027 Weaning pastured pigs (mistakes and success), a dry farm is looking for rain, questions about chickens, hens and a rooster

A very Happy 4th of July to all our listeners (or Canada Day), folks listening in the UK...  sorry :)

Around the farm:

• Not normal weather for sure.
• Very hot but the gardens are surviving
• Rabbits under hoop the hoop
• Chickens on pasture get processed in 2 weeks
• Chicks and turkeys in the brooders are doing well

Pigs - a very special weaning story

• What we did that was wrong in terms of setup, planning and moving large animals
• What we did that was right and that we would do again when weaning piglets
• What we did that was desperate and stupid
• What we would never do again because being smarter would let us avoid that

CoopCast Community:

• An iTunes review where a listener is going to make some simple changes for healthier chicks and pigs
• Stewart Homestead likes Andy's humor (and thinks this should be a comedy podcast, ok, not really, Andy added that) but they ARE going to try Cornish chickens and their own pigs
• Plants between the rocks said this podcast is a "Skillful blending of planning implementing and evaluating", and we decided they are listening to another podcast and accidentally commented on us!
• MikeE on Facebook posed a question about a rooster when his neighbors are not fans.
• A plea to remind us of topics we said we would talk about but have forgotten about!