What is the Curse of Stanley?

Firstly let me explain the Curse of Stanley.

Soon after we moved out to the farm, got our dogs and chickens (priority) we decided the next step was do acquire some pigs. We knew about the man in Cape Town who has hundreds of mixed breed pigs and decided that would be the best place to start. Off we went with an envelope of cash - not sure how much a pig costs these days - and our bakkie comfortably straw lined for the live stock.

Upon arriving at the city farm located in Tamboerskloof, we were greeted by a mob of hungry pigs, geese, chickens, a goat or two and if I'm not mistaken i think a baby cow was present. We entered negotiations and settled for 2 young sows which we would look into breeding at a later stage.

We were so happy with our cute and friendly little piglets which we named Beauty and Tambo. We were soon amazed at how much those piglets could eat and frantically planted a field of cabbage (which when harvested they refused to eat).

A few months down the line the piglets had grown and were looking rather fat and lazy. One afternoon while giving Beauty a good scratch, i noticed a drop of milk expressed from her teat. That night we heard a bit of grunting and squealing and behold, Stanley was born. We worked it out that Beauty had been mated on the day we got her.

What a bargain, an extra pig! Buy on get one free! We were so delighted, until a few months down the line Stanley started showing what he was made of and promptly mated his Aunty Tambo and shortly after, his own mother, Beauty.

Now i would just like to mention that my Breeding Pigs guide book states that a male pig is not fertile or capable of producing offspring until its at least 7 months old. Stanley was 3 months old when he mated Tambo and 4 when he mated Beauty.

And since then we have been inundated with piglets bringing us up to date with Beauty's new litter of 8 piglets (6 males) and Tambo pregnant and due sometime mid March.