If you've ever seen a dog fight then you have an idea as to wha a pig fight can be like. So far I feel that pig fights are easier to break up. However, if no one is around to break up the fight the pigs can get injured pretty badly, just as in a dog fight.
This morning as I was feeding East field I noticed that Scoundrel's left ear was torn and bloody. Scoundrel is probably the smallest pig in East. He's pretty skiddish and shy with people and loves to eat. His ear was still bleeding a bit so the fight must have happened early this morning.
Tim, another worker, and I got Scoundrel cornered in his feeding pen so that we could clean and tend to his ear. It had been ripped straight through and half of the backside was torn off. We were able to clean it, put on antibiotic ointment and top it off with some swat. Swat is a fly ointment used to keep flies off of wounds. It just so happens the kind we used was bright pink, so that is what you see in the pictures. Scoundrel is now also on antibiotics and will need to be monitored to ensure his ear heals well.
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