We never thought we'll do this, but we
are raising two piglets. My cousin Elizabeth and her husband Joven,
who so graciously let us live in their empty house for free, has a
pigpen next to the nipa hut behind their house. Our next door
neighbor just happened to have piglets for sale so we bought two
which proved to be a wise decision. The piglets keep us busy from
morning to night. Michael enjoys getting up in the morning and
checking on them. These creatures CAN be playful and interacts with
him with their antics. He talks to them and they recognize his
voice. They even act like our former dog, Abby, who had a constant
need to be petted. I never thought pigs can be like that.....and
they are so cute.
JJ was so excited when we first got
them but soon lost interest in them. So much for having pigs for
pets. He insisted they are going to be his pets and that he will be
taking care of them. That didn't last. We will be adding two more in
a month as there is an extra pen for two or three more.
Here they are.
One of them is named Porkchop and the
other one is Lechon. We bought them for P2000.00 each and hopefully
at the end of November we shall be able to sell them around P9000 –
P9500 per. We will be adding two more in the middle of this month.
We already have a name for them too: Bacon and Shortrib.
We will be raising organic pigs at the
property we are getting and possibly have a sow. That should keep us busy along with organic gardening.
We are trying our hands on raising these two. If they pan out we'll expand.
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