Maternity ward complete and first guest moves in

We moved Delilah, the in-pig Berkshire gilt, into the newly completed maternity ward late today.

She’s due to farrow from Monday onwards and as the temperature has dropped to well below zero of a night, we decided it was best for her and the piglets to come in.

To accommodate her, and future farrowing gilts or sows, we’ve converted one of the pens in the byre into a “maternity ward”.