new baby piggie introduced help

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hi hoping someone can advise as to whether my introduction is going ok! got a new little one today 10wkish, she is also a sow, shes a teddy, my other two are abby x's (abbyruvians ?) i have put her in neutral place with stack of hay and veggies and popped in my two current sows who are around 5-6mths old there was a bit of scuffling going on the one which i though was the less dominant sow (mog) had a bit of a peck and go 4-5 prods in the back at her she squeak so guess she caught her or scared her but didnt persue it i was hoping that was going to be it , after about 5 mins they all had a munch on hay ect now they have finished eating and are having a wander around making that twittering noise as they do the baby seems unconcerned by it all she did atempt to get underneth one of my older sows (mog) to hide not much of an issue she just scuffled her out of the way. I'm not entirely sure thou which one is my domanant sow as i thought i had them sussed only to witness who i thought was the under dog (mog) chattering her teeth last night to the one i thought was dominant (meg) for the dominant one (meg) to back off (at least the one i thought was dominant! is this making sense lol) meg went to go towards baby (to say hi i think?) but mog who has been doing all the fussing and having a go then had a go at meg and chased her off what was that all about? hoping i have not caused a problem here for myself by adding a little on into the mix!
mog and meg do have the odd handbags at dawn and face ups but not realy much else other than rumbling and trying to hump in season which i thought was just normal? i'd realy hate for it to get nasty any advice as to how long i should leave them before putting them in the new hutch? (i was going to put them back in the c&c which is 4x2 with upstairs of 2x1 to keep close eye on them but am now thinking them might be better off in total new surroundings to stop any fall outs as the hutch is bigger) If someone can advise me that would be great thanks I'm nervous one of them will get hurt ! ! i havent seen anything else in the way of nipping for the last half hour so maybe its ok?
 
How long have they been together?

I have read that when you add a baby sow, too bonded sows, the dominant one may feel the need to show her authority so to speak.

Wiebke, will hopefully be on soon, she has loads of experience with sows!
 
hey hun thanks this thread has double posted for some reason not sure whats going on there!
i thought that maybe the case i have read weikbes thread over and over for weeks now on introductions but its scarey doing it lol
i have now got them back in the c&c after being out in the hall for around 3 hrs baby is still getting shoved about abit by grumpy but i guess they will settle after a few days or so. shes a cute little one must get some pics done :)
 
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