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Young Tamworth Boars2054 katseluaEnjoying a warm summer afternoon in the tall grass.
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Resting Tamworths, Clucking Chickens9633 katseluaThe Tamworth pigs (little boars) having a rest together, while the Black Rock chickens cluck in the background. It's cute to watch the chickens come up and peck at small insects, etc., in the pigs' ears.
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The Rooster Guarding the Tamworth Pigs1052 katselua
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Tamworth (top) and Berkshire (bottom) Boars1840 katseluaWestbrook, our Berkshire boar, will only put up with this "pig cuddling" for about two seconds!
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Wild Boar Piglet686 katseluaThis little fella wasn't gaining weight as the other wild boar kept pushing him from the feed trough. We have separated him, and have put him with the small Berkshire piglets in a stable.
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Wild Boar in the Mud From Recent Heavy Rains571 katseluaDespite the presence of elaborate land drains (installed by us when we purchased this property) it still gets very muddy when we have heavy rains. We are installing hard core on the upper portion of the field so the wild pigs will have a dry area.
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Wild Boar Looking for Food563 katselua
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Wild Boar in the Mud at Maggot's Croft2156 katseluaThis field, originally an orchard, came with the prosaic name of Maggot's Croft. Despite our planting pig-resistant grass from Hurrells (a specialist seed company) the wild boar manage to remove all traces of grass in a matter of weeks.
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The Elders Having a Conference3291 katselua
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"I'm Sorry, But He's In A Meeting"522 katselua
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Waterlogged Field with Wild Boar580 katseluaThe recent heavy rains were too much for the land drains in this field. (On the day this photo was taken -- January 13 2008 -- the River Severn, just down the road from us, flooded over its banks into parts of the City of Worcester.)
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Stones From An Ancient Civilisation?632 katseluaWe tried concrete blocks as a foundation for the wild boar pig arcs (or huts). This is what the wild boar thought of that plan.
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