Pannage season lasts from end of September for between 40 and 60 days ...its when the pigs are let on to the forest to scoff acorns and nuts of the forest floor during autumn as acorns etc are toxic to the ponies and pigs eat all day long it then fattens the pigs up some go home and some sadly to slaughter 🖤
It makes sense to manage a forest in this way. I hadn't thought about the possibility of horses and ponies being poisoned in this way. You learn something new every day.
Trying to work out if they’re Tamworths with ‘objectionable’ black spots or Oxford Sandy and Blacks - purely personal curiosity, but don’t suppose you know, do you BB? 🤔 Leg and snout length make me think the former, but colours make me think the latter.
I looked their breed up as I hadn't come across them before - probably Oxford Sandy and Black - docile and good for keeping outdoors as their colouring protects them from damage by the sun.
Hi Blackbird9 thats a lovely picture Pigs always remind me of happy times as I grew up on a pig farm and had my own pig when I was five years old called Rosie who I used to show and she won many rosettes hence I collect pigs (not real ones now ) My great grandson from the time he was born has spent many hours with me and always plays with the pigs hence I am affectionately know as nanna pig. 😆🐖🐷
Thanks for good photo, just read all posts, very informative and interesting, never too old to learn! it’s lovely part of country, many years since visited. Jean x
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