The Shire's Petal Delver had five new babies yesterday. She's always lived with her sister Prissa, so I breed them to the same boar. Prissa is due anytime.

Of the five, four appear to be showable colors/patterns. I haven't examined them thoroughly for belly roaning or small white marks, etc. Two are tri-roans, one appears to be a buff (brassy cream) roan and  two are red. One of the reds has a white blaze like his mismarked dad. The self red and the cream have really pretty faces and large eyes. Their mom is an especially pretty pig.

Petal and Prissa have nice dense coats but they lack kink/resiliency on their sides, so I only showed them a couple times. The Shire's Dosh Durry, the sire, is a brindle with a white blaze. He has better resiliency but I wish he had better kink. My more recent pigs are having more kink, so we're getting there.

It was so cute: Prissa helped clean off the babies. When I checked on them last night before I went to bed, the two reds were cuddled with Prissa and the other three with Petal, in the opposite corner of the cage. It was chilly last night.

This morning they all seemed to find Petal in time for breakfast, LOL.

While I was cleaning, a baby kept wheeking piteously so I finally went to investigate and a little red baby was all alone on one side of the cage while everyone as on the other side. Probably seemed like desolation for miles around him. I scooped him up and stuck him in the pile under Petal and it's been quiet ever since.

Oh--here's one that'll stop your heart for a second. The sight of a well-chewed tomato in a cage of newborns! LOL.