The chickens are taking over...

Both the blog and the farm!! We went to get out the tractor and there was another chicken sitting on a mound of eggs in it! We didn't have the heart to evict her, so we will be using the wheelbarrow for the next few weeks and seeing what appears. I know most of them will be cockerels (sods law) but they are adorable for the moment.

2011 Blobs!

Six mares to scan this afternoon and it was fairly successful.

To Exbury Ghost, our few spot Appaloosa we have -

Abelbeck due on the 16th of April (for a full sibling to Chamfron Colorado)

St Helen's Regency Bubbles due on the 20th of April (Palomino private driving mare)

Gordian Knot due on the 22nd of April (for a full sibling to Chamfron By Dand)

Poppy due on the 27th of April (Palomino blanket spot visiting mare)

To Arrayan Numa, our imported Criollo we have -

La Reine de Rome due on the 13th of April (for a full sibling to Chamfron Malambo)

Lady Erica is also in foal, but with twins, one has been squeezed and she will be scanned again on Wednesday.

Other pieces of good news are that Arrayan is now licensed with Weatherby's NTR and Ruby's foal is already sold!

Exbury Ghost x Phalastine Fasoulia

Chestnut blanket/snowflake filly born on the 4th of June out of Beannie for Omar Rabia, this very sweet girl is named "Ruby"

Malambo and Viscacha -12 Months old.

Unexpected arrivals.

The chicken known as "Amy's mum" had been missing for a while, I would occasionally glimpse her dashing about but so knew the fox hadn't got her but I could not even guess where she was sleeping at nights and I looked everywhere. So when Sheila the Heeler went off scaling the old muck heap today I guessed something was up there...

I think there are possibly four chicks and she is a very protective mum so hopefully she'll be able to raise them.

Ruby decides it is too hot to be FAT!

And foals down a chestnut leopard filly in the field!

Wanda out

Wanda at four days old.