I have now purchased two bags of Suregrow and a bag of chaff for Penny. I am slowly introducing her to the pellets so that she is ready to start feeding January 1st. I have been giving her handfuls with her mineral lick, she seems to like it so will have her first full feed on January 1st. I might also get some molasses to wet the feed as she seems to rather like the stuff!

I have found some rubber matting for her stable, which has now been laid and swept. It's now waiting for a bed on top of it which I will put down shortly. I am going to start to bring Penny in for her feed so that she gradually gets used to coming in again. She found it rather traumatic when she came in the other day!

The weather has been very mild and wet, though it has got colder today. Penny's rug seems to be keeping her warm and dry so i am pleased with that. Her field is in a mess, the ground is very heavily poached, I am hoping that the horses will go in another field before the spring to give it a rest. Also need to ask about the fencing as it is currently eletric - which is no good for foals!