JAN EDWARDS: More winterstuff at Farplace

We are blessed with a good 2-3 feet of snow, drifting to about 8 feet at the moment (and as you know, depth matters!) It is still snowing, fast and furious, but quite warm at minus 2C (it was minus 8 yesterday). I took advantage of a brief sunny spell to feed the sheep, goat and poultry – a jolly little adventure involving wading waist-deep in snow with buckets and hay nets, while frantic sheep were trying to knock me down.

Billy the goat was pleased to see me. He is a Siberian goat, and has a good thick cashmere coat on him, but even he is getting a bit tired of all this weather. He got an extra treat of carrots, apples and not-quite-fresh salad, along with his usual mix and his bale of hay.

The chickens have discovered a novel way to keep warm – they now use these high-tech fluffy sheep slippers. The sheep don’t seem to mind – perhaps it helps keep them warm too?

Jan Edwards, Head of Animal Care
Farplace Animal Rescue - the no-kill animal sanctuary
Farplace, Sidehead, Westgate, County Durham, DL13 1LE
http://www.farplace.org.uk/

tel: 01388 517397 mobile 07860 523434
Registered Charity number 1126812
Registered Company number 4397258