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What are these ponies living on?RSS feed

Posted: Thursday 18 November, 2010

by Rosemary at 7:47pm in Equines 1 comment Comments closed

I was wondering today what our ponies are living on.

The track is bare; the field is pretty short and they have two hours on the grass each morning and evening; they all get a small feed twice a day when they come off the grass and 3kg of hay between them at night, in the hay boxes.

Smokey and Bugsy aren't rugged, although Sheba is - at 23 she deserves a bit of comfort. None of them are losing condition. Natives must really live on fresh air,although none of them are doing any work.

Sometimes, I feel a bit sorry for them and have been tempted to up the hay, but they don't need it yet, so I'm forcing myself to hold off.

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claire

Thursday 18 November, 2010 at 9:46pm

they're snorting in nutrients from the sea air.

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