it takes a good vet with patience with foals for passporting. it takes time and a lot of wiggles with this one LOL. Drizzle the Draught colt foal gets his first Passport !

The heat takes it out of you and you need water its true, the cria do and all livestock but they also need shade and.. salt!

I am sorry i have no idea who did this so i cannot credit other than i think i saw it on Facebook but it did make me laugh in all this chaos!

Drizzle and rain mean different things here as our second Draught Colt born here in 2020 is called Drizzle.. what better way to welcome July than a headshot of Drizzle and my favourite cria of the year so far?

I wonder if you can guess why he is called Drizzle? Perhap snot! LOL

The months have flown by and the weather has hit well above 30 degrees, we have had thunderstorms and torrential rain and blue skies you would never believe.. what does July have in store for us Farmers?

well with Covid 19 ensuring those non fitness people gather a few pounds in the lockdown months to work off in the rest of this Summer, isnt it nice to find someone who doesnt even count on the “horseometer”LOL

no, seriously Daisy only measures about 34.5 inches at best and will top out under 36 inches bless her. Even my top of the range horse measuring stick on flat concrete starts too high to even count her in – gorgeous!

good job the alpaca have fleece that cools as well as warms but please remember CRIA must be able to reach the water and get into the shade or they will quickly die of dehydration ..

here are some of ours enjoying the sunshine before dashing back to their Des Res accommodation LOL

and not forgetting befriending our latest additions (coats off when dry folks)

Well i dont know what possessed my Alpaca to decide to have her cria in the middle of a torrential thunderstorm at teat time when she could have waited a few days – she must have had her reasons. Third stunning cria but instead of being calm and dry and cool, nope it was stair rods and about 7 degrees.

so quick move to mobile field shelters from outside and a very long night. I literally spent the night in the field shelter so excuse the photos, there was no way i could move in those stair rods to the barn.

Bit rocky to start with ever ready Lambs colostrum required and St Helens full cream Goats milk

but after a week of tlc for mum and cria with a friend and her cria to keep her company,

a happy new start and back out with her friends. and her cria is just stunning LOL worth the wait.

what better way to celebrate the Summer Solstice than this beautiful bloom?

well some Vets held back on Inseminating mares so not that many will be born next year. A hat off to our Vets who persevered throughout and we are hoping this little lady holds it. unfortunately a yellow UFO tried to sabotage this pregnancy so we are anxiously awaiting the outcome.. look away if you are embarrassed or squeamish

Really good motility so fingers crossed she stays pregnant.