The new pens and race. The closest currently has two Saddleback weaners in it, but has an insulated and floored hut so will mainly be used to house a sow and her piglets.
The next pen has a standard hut (no floor, no insulation) which is where two to four weaners will go while being fattened for meat. It's empty at the moment as the boar, Ginger, and his girlfriend of the moment will be going in there for a week or two while we build them a new hut.
The final and biggest pen is Ginger's. He has a temporary hut made from our old trailer, but this is about to be replaced by a large wooden hut made from salvage and up to winter.
The pens open on to the race, which leads out to a track. The track can be closed off by gates and used as a loading bay or sorting pen.
Looking from further up the hill, you can see the sows' enclosure with its big hut for up to four full-grown sows at a time (either dry or in-pig). The other pens can be seen to the left, as can our red trailer.
The sows are strip grazed in their large pen.
