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#wiltipoll

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John :au: :hb:

Wow! The woolly ones must have had a #thirst yesterday!

I thought this morning would just be a top up of the water troughs, but both were well down.

So I emptied, cleaned, filled them both for today’s forecast hot weather.

They followed me around thinking I had feed on me but I didn’t feed them until after the watering. #alpacas #lambs #Wiltipoll

After realising I had no feed on me, they went to the gate to stare at the lucerne bales & bags of cracked lupins. I think they were willing them to come out back.
The Wiltipoll twins were sure I had a secret stash of lupins on me.
On my way out to get to their feed, Ozzie glared at me, as I passed him he tried to kick me again. Sigh.
All of the flock watched as I did the watered. Chaser saw my walking stick on the ground & had a nibble at it. Whenever he sees it, he thinks it’s a giant carrot.
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John :au: :hb:

The transplanted to potting mix bags #JerusalemArtichoke didn’t like the 35° #Celsius we eventually got to yesterday.

This morning they’ve been given a good soaking & are starting to recover.

It might hit 37° or 38° today, so I’ll check through the day.

The #Mudbrothers & the #Wiltipoll #lambs water troughs both went down around 5 inches overnight!

Troughs have been topped up & the #alpacas & #sheep have been fed.

The town’s #CFA #fire #siren went earlier, but I think it’s just a drill.

The artichokes both looked much worse than this before getting a morning soaking. They’ve had another soaking since this & are looking even better. My hip has me staying inside under the fan for now, so another pic will be later in the day once my pain meds kick in.
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John :au: :hb:

#Wiltipoll #sheep update!

About 9am tomorrow my better half & a friend of hers who owns a small horse float, will be headed off to the wilds of #Romsey to pick up our twin wethers.

My body has been seizing up throughout the day, so I’ll be holding the fort while the ladies venture onto a property that is supposed to be infested with #redbelliedblack #snakes!

And at 5:31pm, I’m off to sleep. 😞🤪😖

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John :au: :hb:

A new #introduction for a new year.

I’m an older (64) #Aussie living on a disability pension in rural Victoria.

My wife & I have 2 pet alpacas which will be joined by 2 #wiltipoll #sheep around the middle of this month.

I was a #Union rep (organiser for my U.S. friends) in: PKIU, TWU, ETU, HACSU

I voted YES on the #VoiceReferendum

I support the #LGBTQIA+ community.

My header image is of scrabble tiles spelling out fairdinkum, which refers to my instance, fairdinkum.one

Mastodon hosted on fairdinkum.onefairdinkum.oneAussie instance. Respect others, be polite, no hate speech.
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John :au: :hb:

I want to buy a new #stocktrough.

I don’t NEED to buy one, but with the #Wiltipoll #sheep arriving next month, I thought it might be a good idea to add to our existing water supply for them & the #alpacas.

I previously bought from a Bendigo firm but that business has now gone.

My local #produce store doesn’t sell them & online the price seems unreasonable - upwards of AUS$400! That’s not counting delivery, which seems to average around $125!

Looking for about 200 litre capacity.

Hmmm.

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