This little granddaughter (when the family moved to Craig, Colorado) had a horrible time adjusting to life in a subdivision (although a very spacious subdivision) and a life without the farm.
But the farmer and neighbor who lives just up the hill asked Linky if she would like to help gentle down his very special pigs. (Mr. Chapman raises pigs for shows and for breeding purposes only.)
Everyday Linkin would trudge up the hill to play and pet and love on the three pigs.
These are the pigs today. One of the piglets has a heart attack and died, but two are doing fine. Soon to be Momma’s. Linky told me one will farrow around the last week of July and the other the first week in August.
What more can a child ask for!
While we were there Linky and Mr. Chapman took us on a tour of the pig barns where we visited the boar, all the soon to be Momma hogs, the weiners and the various stages of pig lives.
Mr. Chapman is a very good and kind pig farmer. The pens are open, clean and spacious. The sows give birth in a natural environment, handled all the time so they are very gentle, and fed only the best of natural feeds. (They also have a pellet stove in each house and cooling fans in the summer.)
Next month it will be Linkin’s turn to spend a week with us. First we had Tallen, then Blade and last will be Linky.
Your friend on a western Colorado Farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
It looks as if Linky has a ‘job’ that she loves. Her new neighbor and friend is quite a blessing.
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He is, George! I feel she is very blessed.
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A www. How sweet of Mr.Chapman to involve Linky. I bet she feels like a million bucks helping out! 😀
Cheri
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She does! And, oh how it helped!!
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I did not see how to comment on this so hope you get this note. LOVED this and posted it on facebook like I should do to all your beautiful posts I do not go to facebook too much, but love to share stuf like this. LOVE what that neighbor did for Linky..and thos pigs are adorable..how wonderful she is with them. SHe will no doubt go into farming or something with farming to help all animals. My grandaughter is in environmental studies and loves it at North Dakota State…LOVE to you Linda and Terry…THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DAY. as usual……merri
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She is like your granddaughter and has a scientific mind. It will be interesting to see what she choses to do with her life.
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Linky and the pigs all grew like weeds together! How lucky to have Mr. Chapman close by.
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Oh, yes…very lucky. No longer is she terribly depressed.
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What a wonderful neighbor to be such a great influence on your granddaughter. I know you are looking forward to your week with her. She is a very lucky young lady.
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She is a sweetheart…a lover of all animals.
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What a dear beautiful child! And how lucky she is to be around animals like this…and how lucky the breeder is to have her! Can’t get over how clean those pig pens are! I’ve seen bedrooms much messier! Not saying whose…
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Mr. Chapman is really into taking outstanding care of the pigs….there is no odor or nasty smells, the pens are clean, clean, clean, lots of fresh water….just like it’s supposed to be.
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What a wonderful guy! I am certain it really helped her to adjust! Thos are nice looking hogs:)
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She really needed something. I think she is doing much better now.
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I’m deeply envious! I love pigs (perhaps you’ve noticed, over at the Farmy), and I would have given my eye teeth for her job when I was her age…
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Just to pet a pig…no feeding, cleaning up, or anything else. I would have loved that job also! Tee Hee
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I spent most of my childhood mucking out some animal or other, so that doesn’t phase me much; horses, rabbits, chickens, ducks. But I find pigs endearing, intelligent, companiable and a delight to give belly scratches to!
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And they LOVE belly rubs!
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I love the before and after pictures of Linkin and the pigs. So fun!
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They sure have grown!
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Great to see that Linkin loves the outdoors.
She will be a well grounded young lady when she grows
up – no wool will be pulled over her eyes.
There is some young lucky bloke out there
and he better be good to deserve one day a young
lady like Linkin.
Cheers
Colin (Australia)
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She loves, loves , loves the outdoors!
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What a great neighbor!
Have a blessed week and thank you for all you do!
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That is just so cool! I have lived in the suburbs for a long time now and have still not adjusted to them, unfortunately.
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BUT YOU HAVE CHICKENS!!! 🙂
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precious! lucky girl!
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Very much, and we are all very grateful
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What a beautiful story. It shows how all can benefit when kindness and thoughtfulness is present.
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Even the animals 🙂
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What a blessing, and I imagine Mr. Chapman is an answer to prayer. Looks like the perfect job for for Linky.
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He seems to be a very kind person!
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Wat a lovely story LInda… adorable grand -child and gorgeous piggie wigs too… heartwarming…
and so lovely to know that there are happy loved pigs…..
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All of them, even the boar is easily petted and loved on. He is HUGE and has tusks, but very gentle.
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How kind of the farmer to step in just when Linkin needed it. She looks so happy in with those piglets.
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It was a true gift, Pat!
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That is awesome!
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Awwwwww – I know she will cherish every one of these moments when she is older as well. Can’t ever take the country out of a country girl!
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