Quality Control

We had a hay delivery this morning and the team were straight to work on quality control!

It was several hours before I could move the stack from here to inside the barn – they were all busy randomly sampling various bales, comparing results and taking more samples.

Honest.

The new silkie eggs are now in the incubator safely.

George has invented a new trick. He went through a phase of resource-guarding his food, refusing to let anyone near his bucket. He’s got over that now – but instead, he’s guarding me!

It’s flattering that he thinks I’m worth keeping but it’s rather dangerous since he won’t let me leave easily and he’s so busy defending me against the others stealing me that he might easily trample me without noticing. I have to box clever, making sure I can slide away safely and quickly if any other horse arrives, and when he catches me alone I take care to work him slowly around until I’m in a position to duck out if I need to.

He’ll get over it, when he realises I’m always around and won’t be stolen away. It’s just another step along his journey for us to survive!