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Rain, rain, go away!
« Thread Started on Apr 25, 2012, 6:52am »

I know we need it, but ...!! The summer paddock is becoming waterlogged and trashed. I can't move them into the other side at the moment as the sheep and lambs are on it. We are in the process of dividing up the two fields with stock fencing and a dead space between them, to make it easier to get the tractor up and down and also to herd the sheep up from one field to another.

I opened up this stretch of lush grass to the horses so they could eat it down - well all they did for ten minutes was to charge up and down up and down till there was hardly any eatable grass left, idiots! ::)

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #1 on Apr 25, 2012, 8:59am »

we have had lots..so don't want it back yet, they are such twits ! ::)

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #2 on Apr 25, 2012, 10:53am »

We've had non stop rain all week too, the field is beginning to resemble a mudbath in places. Meh what fools ::)

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #3 on Apr 25, 2012, 12:55pm »

Constant rain here since the beginning of April.....

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #4 on Apr 25, 2012, 2:02pm »

Constant rain here too. We have a huge lake in Dolly and Frankie's field, bigger than it's ever been in the last 20 years and they say we have a drought here and have a hosepipe ban!!! The water is so deep that the only safe way of getting into the field is by quadbike and even then the water laps over the footwells. I was going to take a pic today but forgot my camera.

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #5 on Apr 25, 2012, 4:56pm »

Absolutely awful, April showers I think it's more than that!

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #6 on Apr 25, 2012, 5:08pm »

Here in Holland we've got a lot of rain too. The mornings are usually good and sunny, and then rain rain rain. The horses are still in the sand paddock where they stay year round. They'll go on the grass March 1st.

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #7 on Apr 25, 2012, 5:40pm »

How long does it have to rain before we are no longer in a drought?

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #9 on Apr 25, 2012, 7:14pm »

Apr 25, 2012, 5:08pm, cassey1988 wrote:

Here in Holland we've got a lot of rain too. The mornings are usually good and sunny, and then rain rain rain. The horses are still in the sand paddock where they stay year round. They'll go on the grass March 1st.

LOL. I mean May 1st off course...

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #10 on Apr 25, 2012, 8:34pm »

I can't even go out now without being spotted and them assuming I am about to give them more grass. I need to check on the sheep and lambs but as soon as they see me they all make a beeline for me then start galloping all over the place, they are fast trashing what's left of their field! And it's still raining .... [image]

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #11 on Apr 26, 2012, 6:27am »

It's been raining here for weeks & I've hardly managed to ride in the last month.
I'm taking Pip to a weekend clinic on 11th May and at this rate neither of us will be fit enough
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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #12 on Apr 26, 2012, 6:29am »

Its been raining here all winter! We don't need any more. We have more wild ducks than ever before

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #13 on Apr 26, 2012, 6:43am »

Apr 26, 2012, 6:27am, carolinec wrote:

It's been raining here for weeks & I've hardly managed to ride in the last month.
I'm taking Pip to a weekend clinic on 11th May and at this rate neither of us will be fit enough
to do much

Well I'm taking Remy to a 3 day clinic on 16th May and neither she or I have done anything since last October lol

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Re: Rain, rain, go away!
« Reply #14 on Apr 26, 2012, 9:35am »

I'm supposed to be doinmg a 22k ride with Lady this weekend - it's high up so might not be waterlogged but I think it'll be pretty cold!

Now the weather-related sheep problems are starting - today I had to bring a set of twins back in, big strong lambs, 5 days old, just cold and soaked to the skin. And another ewe has developed mastitis.

I'm watching the lambs for signs of joinmt ill as well - erven with treated navels, when it's so muddy and they are lying on wet ground they can pick up infection really easily.

PLEASE PLEASE can we have some sunshine?? We've only had 1 dry day since the beginning of April!

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