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My first experience with livestock savagery. A sow had 13 piglets. Four died almost immediately, torrential rain and the seemingly inevitable step or roll crushing death. We saved two with bottle feeding and the nine seemed fine. The mother has now decided to kill and eat her piglets. I have read about the reasons this can happen, unfortunately weather doesn’t permit more room for escape, and aside from bottle feeding the remaining five every two hours around the clock, something I don’t have the time to do, I see few options here but to cull the sow. Anyone else have experiences with this in swine? It’s upsetting and unsettling. #homesteading #livestock #swine #pigs

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FiddleHodlHomestead 1y ago

We haven't yet seen this but have been warned that it might happen with our rabbits if they feel threatened when kindling. So I have nothing to offer but my sympathy.

I'm sorry - that must be pretty upsetting.

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