Thanks for the info/pic! He is cute! Angus/Holstein is a popular mix.
The hogs on the regenerative farm got moved to “winter quarters” yesterday. It was quite the operation .... large hogs went from pasture to wooded lot (acorns ... yum!). The 3 remaining females from the litter born on Father’s Day (& now about 70 lbs), were moved from a barn lot to the wooded lot with the large hogs (they are low hogs on the totem pole - the formerly low hog is reveling in his new status & chasing them around). The two huge pregnant sows were moved to the “maternity” lot (formerly the ‘3 young females’ lot) at the barn. There are two boar hogs (young) ... I think they’re in separate “boy pens”. It takes a lot of patience to move hogs - if they think you want them to go somewhere, it’s not happening .... has to be THEIR idea. So .... tempting food treat, use panels to slowly funnel them towards where you want to go (in this case, a large horse trailer) & let them decide that in the trailer is indeed where they want to go, especially if there’s food involved.
It’s fun watching the kids move their hogs around the Hog Barn at the fair. That’s exactly the way they do it, with these hand-held panels, almost like a shield they’re wielding, to move them along. :)
I should see if this would work with my Beagle. He’s hog-stubborn, LOL!
Beau reports that Chuck is having the time of his life, now that he’s out of a pen. He’s got him haltered and tied on a long rope and he was running and jumping and kicking up his heals at suppertime, tonight. :)