“It’s just something I never thought I’d have to say”

This is definitely one for the books. Something my friends & family NEVER thought they’d ever hear come out of my mouth. As a young adult , and even to this day I still don’t like to fill up the whole sink to save water…. All that “icky” dishwater off of plates we just ate off of. I liked the girly side of things for sure. Barbies, makeup, nice clothes and purses. I was a “girly girl” sorta. There was always a part of me who loved the feeling of being in the woods hunting, being in the garden and my all time favorite of being at the cow barn.

Most girls my age would of given a left kidney for a horse. Me, a Holstein please. 4-H was my thing 100% commitment to being in the top of my class at the local county fair. This is where I learned farm ethics, proper animal care, feed, housing and basic vet care.

I decided to go to school for it. 4 years of college later I was confident doing just about any artificial insemination on any mammal I could get my hands on. Fast forward a few years and I got into the big commercial pig farms. Where we’d have litters born every day. 2-4 times a day sometimes. And with all those babies meant lots and lots of… Castrations.

Pigs aren’t like a normal castration like you see a lot of farmers “banding” their cattle. It’s a small surgical procedure where we make 2 extremely small incisions and remove the testicles. I like to do this at a small age. And so do they I mean I’m sure they don’t 100% enjoy it. But doing it in a three pound piglets way easier on everyone involved than a 30 pound weaning piglet.

This year Ben and I decided to get louises litter done and out of the way. Not many boys in her litter it’ll only take “5 minutes” as I typically tell Ben. WE ALL KNOW BETTER. We start getting it done. Momma comes back I jump out of the pen. He jumps out of the pen & we give the baby back to momma before we get eaten alive. Fast forward 6 hours later after I’ve gone grocery shopping, been to the feed store, done the dishes and cleaned my house. All I wanted to do was take my hair tie down and relax… and then I realized it.

A little tiny piglet testicle wrapped into my hair tie. ALL DAY. I’ve been walking around with a nut in my hair all day. In public talking to friends, colleagues and my better half.

So this definitely hits the list of “things we never thought would come out of Beccas mouth” DAD THERES A TESTICLE IN MY HAIR.