PIG SWAPPING....

My sister,Pam is an animal lover she is always ready to take in a stray cat or dog. She has a wide array of animals through the years. A pet bull,several horses,cats, dogs,goats, rosters, ducks, rabbits and pigs. She can named all her animals way back into childhood. Buford, the bull. Harley, the horse. Mopar, the cat. Fancy her favorite dog of all time to name a few.
I have always told Pam she should have been a stand up comedian. She is so funny telling about things that has happened in the past. She was an over the road truck driver and some of her travel stories are so funny. Last night we had my two sisters and their husbands over for supper. Here is a funny story she recalled.
Our Dad raised some hogs on their small farm while Pam and Kristia were still at home growing up. Pam made sure that each one of the family had a sow. This included Dad, Mom, Kristia and Pam. My late sister's husband asked if he could buy and bring a sow over to Dads so his son could raise some pigs. He told Dad he would buy feed for their hog and look after it and help with all the others. Dad agreed to this offer.
All the sows got with pigs and Pam and Kristia looked forward to the day the little pigs would arrive. That day finally arrived and each one of the sows began to deliver their little pigs with in a couple of days of each other. Kristia's sow, the smallest, had 4 pigs. Pam's had 5 pigs. Mom's had 5 pigs and Dad's had 5. Low and behold Ned's sow had 13 pigs. Ned hadn't bought any feed or helped with the care of his son's sow the whole time the animal was in Dads and Pam's care. Dad told Pam, " It's just not fair his sow having 13 pigs and he did nothing the whole time??" Dad told Pam he had a plan as Ned didn't know that the sows had delivered. Dad nailed a bucket on to a 2 by 2 so he could lift the pigs from their mothers stall.  A perfect solution to the problem. He placed 2 in Kristia, she now had 6. 2 with Pam's, now had 7. 2 with Moms she now had 7. Dad put 5 with his and he now had 12. This left Ned's with just 2 pigs.
When Ned came to check on his and his son's he couldn't understand why his only had 2 pigs. After all she was the biggest sow. Dad, with a twinkle in his eye said, " Ned most sows just have 2 or 3 pigs there first litter." Ned bought that story lock, stock and barrel.