The second day of continuous rain brought up a problem we hadn't anticipated - the two smallest poor piglets' pigsty had drainage problems, and was filling up with freezing water. Luckily my dad came to the rescue and hauled them over into a third separate pigsty next to the other pigs' cage.
Much-needed rain.
Flooded pigsty.
Catching the pig.
In you go piglet!
My parents and brothers then left with our car to find some new straw for the pigs, and got stuck in the mud (literally). After attempts to pack rocks and give the wheels some leverage, my mom went to find help and oom Jan pulled them out with his 'bakkie' (I had a good laugh).
Stuck in the mud.
Packing rocks.
Ponies
looking drab - they've grown their thick winter coats, but looked
miserable nonetheless. I would too, in their position after 3 days of
continuous rain.
When the rain finally stopped, we went to check out all the drifts.
Oh bother...we can't get through this drift for a while.
