Heavy rain overnight has run down the bottom edge of the paddock beside the house and flooded out where the ponies stand - discovered the chicken run was a duckpond this morning and water heading towards the level of the ventilation panel for the foundations of the house
so have had a lovely hour or two digging trenches to channel water away from the chooks and house which unfortunately puts it right into the outdoors stored hay bales
I'm gutted I didn't foresee this and save my £1250 cos it's all pretty wrecked as far as I can see, what isn't too heavy to move with water will be damp mouldy and inedible at a guess..
The wind has just started to get up the last hour and I haven't had the trees beside the house topped yet so am praying they stay put and don't land on teh chickens or the roof - and that the barn roof stays put.. the farrier was due out but I told him not to bother as the rain is horizontal through the open barn
so today is a day to stay indoors and tend the fire for as long as the dry logs last - the max temp in the house is 9 degrees even with it lit since 9am so I'm feeling pretty miserable and scared all round today and just hoping to get to tonight with no major damage to buildings, animals or myself when I go back out there..
Poor hens are faring a bit better with puddles rather than a pond, but they're not happy huddling behind the solid boards and if one of them gets flattened it'll take the chooks out too
It's got brighter tho so not sure if that's the rain off at least, it's too windy to go and see