There are lots of breeds to see and pigs of all ages.

All our sows like to be stroked, so there is plenty of hands on required!

During the day we meet the main herd who are kept on a field.  You will see how we keep them secure, fed and watered, the many different types of Ark we have, and discuss the merits of different arks.

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We attended 6 shows in the 2011 show season and won Best of Breed for the Saddlebacks at 5 of those shows and have won Reserve Best in Show at 2 of them.

The Five Best of Breeds have also been from 4 different pigs, with Amy our 4 year old sow winning at Heathfield and then again at Surrey County. This was followed by Hilary, our September Gilt taking the spot at the Singleton Rare breed show (beating Amy that time), and on 7th Aug our 3 year sow Miranda (pictured above) took Best of Breed at the Cranleigh show. The last show was at Edenbridge where our two and a half year old sow Joyce took the Best Saddleback slot. We were also pleased that at manyof the shows it was different age saddlebacks from Oaklands Pigs that were competing for the Best of Breed title.

The Two Reserve Best in Shows were won by Amy at the Heathfield show (pictured below) and Miranda at the Cranleigh show.

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Although its the Saddlebacks that are our primary focus on the show circuit, we were also delighted that our January Tamworth Gilt Tabitha won a class of 8 entries at the Singleton Show. Mind you, you have to be fit to keep up with a young Tamworth in the ring !

Amy takes the Best of Breed at both the Heathfield and Surrey County Shows.

Our 2011 show season got off to a flying start when 4 year old Amy won Best of Breed at the Heathfield Show on 28th May, and then went on to win Reserve Best in Show. We were especially delighted as Amy is one of our own home bred sows, and in addition 3 of the Saddlebacks contending for best of breed were our own homebred pigs. A few days later …

Amy repeated the sucess by winning Best of Breed again at the Surrey County Show on Bank Holiday Monday. This time she was not so lucky for the Best in Show places, but all the pigs we entered won prizes so we were really pleased.

It was Best of breed again at the Singleton rare breed show on 17th July, but this time the title was taken by our September Gilt Hilary who beat both Amy and our July gilt Megan. We were pleased once again to have 3 of our homebred pigs competing for the title.

This time Tabitha, the tearaway Tamworth, also redeemed herself by winning the January class up against 8 other pigs including Large Blacks, Berkshires, Saddlebacks and Oxford Sandy’s. But she was still lively and did still give me the run around in the ring (obviously just to show off her flowing movement !)

TABITHA the tamworth has just arrived at Oaklands Pigs. This pedigree tamworth gilt is full of mischief, and will be joining the breeding herd when she is a bit bigger.

Freddie, our Saddlebcak Boar meets everyone.

Indoor sessions are held in our comfortable classroom