Day 1: Peaches and Crew: Their Big Debut!

As one could expect, having a pig with piglets in a high school full of 2,600 plus students, faculty, and staff draws A LOT of attention.  The morning after they were born, Peaches and her piglets were the 'Must See' event at Cumberland Valley High School.  Swarms of people came to the Ag Suite to visit our newest members of the CV community.

Pictures of Peaches and her litter are viewable on the Cumberland Valley FFA Facebook Page.  'Like' us to see them!

Students in the Ag Science program and FFA educated their peers and teachers about the piglets and Peaches.  Many questions ranged from 'How much do they weigh?' to 'Why are they white and Peaches is black?' Certainly, there were many more questions.  Most can be answered by reading through a Birth to Weaning fact sheet. However, the answer to the two questions mentioned above are: 3-4 lbs AND Peaches is a Berkshire who was bred to a Yorkshire (pictured below) - the genetics of the father are dominant to that of Peaches.  

Peaches

Yorkshire Boar

Visitors to the Maternity Ward, in the Ag Suite, at the ImAGinarium and Petting Zoo during National FFA Week (Friday, Feb. 22, 2013) are pictured above.