NEWSBirthing experience teaches Waupun students lessons for a lifetimeColleen KottkeWisconsin State FarmerThe litter of 10 piglets in Tari Costello's animal laboratory have become the talk of Waupun High School.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerTia the sow rests comfortably in her farrowing crate after delivering a dozen piglets at Waupun High School.Tari CostelloAmber Duscheck draws out liquid iron into a syringe that will be injected into a piglet to correct the development of iron deficiency that leads to anemia.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerCrossbred Hampshire littermates nose around for a snack while their mother, Tia, rests.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerNorah Ganske assists in the delivery of piglets.Tari CostelloSerena Freriks and her classmates clean out the pen holding the 10 piglets and their mother during the opening minutes of the Large Animal Science class at Waupun High School.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerStudents assist in ear notching the litter of piglets. The task is done for the purpose of identification.Tari CostelloThe litter of crossbred Hampshire piglets are back to nursing soon after receiving their iron shots.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerJason Ganske prepares to give his daughter, Norah Ganske's sow, Tia, an injection.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerWaupun ag educator and FFA advisor Tari Costello, left, watches as students find the injection site on newborn piglets during the Large Animal Science class.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerVanessa Witthun is all smiles as she tends to her newborn piglet shortly after its birth.Tari CostelloBrooke Schultz, left, and Hannah Loomans enjoy the piglets despite their loud squeals.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerOver half of the student body at Waupun High School have stopped by to visit the newborn piglets in the Ag Department's animal lab, where they learn about the babies and the mother.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerStaff and students gather in the large animal lab, waiting for Tia the sow to deliver her piglets.Courtesy Of Tari CostelloSerena Freriks, left, opens the piglet's mouth while her classmate clips the animal's "needle" teeth shortly after its birth. The teeth are very sharp and can cause injury to the sow's udder and teats.Tari CostelloMikayla Bruene cleans out the pen where two Boer goats reside in the Large Animal Science classroom lab.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State FarmerJason Ganske, foreground, helps members of the Waupun High School Large Animal Science class assemble the pen where Norah Ganske's sow will reside until delivering her litter of piglets.Tari CostelloBrianna Asmus dries off a newborn piglet shortly after it was delivered.Courtesy Tari CostelloMembers of Tari Costello's Large Animal Science class, from left, Brooke Schultz, Hannah Loomans, Selena Garibo (kneeling), Jennifer Schatz, Norah Ganske, Brianna Asmus, Vanessa Witthun, Mikayla Bruene, Mackenzie Rahn, Serena Freriks, Makenna Kunz and Amber Duscheck, show off a litter of newborn pigs that were born in the classroom.Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer