Settling in at livery
If you've read earlier blog posts and / or follow @EggsyPony on Twitter you'll be aware that due to loss of land the horses have had to go to a livery yard. Well that was in January so we thought it was about time to update everyone on how Eggsy and Friends have settled in.
The news is good, horses and ponies are very happy in their paddocks and they've been allowed to live out 24/7 since Eggsy made such a fuss about the stables. The yard owner even provided a couple of new field shelters, not that anyone uses them.
Our paddocks are right at the end of the track so it's a bit like having our own place as no one walks down that far! Having said that the other horse owners are all nice and everyone, mostly, gets on really well, most of the time.
For the time being, much to Eggsy's relief, the stables remain abandoned. This may or may not be permanent, it will depend very much on the weather, if things get too muddy the horses will have to go in at night. Hoping we can manage to keep them out, Boo and Maddie are now both in their twenties and having space to move around at will helps with their mobility, Boo for one would get very stiff in a stable overnight and of course Eggsy hates being confined.
There's another reason we haven't persevered with stabling. Our, slightly separate from the main yard, block of stables has a barn in front of it and unfortunately part of that barn has been let to a small shed making business. When we were shown round our understanding was that the work was carried out away from the stables, we were even shown where and it wasn't anywhere near us. But that's not the case and as you can imagine there's a lot of noise from the building especially as they seem to like the doors wide open whist working and there are a lot of vehicles coming and going. Not really conducive to horses and especially not to an angsty Eggsy.
But on the whole things are good at the livery yard and the horses are all settled and content so that's the main thing.
Now what about the other two Muddy Bottom Residents who had to leave with us?
Hansel the goose came home to our garden wrapped in a blanket, he wasn't quite so accepting as Gingee when it came to being caught and travelling, but, he too seems to have settled down nicely, he waits at the garden gate for breakfast in the mornings which is nice. A garden isn't ideal for a large grazing bird like a goose but it's the best we can do for him at the moment.
So all in all everyone is settling into their new ways of living.
About Eggsy Pony:
Eggsy Pony was abandoned with locking stifles when he was just a foal, you can read about his abandonment here, his care is funded via donation.
If you'd like to you can help Eggsy in the following ways:
Follow Eggsy Pony and Friends on Ko-Fi where if you choose you can also buy him a coffee, which isn't really coffee, the coffee money goes towards his feed.
Follow, like and retweet @eggsypony on Twitter
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Make a donation via https://www.gofundme.com/f/z8gpxg
or Paypal : eggsppony@gmail.com
Take a look at Eggsy Pony's Redbubble store, he gets a small % in commission on any item sold which goes toward his feed.
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