On a sunny afternoon in early June, I was feeding our pet kunekune pigs when I thought I saw something odd about our pig Kowhai. It looked as though there might be a bit of swelling around the left side...
Category: Kunekune pigs
Because I like pigs. “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ― Winston S. Churchill
Jam sandwiches for a sick pig
We were sitting in a cafe in Sydney when the image of our pet pig came through on my phone. There she was—Mrs. D, one of our three pet kunekune pigs back home in New Zealand—with a jaw that was...
Pig breakfast!
Readers have been asking for videos of the pigs. So join me as I feed the pigs breakfast.
Boar tusk trimming party
Kowhai the kunekune boar We’d just finished our Thanksgiving meal, and we headed out with some of our guests to the top paddock. Kowhai, our pet kunekune boar, was out there wandering happily through the grass. I felt bad. The...
Pig tusks and Thanksgiving
Kowhai loves grapefruit The first time Kowhai jabbed me in the leg with his tusk, it hurt. The second time, a week later, it bled. Both times he was just nudging me, but a gentle nudge from a 300 pound...
Babysitting the princess pig
Giggles the kunekune pig Our three scruffy pigs stared through the paddock gate, transfixed by a vision of loveliness: Giggles the majestic polka-dotted kunekune pig. She was above them, standing on the back of a trailer. She clearly wanted nothing...