Tonks Is Causing Trouble. Season?

[cassybaby89]

About three weeks ago Tonks was acting up. She was chasing the baby pigs around and chasing them away from food(plenty of space and food babies still eating fine.) She was also chin pushing them more than usual. This all came with an unusual amount of rumble strutting with vocalization which she does do once in a while. During the period of a couple of days when ever any pig went near her she would rumble strut and vocalize. It lasted for about 4 days. Now yesterday it has started up again. This time she is also mounting the babies. Could she be in season again? The pigs are still eating and drinking fine. They still get rest time when they are all laying about or eating calmly. No blood or biting except ear nipping that I can see. No one seems to be overly upset by this. Just a bit of a panic and squealing when the chasing/ mounting happens. From what I heard this all sounds ok and normal but I wanted to check in with all of you. How often can sows go into season?

 

[Swissgreys]

At the moment our dominant sow is coming into an obvious season every 15 - 17 days!
I did check and apparently this is normal.

 

[cassybaby89]

At the moment our dominant sow is coming into an obvious season every 15 - 17 days!
I did check and apparently this is normal.

ugh I was hoping that was not the case! Momma has not been in season that I can tell yet just Tonks. I hope that this behavior stays as is and does not escalate.

 

[Swissgreys]

I think it varies considerably from pig to pig.
I have 2 girls about the same age, and Lucy has never had an obvious season, whereas Ruby is now on her third.
Just hoping girl number 3 is more like Lucy when it comes to seasons!

 

[Wiebke]

About three weeks ago Tonks was acting up. She was chasing the baby pigs around and chasing them away from food(plenty of space and food babies still eating fine.) She was also chin pushing them more than usual. This all came with an unusual amount of rumble strutting with vocalization which she does do once in a while. During the period of a couple of days when ever any pig went near her she would rumble strut and vocalize. It lasted for about 4 days. Now yesterday it has started up again. This time she is also mounting the babies. Could she be in season again? The pigs are still eating and drinking fine. They still get rest time when they are all laying about or eating calmly. No blood or biting except ear nipping that I can see. No one seems to be overly upset by this. Just a bit of a panic and squealing when the chasing/ mounting happens. From what I heard this all sounds ok and normal but I wanted to check in with all of you. How often can sows go into season?

Sows come into season about every 15-17 days. It sounds like she is.
Sow Behaviour