1990 said:
Does anyone have a herd of girls with no neutered male ?
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Yes, it is perfectly possible.

A neutered boar is useful for soaking up the grumpiness when sows come into season, but a sow hierarchy does exist and function without one.
 
Up until we adopted Ragnar (RIP) our girls were a boarless herd of 5, and they had a few boarless months before Norbert arrived, so it can definitely work; as Weibke says, having a boy in the mix seems to band all the girls together more. I think we're also quite 'lucky' in having an obvious and stroppy leader in Siggy, wheras if the girls were more evenly matched power-wise they'd have more squabbles.
 
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