PAMPERED piglets could soon be taking it easy, chilling out on furniture that’s more at home in a penthouse than a pigsty. Tests have shown that piglets nurtured on heated water beds stand a greatly improved chance of surviving their first few weeks of life.
Piglets must be kept warm in their first few days to discourage them from snuggling up to their mother. That’s because up to 80 percent of piglet deaths occur during this period, and most of them are due to the sow rolling over and crushing the litter.
In an effort to tackle this, the trend…
