Duck Weather.

Well, of course l DIDN'T finish my fence today! It has poured ALL day............l DID put the rails up though in-between cloud bursts, but of course l can't staple the wire on until l have painted everything so it's all very unsatisfactorily 'tacked on' now for another week. (Remind me why l didn't paint everything BEFORE l put it all up?????)
So.............. perfect weather today for ducks. They were very happy.

The chooks? Not so happy and they spent a fairly miserable day hanging out in their shed popping out whenever the rain eased up a bit...which wasn't much!

This big fat girl however did not move from her bed ALL day! Goats hate the rain and Toggles is a prime example of that. l think today as this photo clearly shows, she literally took her legs off and left them by the door!!

Lizzie is not quite such a wuss.! Being not such a mollycoddled goat as a baby she is definitely quite a bit 'tougher' than Toggles and whilst she didn't actually GO out in the rain, she preferred to spend her day sitting outside but very much under cover!

And whoever it was that said that sheep's wool protects them from the cold and rain doesn't know OUR sheep! They also spent most of the day inside under the barn lean to. With hay on tap, there was absolutely no reason to go outside whatsoever!

Beautiful little Patch .........

She hasn't changed much since she was a baby. Such a pretty little thing...

And THE most gorgeous sheep we have ever had.....Larry.....This fellow really is the sweetest most docile sheep l have ever met! He only has to be NEAR you to go into a trance.... just wanting a cuddle or an ear scratch He really is utterly adorable....Look at that face!

Named Fat Larry but nicknamed Buddha as a lamb......you can see why!

He was the last lamb born that year (2016) but as you can see by the photos he was the biggest of the lot! He had rolls of fat everywhere!

Here he is at the front. The youngest! (is it weird l know which lamb was which two years later??)

And he was the oddest looking little baby..............here he was at only a few minutes old...........

But always worth spending a bit of time with......He's a special boy!