Piggie moving a trip to be sure, some didn't like it and some were really mad.

We started moving piglets in the morning.  Poppie fed them slop from the kitchen, and garden wastes, still being pulled from the garden.  They started in on their feast and Poppie reached over and caught one by a back foot.  They don't usually squeal when caught that way.  No noise and he handed one to me, he caught a second one and we were off to walk them over to the new pen.  The trip was uneventful and short.  We caught two more that way, Yogie came forward and carried one.  The process was pretty straight forward then Swiss Miss Chops figured out what we were doing.  She no longer could be tricked by food.  She started placing her body between them and Poppie.  We finally manage to get all but three piglets out of the pen.  She was pretty upset so we left her with them and started doing yard work intending to retry later in the afternoon. 

Cleo and Caesar both jump in to the new piglet pen to steal their grain.  We had to remove them and tie up Caesar.  Cleo was put in a different pen but the usually incapable of jumping doe climbed the fence and returned to the harassing the piglets.  I finally locked her in the barn.  She was upset and pounded the door with her horns.  I later let her out.  We had to put the food in the little piglet cabin and put a sheet of plywood over the door so only the little piglets could get in to keep the goats from jumping into the pen and stealing the grain.  Grain is like candy to a goats and they are like little kids that don't know when enough is enough. They can bloat from eating very much grain but have no restrain in stealing it so have to be protected from themselves. 

We burned and did yard work.  Mokie had to call 911 when the neighbors turned there music up so loud that we couldn't hear our own TV two acres over.  A officer came, music turned down and then ceased. Son helped Poppie catch the last three piglets, Swiss Miss Chops was very angry with all of us.  We got the last three piglets away and she screamed for about a half an hour and got upset every time she heard one squeak.  Poppie checked them before dark and three of the little ones manage to get out and run back to momma's pen, they couldn't decide to stay with her or go back to their siblings. The three little pigs ran back and forth in indecision, sounds like a nursery rhyme. 

I am at peace this morning and spent several hours in prayer during the night, God gave me comfort and strength to go on.  He reassured me that anger is not the answer, as no one deserves the right to control another person by their own anger, it is a lesson I have well and truly learned this year and am glad to be free of a mind numbing monster that it can be.  I am ready for the happiness and gladness this day will bring, God has blessed my life and no one can take that away from me.... tomorrow.