Drookit!

March went out as it came in - with a gale and plenty of rain.  In fact we've had a real mixture of weather in the last week from warm sun, gales, rain and last night a dusting of the cold white stuff reappeared on the hills.  All 4 of our field shelters for the boys are permanently open and they choose when they want shelter.  Sometimes they will be out grazing in the pouring rain and think nothing of it then sometimes it will start to rain and they all run in, in a long line.  Hailstones have them running for cover every time!  Here are Fyta (left) and Fergus having put up with lots of rain deciding that they will take a bit of shelter and chew the cud!

Standing in the rain and looking suitably 'drookit' are Gaucho (left), Gully (centre) and Faro who has bent down and flicked up his tail in recognition.  The water has built up at the bottom of the paddock again but the temporary fencing is keeping the boys out of most of it. 

Faro with his tail flicked up again, the only boy to do this.  He does not like the camera being pointed at him, unlike Gully (left) who will pose all day!  Rufus and Wee Eck are in the background.

And after all the rain comes a little bit of sun and Fyta takes advantage of it.  Shortly he will start to sunbathe, lying on his side with his belly facing the sun.  Rufus is grazing behind him.  We're going to put the boys in the other two paddocks next week which will be a pleasant change of grass for them. They've started looking over the fence and humming, so they obviously want a change! They will also have daily Verm-X granules mixed with their food all next week and we'll do a Vet lab check of their poo later in the month.  Deep joy!