An introduction, wormer and cheap wellies

Well, I think an introduction to the 'family' is in order!

You already know a bit about me and there is also an OH. Animal wise we have Bo, a black Lab who is a little mad. Ponies, Portia and Saracen (also known as Little Man as he is teeny). Portia is my 'metabolic' mare. She is Insulin Resistant and requires very careful management. Its a bit like the horsey form of diabetes, but we cope! Little Man is a sweet itch sufferer but this is kept in check with a good feed supplement. We also have 3 hens; Betty (noisey girl but lays lovely chocolate brown eggs), Alice a bossy white hen and very cheeky, and lastly Wilma a big grey hen who has a 'maddie' every morning when let out, running around with her wings a-flappin' !! Lastly, there are 2 white and brown ducks called Sally and Zola. They are runner ducks, so are named after famous runners Sally Gunnel and Zola Budd !

It was wormer time yesterday for the ponies. I try to keep chemical wormers to a minimum and use a herbal alternative and also regular egg counts via poo samples! It was the turn on the chemical tapewormer though but all seems OK today. Portia can become a bit footsore due to her condition with wormers but fingers crossed we are OK.

Now to the wellies !! Bought a bargain pair of wellies about 6 weeks ago for £10. BARGAIN !! I normally would go for someting around the £40 mark but thought what the heck, lets give 'em a go. Never again, they are trashed already. And have a nice split. You get what you pay for !!