New Mother!

On Wednesday, May 29th 2013, a loving farm animal became a loving mother! Petunia the spotted pig, belongs to the owner of Nathan Hootmen, a farmer who specializes in pig breeding. When he was only fourteen years old, he helped out his father in delivering pregnant pigs. He says ever since he began to help out his farmer father Nathan Senior, he has been interested in pig breeding. 

"It's such a wonderful feeling of knowing what you're bringing into the world," Hootmen exclaims passionately. 

Hootmen received Petunia over four years before she began breeding. Since these are her very first piglets, Hootmen says she started to have a panic attack in the beginning.

"Once she began to breathe very loudly and almost started howling at me, I knew she was going into labor," Hootmen states. 

He eventually calmed her down, and she was blessed with eight beautiful piglets!

Petunia with her brand new piglets!