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| If the TV news is to be believed we've all had a bit of wild weather this week, some folks more so than others. We had a couple of days of gales mid-week followed by some of the white stuff and ending up with lashing rain and gales again today. Gully here is unimpressed by snow because he can't get at his grass! If you magnify the photo you will see his lovely long eyelashes. |
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| Wee Eck also likes to get his nose into the snow. With this wintry weather comes the need to bulk up their rations and a square bale of hay soon disappears down eight long necks! |
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| This photo was taken just after 8.00am when the boys are all at the gate waiting for the human to arrive and dish out the haylage. |
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| "Mmmm, thats nice" appears to be Fidget's expression. Not only are the boys quite wet but they are also still having a roll in what was the dust bath - now the mud bath, as demonstrated by Fidget! |
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| There is always one fella wanting to have his breakfast in peace and quiet away from some of the more 'pushy' boys. Fergus likes the human to put his haylage into his tub away from the rabble - and of course the human obeys! |
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| By 1100am the humans start to fret that the animals will be starving (!) and so the sugar beet is dished out. We use the pelleted sort, either soaked overnight in cold water or over a shorter period in hot water. Fergus (second left) can be seen looking towards the field shelter where he expects his bowl to be placed - and of course the human obeys! |
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| And finally..............Robbie removed an old cupboard from the inside wall of the hay store and in doing so thought at first that these brown lumps were mould. On closer inspection of course they turned out to be hibernating bats and magnifying the picture shows their wee leggies and feet gripping onto the chipboard. By the time Robbie had organised something else to cover them the bats had shuffled off to another dark corner of the store to resume their snooze. Wonder if both bats woke together or one woke the other up, in any case they moved on. The Grumpy Gardener now has a new name.....................Batman! |
Brrr! It certainly looks like Winter up there now! Those boys are so lucky to have such attentive slaves!
ReplyDeleteLovely to see the photos of the bats when enlarged;hope they found another warm roost where they can remain until the Spring arrives!
It's particularly satisfying when you have an understanding of the individual needs of your herd, and they 'reward' it by responding to your attention - lovely to have bats roosting - in England bats are protected by law, and extraordinary lengths are gone to, if you want to work on a house or convert a barn, if evidence of bats is found.
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