Litter kettle

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In wild boars , the bed of leaves, bushes and moss is referred to as a litter kettle or fresh kettle, which the brook shortly before or immediately after the freshness, i.e. H. the birth for their newborns (boys) builds. The female carefully chooses the place for a birth nest before giving birth. It is often exposed towards the south so it can be warmed by the sun. In swampy regions, the brook searches for elevations in the ground so that the nest is dry. She pads the nest with grass and then builds a kind of roof. The litter kettle largely serves as a privacy screen against predators, but also to protect sensitive young animals from cold and damp weather. During the first days of life of the young animals, which are sensitive to cold and moisture, the female usually remains in the birth nest. Depending on the weather conditions, the female leaves the nest with her young after one to three weeks.

Normal resting places for wild boars, which are newly created every day and have a protective function similar to that of litter kettles, are called kettles .

Throw boilers are also of domestic pigs in free range created and when they are offered no Abferkelhütte. However, there is hardly any possibility of doing this today.

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  1. klaus-d-weber: example image . In: fotocommunity.de. March 23, 2006, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  2. Way of life of wild boars ( memento from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on: Landesforsten Rheinland-Pfalz (queried on January 16, 2010)
  3. Haseder, p. 460
  4. Domestic pig in litter kettle (queried on January 16, 2010)