Here are my moans.....
The rain.
Totally self inflicted hangover Saturday morning, so didn't ride in the morning, thought I would ride early afternoon. To then remember that David was going to see his dad in hospital and I wanted to go with him. So ended up mucking out and then going to Addenbrook Hospital. Fine I will ride tomorrow... To then get food poisoning and be ill all day. Whilst being very poorly on Sunday, I had to muck out, feed, hay etc 4 horses. I think this is possibly the worst mucking out I have ever done and boy did I struggle... What would actually happen if I couldn't move? Livery yard seems such a good option!
The rain.
Hay, they are not eating the farmers hay. To cut a lot story short, despite it looking and smelling amazing they will not eat and after mentioning to a few people the only thing we can come up with is the footpath running through the field. This must contaminate the hay (it hasn't been sprayed or have any nasties). So they will wolf one bale down and not eat the next. Literally, will not eat at all. Walk up to, sniff and walk away. Even when hungry. So to solve this I have purchased other farmers small bales to mix with the one they won't eat (I buy in very large bales that last 4 horses a week). At one point I was burning! This is a pain and takes a lot of time, equally can lead to a lot of wastage in field, which in turn ruins the ground. This morning at 6am I mixed and filled 12 haynets, 2 to put in stables for tonight and 10 to put around yard for during the day to compensate for the limited turnout. As I was then mucking out I watched all horses systematically go up to each haynet, sniff and walk away... Aghhhh I don't have time for this. Cursing farmer, cursing Sam who helps me for not doing more and generally hating the world! Unaided by simple systems being late with the feed delivery and the horses eating nothing but sugar beet for last 2 days! To which I feel silly guilty....
The rain.
Why the fuck won't it stop raining!! I have 12 acres of land none of which I can use! Its madness. I walked across the field last night and it is just saturated and most in standing water. Even my most dry field is a quagmire. Thankfully, as well as some cemented area I do have around the yard and the much heap an area the previous owner had used as a road so put loads of hardcore down. But even this is getting bad. Not aided by the fact hey are out on It all day and because the only time I see daylight is at the weekend, none of the poo or anything gets cleared up, so all getting churned in (back to being annoyed with Sam not doing enough) Just what I want to do all weekend.
When I saw Sam on Monday, she asked why the horses haven't been out as the fields shouldn't be too wet, as it hasn't rained much..... It has rained almost solidly for 3 months now, floods are almost a daily occurrence on the news. Seriously? There is a reason why she mucks out stables for a living I guess (note to self, never give Sam the link to this blog)
This now means getting to the arena means I get covered in mud and for some strange reason they all stand and poo at the arena gateway. Nice entrance!
The rain
Also, bless them they got into the arena the other day and obviously had a hoolie. Looked like battle off the Somme. Fortunately, I have a leveller in there and have been able to level off but because they really churned it and went through to wood chip this hasn't been enough and Eager keeps hitting soft bits and loosing her footing. So what I need to do is get the roller in there..... Which obviously I can't because wouldn't be able to get through mud (well I could but would take it all into the arena). Brainwave of waiting for frost so ground is hard.... This happened on Sunday when I was Ill. So despite being ill, out came the quad and leveller (now nearly dying) and then didn't have the strength to move roller to hitch onto quad! Frost wasted... I went and died a bit more on the sofa for a few hours. No more cold weather forecast... Just rain.
The rain.
The yard actually looks like a pikey yard now. Just the look I was aiming for with my own yard!
Are the horses happier than those on a livery yard being in 24/7? Who the hell knows!
Then, I went to work. Which is just shit at the moment quite frankly!
The rain.
Anyway this was yesterday morning. Simple Systems delivering today. I took an extra 10 mins to fill 6 haynets last night, after riding, before cooking dinner. So less hassle this morning. Also opened gate to field and its up to them if they want to wander around it, but the hay is on the hard standing. Will, just have a chat with Sam. She is actually a good girl and has never let me down, even if she can't make it her mum does them for me. So it means the horses were done last month even when Sam had broken arm. So mustn't be mean and never send message during one of my evening hissy fits pre-dinner.
Now about that rain..........
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