Betsy's Barn Pig Rescue

08/31/2024

Cookie and Jasmine are loving this weather with the cooler temperatures.

08/30/2024

Had a nice summer storm and shower come through tonight. Now that it's passed, it's absolutely beautiful outside and the humidity has gone down.

Also dad, decides to get an air purifier for the Cabin and we will see how well that does for cleaning up the air in there.

08/28/2024

Pua is out just a grazin' away. It's been so nice having the summer rains to keep the pastures growing to allow the pigren to keep grazing their bellies full.

08/26/2024

Dad spent a few hours out in the ridiculous heat to make sure everyone has fresh cool water to drink and to soak in. Thankfully we only have today before we start to cool down again because it is really warm in the sun.

08/26/2024

Dad bought an extra TV to use as a computer monitor, turns out, they don't work very well for that. So instead, he put it in the basement animals room to allow them to watch Dog TV on YouTube all day and night. It is full of relaxing music and outdoor noises to keep Cookie, Jasmine and the pups calm all day.

He has one more to put somewhere and would like it in the Cabin but we need a way to clean all the dust out first and to keep the dust to a minimum. If anyone has any suggestions on how to keep the dust cleaned we are all ears.

08/24/2024

08/23/2024

We didn't get a chance to capture any recent photos and our memories are filled with sad memories of 3 years ago of our hell. It was a two week streak of absolute hell. We instead wanted to share a photo of Zues having a good time in the mud hole he made. Zues pretty much keeps to himself these days as he is afraid of everything. Even the turkey he shares the barn with.

08/22/2024

The picture cannot do justice to the beauty of the moon tonight. It's got such a beautiful glow to it and the cool weather makes things feel like fall is here. We wouldn't trade this view we have for any beach house. A vacation maybe, but not permanently.

08/17/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Bonnie Ann Brown, Denise Harrington, Linda Hardesty Barreto

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08/16/2024

It was such a beautiful morning that even Betsy was out grazing, and that doesn't happen much as she enjoys naps. But Cookie and Jasmine sure were enjoying the morning.

08/13/2024

If you think your pigs need 24/7 attention, you're wrong. Betsy just want fed and some sunshine, sleep and a few snuggles.

08/11/2024

The pigren had a babysitter over the weekend, since mama and dad went on a short getaway. Everyone got fresh straw, all the pens got cleaned and they all got freshly cleaned bowls. Yes, we do that too but Jake took care of it for.us. We cannot thank her enough for coming up to help.

08/08/2024

Everyone is sound asleep, maybe not soundless though. Lots of snoring coming from this shed when dad checked.

08/04/2024

It's already a warm one out today but that doesn't stop the pigs from wanting to graze. Only 2 days left of this unbearable heat and humidity and then back to the 70s.

07/31/2024

Being it's so hot outside, not too many pigs are roaming around. However, Mr. Hank is always right near us. He has became our Rocket replacement as he is constantly waiting for us. Follows us everywhere and is always asking for a snack. He sure loves his daddy but really likes to grump at mama, but he still loves her.

07/24/2024

below is the link to the auction.

https://facebook.com/events/s/betsys-barn-paying-off-the-she/443209482027265/

Hello fans and followers, while the auction to pay off the "truck jumper" shed doesn't officially start until Saturday, we are starting to post items today. New items will be added daily so please come back often so you don't miss out on that one item you really want.

07/24/2024

Finally after almost 2 weeks, dad got the pen back together. We decided to make a few changes and make one large pen for Pua and her friends, along with Petunia and Sweat Pea. Now all eight of them are in one large pen. And Waylon is back on his own during the evening.

07/19/2024

We said goodbye to one of our very first rescues. Pete came to us back in 2017 with his breeding partner, Priscilla, from a local backyard breeder. Pete wasn't very social with anyone due to the abuse he took from his former owner. Pete loved a few things, feeding time, grass grazing and sleeping with his friends. We never got over his fear of people but now Pete is with all his other friends watching over us. We noticed he was slowing down these past few weeks and this last heat wave really made things hard on him. He has survived two rounds of PRRVS and that is hard on them to begin with. We found him last night peacefully asleep in their shed and this morning we took him to be cremated so he too can sit on our mantel with everyone else.

07/18/2024

Hello fans and followers, while the auction to pay off the "truck jumper" shed doesn't officially start until Saturday, we are starting to post items today. New items will be added daily so please come back often so you don't miss out on that one item you really want.

07/17/2024

It was such a beautiful evening to work some more on the two pens that were destroyed by our tree. Only a few more nights and we can get them back into their pens. And yes, our tree trunk is burning and will be for months.

07/15/2024

Mom and dad spent the day trying to clean up the big mess. Had a wonderful neighbor stop by and pull the large trunk into the ditch for us so we can just burn it right there. It literally is too large to move down the road without making a large trench. So we will continue to keep burning a little at a time as we can. The remaining stump will also be burnt as we can. However Pua isn't happy that she can't be in her shed since there is not fence up yet so she is going to stuck in the mud. Did we mention, it was 95 degrees today with a heat index of well over 100. It needed done so we can get the babies back to their sheds.

Oh, and if you know of any sort of fan we can put in 8 sheds that doesn't require power. We need like 14 of them to help move some air in the sheds.

07/13/2024

It's down, but not all cleaned up. The ol' tree put up quite a fight though even though it was rotten almost all the way. We will continue to clean up next week and get the fence repaired and new posted installed.

07/12/2024

It's coming down as we speak. We will update later once it's done.

07/11/2024

The Cabin pigs got a new friend to come stay with them. Sweetie you can see in the upper corner sleeping in the pool for some reason. Sweetie isn't much on interaction so hopefully being around other pigs will help her come out of her shell.

07/10/2024

Update: We had a professional tree service come take a look. Of course with the tree being so large, it will take a crane to come in also, extra expense. To remove the whole tree will cost $3,000 or a bit more. Just to clean up the mess we have now is $1,650. But that doesn't mean that the tree will be safe from another wind storm. We have to make a decision tonight since he has the crane coming Friday. So we need to raise funds for this as we DO NOT have any available personally. Otherwise the tree will sit there until we can personally pay for this. It's just another blow to our motivation anymore to keep the rescue going.

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07/10/2024

Last night our horses, ponies, and donkeys got out.Thank God, a friend of ours was going down the gravel road and found them and called us. Today as you can see, we had a huge tree fall down. 😢Luckily it did not hurt any of our animals ! 🙏 However, the tree did take our fence line And it’s too big that we can’t cut it up ourselves so we’re gonna have to have somebody come in and cut it up. We’ll probably end up taking the big tree as much as I hate not because I love how big it is and it gives the pigs shade in this corner, but to minimize the chance of the rest of the tree falling we have it removed. When it rains it pours.