Miss Pudd: cute and she knows it. ❤️
The piglets are 12 days old today. They have graduated to two feeding pans, baby rice cereal in their milk, 4 hours between daytime feedings and doubled their weight. But the absolute best - I get to sleep through the night. 💤
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Day 1️⃣: Introduction
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Hi All! I'm not sure if I've ever done an introduction post 🤣 but I'm Rebeka and that's Josh in the picture. We LOVE Kunekune pigs 🐖 and have 24 permanent residents including 2 house pigs Ripley and Riley, some retired pigs, and then our breeding stock. We do an Airbnb farm tour called Cuddle with Kunekune Pigs and it's always a huge hit.
I'm originally from Hawaii 🩴and always wanted a farm. My dad, Dennis, grew up on a farm in upstate NY and always wanted to retire back on the farm. In 2013 we had the opportunity to purchase 10 acres, with a nice house, plus a 4,000 SQ ft metal building with a 2 bedroom apartment built in. It was the perfect setup and Halbert Farm was brought to Texas.
In 2016 I met Josh who grew up in Texas and never dreamed of having any animals besides maybe a dog. That quickly changed when he learned that going on a date with me meant working outside till the sun goes down.
I work in the IT field 👨💻 from home and Josh does the farm full-time 👨🌾 now. I'm also in the Navy ⚓ Reserves. This is my 20th year and I'll retire in November! We have an Etsy shop with Kunekune Pig related merch. (link in bio) The goal is to have the farm be our sole source of income.
We have 3 dachshunds, 2 Kangol Shepherds (livestock guardian dogs), 2 horses, 1 donkey, 7 zebu cows, turkeys, guineas, ducks, and chickens!
I ride English and compete in the sport called eventing 🏇with my horse, Selma. Josh and I both figure skate⛸️, we started that hobby a year ago. Josh competes in body building 🏋️♂️ competitions and does personal training.
We show the chickens and pigs, maybe one day the cows.
I think that sums us up. ☺️
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Took the house pigs on a little adventure to see the pond. They had a blast!
