Backing up a bit, I had this litter I had checked for gender and I was sure I had remembered who was a girl and who was a boy.

You know where this is going, LOL. I put the baby "boys" from the litter in with a slightly older boar. Everything was peachy for several weeks--they all got along so well!!

Wll after a couple weeks I hear this screeching to see the older boar raping a younger one. Even then it didn't occur to me--boys will be randy boys, LOL!-- but I just thought I'd check for the heck with it. OMG it's a GIRL!! I put her immediately in with two young "keeper" sows and here it is 70-whatever days later.

So this morning I hear the tiny squeaking of a newborn, and checked and she'd had three. Number four came along right after. They all seemed  bit perturbed, but they took turns cleaning the babies, after sniffing and not knowing what else to do with the little aliens, LOL.

So everything seems to be going well--they're a good size for being from a small sow. There are three red and white brokens (ugh) and a self red. The mom is a self red with a so-so coat--she was to be sold as a pet. The dad is a mismarked red and white with one big roaned patch. I assumed he's genetically roan, but not sure. His mom is roan; dad is TSW with an excellent coat and type and son inherited both so I decided to keep him despite his iffy markings.

So anyway, the wet babies looked not impressive, so I waited til they dried. They have the softest, flattest coats I've ever seen. If I hadn't seen the breeding myself I'd've sworn she'd been with an American. There's just the very slightest wave to the coats, like straight Texel babies. And the parents aren't related, at least not very closely, or I'd have thought some sort of recessive brought about by inbreeding...

Oh well. They're cute except for the flat coat, and very soft. Mom and babies will be sold to pet homes anyway. It's the first "oops" litter I've ever had so I don't feel too guilty for overpopulating the world with crap Teddies, LOL.

These guys will have the cleanest ears in town because the cagemates keep coming over and cleaning them and so does mom. Ears seem to be a fave, LOL. I'll be separating them right after work though.