This is Bärbel's fifth litter. The father of the young animals is boar "Ehrmann", who is currently housed separately from sow and offspring in the neighbouring enclosure.
What is special about the piglets: Unlike their uniformly dark-coloured parents, the young show a colourful variety of coat colours - from light to spotted markings.
The gestation period of domestic pigs is around three months, three weeks and three days - a total of around 112 to 114 days. Like their wild relatives, the wild boar, domestic pigs also prepare for the birth by building a nest-like camp. The piglets spend their first weeks of life in this protected area. They are usually suckled over a period of three to four months.
Due to the current changeable temperatures, especially at night, the piglets are still often kept in the barn. However, they are also easy for visitors to observe there.
The domestic pig breed "Göttingen mini pig" was bred in the early 1960s through targeted crossbreeding at the University of Göttingen. The aim was to develop a particularly small breed of pig for scientific purposes, as pigs are similar to humans in many physiological aspects. Today, miniature pigs are also very popular as pets, resulting in a greater variety of colours. In the original breeding population at Göttingen University, however, care is still taken to ensure that the animals are pure white in colour.
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