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OH has 'donated' one of the transits he's doing up to store some of it. The rest will remain in shrinkwrap until the ground dries up enough to get a tipper across the field, or my truck (10 at a time). Haylage delivery was fine in the end, bar one pallet load falling back against OH's tractor...

I think it's about standard. All the bulbs are on schedule and birdies always get noisy in February. The corvids are all well into rearing chicks, but they always start early. I'm under no illusions. I expect a snowstorm any day now. Despite none being forecast round here. ;)

The hay bars have a small gap at the bottom, so water will run out.

Technically, yes. I feed Pure Easy and have done for years. It suits both my Exmoor with severe SI and my cob (PSSM1). Some winters I switch to Pure Condition, but this winter has been too mild to warrant it. I supplement only with the odd banana, carrot, hay/haylage and grazing (mixed leys...

I think it was Ben Hart that once said to me that every person that interacts with an animal is a trainer, whether they want to be or not. I completely agree with this statement. You don't even have to have something on the end of the rope to be training.

Yes, he likes tennis, too. Anything that moves on TV, really. His latest nobism is to sit in front of the remote sensor, so we're stuck with whatever he wants to watch until he moves or we can be bothered to scoop him up.

Having been smug after securing two pallets of MVF haylage the same day they put it up in price, I am now in the position of every fecking delivery happening at the same time. The haylage I was expecting last week, but everyone has started ordering online it seems, so it's coming tomorrow - the...

Big Wally has been knocking over Freestyle Skiiers this week. I'm starting to worry that the IOC is going to come after me for interfering with the games.

I use Panacur granules. Both of my cats will eat that in gravy/broth based food. They were rather more skeptical when I used the larger sachets (they are big cats), but still ate it. That covers both roundworm and tapeworm. For lungworm you can feed over 3 days (check that!).

My cob has had an abscess in the frog. To be honest, I just opened it up to ensure drainage and disinfected as I do anyway with his hooves (at that point he was under the farrier, who wasn't cutting back raggedy bits and they formed anaerobic pockets). Disinfection was hibiscrub initially...

I must confess that this morning I woke up feeling like I'd had an amazing sleep, half an hour earlier than usual. This would have given me time to ride before work. Instead, I got my fresh coffee and sat in bed cuddling the cat. No regrets. At all. When I did get to the yard, it was in your...

Same. All I can do is put mats where it's appropriate. Outside the shelter I put cheap straw (remember that? Dunno what I'll do next winter...) under some stable mats, which holds up for a few months. It's not perfect, but having a non-sloppy walkway between shelters keeps me sane at least. I...

By this logic, we would not be displaying L plates on learner drivers. I checked this out with insurance companies many years ago and it was tosh. Providing information which might indicate extra caution required is not an admission of liability (am paraphrasing the feedback, there, it was 20...

My cob is in a Black Country GP Event. He also went very well in an Ideal H&C, but the seat felt too roomy for me.

My Exmoor has spent more time rugged this winter than any other, but she is 25. I have actually taken it off, now, as she's fat as butter and has access to her shelter. Another reason is that she has severe sweet itch which is worse during moulting season and the more she can dislodge during...