Monday 7 May 2012

Guest pigs III: Mangalitsa Pigs...

We have two new guest pigs which arrived amongst the down pours.
Loaded up and ready for the trip home...
The two Mangalitsas along with the Gloucester Old Spots will hopefully help to enrich our curriculum, teaching students about the great variety of traditional breeds...
In their new pen before the big escape...



Mangalitsas come from Austria and areas across Eastern Europe and there has been suggestions that the Managalitsa is a relative of the now extinct Lincolnshire Curly Coat...



Mangalitsas come in three distinct colours, Blonde, Red and Swallow Bellied. Our two new weaners are both Swallow Bellied, blonde underneath and black on top...




Due to their ability to seemingly run through electric fences, they now have a more secure temporary home before being trained to stay in their nice grass covered new pen...
 
A picture of Mum, she is a blonde Mangalitsa with a very woolly snout.


Settled in and having a drink.

The personalisation of their new home begins





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