Keen readers of the blog will remember that we transferred Baxter and Dexter from their usual residence in the paddock that runs from the house down to the creek, into our paddock on the other side of McGuinness Road back in October or maybe it was November. I was very anxious about this move - it was necessary because the boys had pretty well grazed all that could be grazed from that paddock, but I was worried they would find an opening in the fence of their new home and get out, or get bitten by a brown snake, or maybe abducted by aliens. However, much to my relief they settled into their new paddock and relished the greater grazing options. In the mean time, their original paddock had become lush and luxuriant again to the point that we might need to get the slasher in again, so it was time to move the boys back again.
This was surprisingly easy - they are suckers for a biscuit of lucerne. So they followed me down the road while Steve, Piglet and Justin stood by to stop them bolting down the road. They walked into their old paddock and have settled back in very nicely. Although every so often I catch one of them looking wistfully towards the other paddock.
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