Live webcam of shire mare giving birth

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Piglets!!!! Gorgeous. There MUST be more on the way though, she is still the size of a house!

6 there now!

8 now!!! I love it, wish there was some kind of zoom facility. I got to cuddle a tiny piglet once, it was heaven!

The poor mum, imagine being in labour and simultaneously being assaulted by eight tiny terrors!

TEN piglets now!

Was that no. 11 arriving??

12 now! Think that is the final count?

Ahh 12 little piggies. The site were expecting between 4 and 8!

I hope the runt survives.

Is there any way to see the pigs birth again!! i don't mean shove them back in, more did they record it and is their a link to it.

I was watching while some of them emerged but her bottom was just out of shot! More piglets definitely kept appearing from somewhere though

geeez soooo annoying

Ooh is this it? Lots of tail swishing and foot stamping, and she's looking at her back end. Exciting!

this is from the discussion thing... from the lady who looks after queenie:

"Submitted by Farmer Emma W on 27 Jun 2011, 14:53

Hi Everyone, As Queenie had two attempts at AI last year, we could have had two potential due dates, they were 26th June and 15th July. As the vets originally told us she wasn't in foal we had no way of knowing which attempt she conceived on. Obviously 26th June has now passed, however mares can easily be three weeks early or sometimes go overdue so we will just have to keep watching her!"

I read that the other day too, Then somewhere else I think they said her milk has come in and was dripping so thats a good sign.

We will just have to keep watching for another month!

ahh yes, that's true.

so, presumably, if the 15th July date was real then she wouldn't be dripping milk now??

she's def twitchy! just had a massive big stompy fit with waving her head around and getting all jumpy

Back to me again now.

She is very unsettled tonight isnt she. Just a minute ago she was stood facing the back wall, tail was right to the side and she was kicking at her tummy.

Then again there are a lot of pesky flies in there

Someone is checking her now.

I've been in London all day and missed the piggys, don't want to miss Queenie too!

You lot are teasing me. Every time I look Queenie is just dozing!

Oooh ooh ooh i am awake past my bedtime and she is now lying down!!!!!!

Oh, she's back up again. I'd best go to sleep :)

News from the Farm

Sadly the runt passed away last night, the mother lay on him

A vet has been out to check all the Shires, he is sure Queenie will foal before 15th july (second possible due date).

Oh and I think they have got highlights of the piglets being born up there now for those who missed it.

I just got myself all excited as I saw queenie looking very, very pissed off, stomping o the back wall, spinning round and kicking etc...

Then i noticed the muzzle of a black horse in the very top left corner, he/she must be in another stable slightly over looking her.

Flippin eck shes never going to have that foal if she got other horses bothering her is she.