It's winter after all!

It never rains but it pours, if you get my drift.............!  After the hurricane like winds last week, Mon and Tue were very wet with lots of sleet and flooding all around.  Then Wed at 8.00 am it was all change for a dumping of snow. Once the footpaths were cleared it was time for the boys to get dug out.

They much prefer this sort of weather to the sleet and rain, and they know they will get extra feed because the grass is covered!

We always try to help a little by clearing snow from in front of their shelters.  The snow is also a great excuse for them to totally mess up the inside of their shelters.

Haylage goes down well with all the boys.  We clear a big circle on the ground and lay out 8 bundles of it which they scoff quite quickly.  At present they are getting haylage twice a day with hay being topped up when required.  They do need water too of course as it must be pretty hard eating just hay and haylage. 

And when there is snow on the ground the bowls of sugar beet are dispensed  at 1000am.  I wish we could have got a photo of all the boys with their black mouths after eating beet!  This is Fidget.

This is Fyta getting up to pranks again.  If he fancies another boy's food after his own, he doesn't argue or barge in - he just picks up the bowl and walks off with it!   Gaucho is the loser here.  Rufus and Fergus are in the background.

And finally..........we found our 'alpaca crossing' sign which has been hanging at the top of the drive for years.   Last week's wind put paid to it and this is all thats left. Unfortunately the grumpy gardener has been suffering from  a bad case of man flu sine Thursday so we're praying that we don't get too much more snow before he's better.  The forecast is for a very cold week ahead - so wrap up, keep warm.