Dungarron Highland Ponies

Gee, it's been cold!!

I seem to be constantly wearing three or four layers of clothes, standing in front of the fire, drinking tea just trying to get warm.

Ponies don't mind. They've got to be the hairiest i've seen them in years, Mr. Zoom - DG Crofter - particularly so. Or maybe that it's just that i'm not used to seeing a 5mth old foal with a two inch coat and a beard a full grown Highland would be proud of!

They're usually startling to look a bit moth-eaten as their foal fluff falls out, and their first coat grows in. I have no doubt how this guyis going to look when this winter coat starts going (and giving him a good rub today i came away with a handful of looose hair - we're past the equinox and heading toward spring already)

Mares, youngstock and oldies are all sharing a paddock at the moment so they can parttake of a couple of big rolls of hay a week - they're not hungry, but the cold, wet and windy weather means they need full tummies and a sheltered paddock to stay warm. No rugging here!

No foals for us in the spring. Not bringing anymore ponies into the world when the demand is obviously not there. Ghillie and Crofter are both still for sale. Romi will also be for sale in the spring.

Here's some pics of the big mob today.