two litters of piglets battle for top spot

in an attempt to out class each other, our two litters of piglets—the dark ones, purebred berkshires, and the spotted ones, tamworth/berkshire crosses—have been going head-to-head in non stop competition to determine which litter is the king of pork chop hill.

below is a pair of photos from the sleeping competition, which came just after nipple sucking and right before nipple sucking. 

is the winner the spotted tam/berk crosses, performing a classic stack and sleep?  or is it the purebred berks, performing the rarely seen batpig pile on?  you be the judge.

thank you to everyone who submitted entries for the bull naming competition (below).  the runner-up, who still gets himself some free ihoc swag, is nick e. from ny.  in homage to my steer dr. richard kimble, nick suggested the name samuel gerard (tommy lee jones’ character in the fugitive).  hilarious, yes, but first place, it’s not.

the winner, with a less hilarious, but ultimately victorious suggestion, goes to jake from seattle.  my second bull ever now bears the name:  mr. brick (first name, rube)

welcome home, mr. brick.