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She will have a swollen pinkish vulva a couple of days before
she ovulates.
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She also gets a discharge from the vulva...
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When ovulating she will stand very still and make a grunting noise
and some times she will squeal.
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The standing lasts for about 2 days, as soon as
I see the sow standing I take her to the boar and again the
following day.
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Sows don't always come onto heat, as they are affected by the hot and
cold weather...
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I breed my sows once a year, I find that if you put the sow in a
pen next to the boar, she shows better signs of being on heat
as the boar has a hormone odour that she can smell.
(a de-sexed/neutered boar will not have this odour)
Miniature Breeding Boar's....
Boars are fully mature at 7-8 months...
we don't
let him service a sow until he is at least 10 months old as he will
have a better sperm rate and produce a better litter of piglets...
Do not mate your mini-pigs in wet weather or on
wet ground as they can lip and the boar could damage his penis...
When you take the sow to the boar, he will chase
her around nudging her
and sniffing her genital area... He may even
drink her urine...
He will froth at the mouth, grind his teeth and he will push on the
sow to see if she will stand still...
When he has entered the sow, he will rest on her with all his weight
to keep her still and he balances by using his front legs…
Mating can take up to half an hour, his
penis has to lock into the sows
cervix with his corkscrew penis before he can ejaculate.
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