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Posted: Sunday 27 December, 2009

by Rosemary at 11:38am in Sheep Comments closed

Actually, it's not really a Christmas present, but I thought I'd keep it topical.

I bought a wheeled and covered hay rack for the sheep a few weeks ago; it was delivered last week and yesterday, we finally wheeled it into the field. I have a corner fenced off with a single strand of electric fence to keep the horse out of the trough and the lick - the sheep just limbo under it.

Covered hay rack

Andy (the horse) was so spooked by this new "monster" in his field, that he wouldn't come within 100 yards of it; he was snorting like a dragon and doing a fabulous extended trot with his tail straight up in the air. The sheep were totally unconcerned.

Wow, it's great! They were wasting so much hay when it was put on the ground - it was more bed than breakfast. Now, most gets eaten and there is hardly any waste.

The boys have a hay rack that hooks over the fence - it's new too, and weighs a ton. It's certainly built to last - I'm more worried about the fence falling down under the weight. When the ewes come home (when the thaw comes), the boys are going out in the field with Andy and the six females are coming into the orchard. Andy "plays" with the sheep and I don't really want him chasing my expectant mums around.

It's thawing a bit now - soon we'll be complaining about the mud!

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