What age to remover boar from mum

[piggylips102]

Can anyone please tell me what age to take a baby boar away from his mum and sisters? hes 16 days old today. I have heard 3 weeks but someone told me if hes big and active it should be sooner! I'm worried now I dont want my piggys to get pregnant!

 

[Wiebke]

Three weeks or as soon as you see them rumbling and sticking their noses up their mum's bums. But you need to make sure that the boy is drinking and eating adult food. A piggy that has been separated from its mum too early and left on its own can have behavioural problems later on.

The earliest documented brother-sister pregnancy is 24 days according to Guinea Lynx. So far, I have never heard of a case of mummy getting pregnant from a son during her second season at 15/17 days after giving birth.

 

[nutmeg]

You have got it just right in your original post. At the other end, I have left a baby in until 26 days as he was very small. xx

 

[CiaraPatricia]

I left one baby boar with his mum until 28 days, because he was an only child and I was advised by someone that he needed the company and cuddles to keep him warm, etc. Luckily she didn't get pregnant. 3 weeks should be fine, I think it's that early as a precaution but most boars wouldn't mate that young at all . . . hopefully.

 

[Wiebke]

Three weeks is to make sure that you catch them right before they can work mischief. The majority of baby boars will start a bit later - however, it is not worth the risk to find out the hard way!

 

[piggylips102]

I have a hutch ready for Marmalade, He's going in there real soon.
Also that just leaves mum and the girl babies,They are 17 days old today and really big too. At the moment they going in the run during the day with mum,I would like to know at what age I can put them all in with all my others? How long will they need to be with mum? My other piggys all comer over to them to say hi.....lol and they all seem very happy.

 

[Wiebke]

I would start introducing them to everybody now - best in the run on neutral territory, so there is loads of space. The girls are getting more independent with every day.

Other sows tend to be quite motherly with babies, but not all, as not all sows make good mums when there is the distraction of friends. You little family has a different group smell, so you want to do a proper intro before reuniting them with the group.