Remodelling time

I have horse pens! Well... almost.... The fencing contractor finally turned up to pull out the posts and ram them into their new homes (about 6 months after we had things ready to go), to get things set up for two horse pens and also to make the yard paddock bigger. We basically swung the yard fence out to the left, to join up with the big shed. This view is looking towards the house, you can see where the old fence line was, pretty much where the tyre and black feed bucket are in behind the cavaletti that Oscar was leaping over yesterday (jumping them like it was a 1m oxer with a 90cm spread - drama queen).

This view is looking almost straight down the old fence line, from the pens.


Choc here is modelling one of the pens. The three posts closest together will make the two entrance ways, and I'll put rails up to the left and right of each entrance. Where you can just see the blue baling twine on the left post is where the side of the pen Choc is in will be.They are 3.5m x 4m so are a good size. Will probably put rubber down (like the rubber in arena surfaces) to stop them become a quagmire in winter.


And Dee, looking fat and modelling her mud coat. She is all but sold to a client of mine who lives up north. She's going off to be a hack and broodie. She will LOVE having babies again I think.

We also put the heifers (and Harry) around the house for the day, to try and mow the lawns a bit. Last time I put Oscar and Bert around they didn't really make a dent in the grass, so hopefully the cows will do a better job than the horses did. So far they are chowing down quite happily.

This is Harry on the left, who has gone from being brown and white to black and white, and huuuge! He is 9 months old here and the other heifers are about 14-15 months old. The chicken is kind of wondering what is going on...


And in other news this week, the Hilux has gone :-( I sold the tyres separately to get new ones for the Bighorn and then sold the rest of the Hilux to a guy in Morrinsville who is going to fix it up. Took him a wee bit to get it on his trailer but it's all gone now and all that's left are the stumps it was sitting on. Bit sad really!

Brrrrr!

For the second morning in a row we've woken up to frost on the hay paddock - never had it frosty before and it makes me extra happy we decided not to fertilise last week!! It is usually a warm-ish paddock but this morning especially looks rather white. Took some pics:



It's so cold, Sunny had to find a warmer spot to snooze...


Sheryl has managed to remove her stitches so had another vet visit on Tuesday morning and came home sporting a head collar. Not very impressed! She has been giving us sad and miserable looks (talk about guilt tripping) but it's only for five days all up. Her tummy is looking a bit bruised still and there is a bit of exudate but it's not too bad.