Busy weekend, Jake

Mama and I were out and going pretty early Saturday morning. She had a lead on some feeder pigs so we got the money together and headed to Cottondale; about thirty minutes away. We found the place without too much trouble, which was good since I was hauling a trailer behind the truck. We were looking to get three pigs in the purchase; two for us and one for the Wycoffs.

I debated how to haul the pig because we did not know how big they were. We have a pretty large dog kennel but I did not know if it would be large enough. So Mama came up with the idea of loading the hog trap we have at the farm on the small trailer and using that for the pigs. It only took a few minutes to get it on the trailer and hook it up to the truck – and it turned out to be a good idea.

Two of the pigs we bought were about forty pounds. The third one we only about fifteen pounds – much smaller even that the pot belly pigs we have already at the farm. That turned out to be a problem until we got the idea of letting the littlest one stay in the hog trap so we can feed it separately for a few weeks. We put the two larger pigs in the pen with the pot belly pigs – bad idea. While the new pigs fought with the pot belly pigs we unloaded the trap and got the little one into it.

Later we had to put a panel into the pen to separate the new pigs from the pot belly pigs in order to make sure they would be able to eat and drink. It seems the pot belly pigs were not even willing to share their water dish with the new arrivals, much less let them into the little building we build for them. We should have known there would be trouble but we were still taken by surprise at the intensity of the fighting. Once we got them separated things settled down quickly. After that we were all in need of showers and a little bit of rest because we had to go to the airport to get Jake just a few hours after we finished with the pigs.

We tried a new way to get to Love Field in Dallas and it worked out pretty well. We made one wrong turn but recovered pretty quickly ending up at the airport just before he landed; 4:30 pm. We got through security just as he was getting off the plane so he was waiting for us as we walked to the very far end of the terminal to his gate. He has gotten much taller but he is the same ol’ Jake. So if you need Mama this week you will have to understand that at every turn she has someone talking in her ear with the constant chatter he is famous for.

He was super excited to see the Chico farm. It was almost too much for him to wait as Mama and I went to Costo and Kroger’s on the way home from picking him up. We left the airport at a little after 5 pm and finally got home at 7:30 pm. But he waited pretty patiently through the shopping, chattering the entire time. He was in bed by 9 pm – sound asleep; completely worn out. Considering that his normal bed time has been 1 a.m., he ended up getting way ahead on sleep in just his first night.

 He thoroughly enjoyed yesterday. He has not been to church since the last time he was with us.