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Pork Chop needs a partner!

3/28/2017

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The summer before we moved out to the ranch, our daughter received a male Guinea hog piglet for her birthday.  He is named Pork Chop.  He was the start of our hog breeding program.
 
Guinea hogs are a heritage breed that are perfect for small farms.  They are a gentle, friendly breed that only get about 300 pounds.  They were popular in the 1800’s, but as small homestead farms disappeared, the Guinea hog also started to fade away.  Since the 1980’s the breed has been making a comeback.  They are still a relatively rare breed. 
 
After searching for weeks, our daughter found a sow in Montana that wasn’t related to Pork Chop.  She and my husband decided to take a road trip to Montana to pick up a new pig. 
 
They hooked the horse trailer to the truck.  The trip went well until they entered Montana.  It was the middle of the night and they hit a deer.  They were only about an hour away from their hotel so they kept driving.  When they arrived at the hotel my husband went into the office to check in.  While my daughter waited outside she noticed the truck had caught fire under the hood.  The clerk at the desk had no idea if he had a fire extinguisher somewhere about.  They were able to put the fire out, but they had to stay in Montana a little longer than they had figured on staying, to get the truck running again.
 
The trip home was uneventful, thankfully.  Susie has given us two litters of piglets so far and she is settled in nicely.   

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Sheri
3/30/2017 02:48:09 pm

We almost hit a deer in Utah with the '73 Volkswagon Van. If the deer hadn't leaned away, my car would be totaled! I'm not sure what our injuries would have been. Scary!

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Jackie
3/30/2017 11:32:24 pm

The grill on the truck was damaged. They used bungee cords to keep the right headlight together and a tie down to keep the hood closed. The fire damaged the distributer. The truck was looking pretty sad.

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Sheri
3/30/2017 11:46:59 pm

Yep! Hitting a deer, you might as we'll be running into a brick wall! They are bigger and heavier than we think. Well, maybe like hitting another car. Still, no fun! Poor truck! I'm glad your people are okay!




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