Thunderstorms

What a night! I guess it must be spring. We had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and continuing into the evening. I'm not talking a little spring shower. I'm talking thunder and lightening, wind, and heavy vertical rains.

I swear I woke up once to hail. But it could have been super heavy rain. I'm sure glad I put Bob and Rain in the barn. I slept better knowing both Bob and Rain were in where it was dry. I fed the rest of the big herd in the leanto off the barn. I didn't have to worry about the big herd standing out in the rain during the big storms.

I also decided to put up two more panels in the pony pen so that they would have the use of the entire leanto. When I went to put them in last night they were very inquisitive. You could practically see their brains working to comprehend the additional space. I figured this way they could have more space to rip roar around and still be protected. I decided that with the unpredictable weather to keep them in their "night" pen today. It'll be a soupy mess both in their night pen and day pen. I'd rather keep their day pen less muddy since I have to walk through it at least twice a day.

When I went out to do chores this morning at 5:30am there was still a bit of lightening in the sky. Nothing like a good rain to get a fresh start on the day and to bring in spring. I'm starting to see the green grass shoot up out of the old dead grass. I'm hoping spring will come faster this year than last so I can get Bob out on the grass. I think the only way to get weight back on him is to hand graze him on grass.

I did feel bad that Maverick and Brego were out in the nasty stormy weather last night. But I'm hoping that the bad weather will have tired them out so I can possibly do a bit more electric fencing. Maverick hit the electric twice yesterday. After the second time he decided he'd hang out in the middle of the pen and not risk going anywhere near the fence. I believe I'll be doing a lot of electric fencing this year. :-) Good bye bad manners, hello to respecting fence.

I have new pics but they are on a different computer. Hopefully I'll get to post some pics tonight.