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Mine have gone from lying in the open to sleeping in their fleece beds. It must be getting colder, although I've not started wearing jumpers yet. Don't know what they are going to do when real winter comes!
What about Hay Box?
Fussy wee rascals! Well the soft cut Timothy hay I get from them has soft bits and stalky bits. I know there’s a stalkier Timothy Hay they do and an I’m between/mixed one. You probably know that already - don’t know why I’m telling how to suck eggs! . Anyway - while I’m on the ‘Wonders of Hay Box’ rant - my two love their herbal mix and the coriander stalksPossibly, if Happy Hay aren't able to do it. But I'm loathe to change hays because I know the goblins will eat the Happy Hay stuff, they like their timothy to be as stalky and dangerous to eyes as possible. The orchard's the first "soft" hay they've seemed to like, rather than eating it because there's nothing else lol.
We’re all hay connoisseurs! (And yes I had to google the spelling! ). I took the ladies to the vet the other week for pedicures and the first thing she said when she opened the carrier was, “oh that hay is gorgeous!” (She has a horse). I felt so proudHaha, I don't mind. I got lucky with Happy Hay actually, the goblins arrived with a box of gorgeous timothy hay but the brand in question was very expensive and I couldn't justify buying a box myself. I think Happy Hay were slightly cheaper when I looked originally and then they love the timothy when they got it...so I stuck with it, else I could end up buying boxes from everywhere and them not liking a single one lol.
And I never thought they'd willingly eat anything but timothy, but when I got the samplers they also adored the oat hay and the orchard hay. And having had 3 samplers from them so far, on all 3 occasions they've turned up their noses at the meadow hay and the crau hay (which is fancy organic meadow hay from France, lol).
“Funny half hour”. Lol - my dad used to say that to me when I got the giggles as a child! Is that an Ulsterism, or is it a nation wide thing?I just find it hilarious that the goblins hate both the easiest accessible hay (meadow) and the very expensive stuff (the crau). But hay's that important that I figure if they'll eat it, I'll let them have it. And I'll be grateful that, being skinnies, they don't "nest" in the hay so much when that hay's liable to cause an injury to me, never mind them lol.
Although I have had to pause a few times today before stepping into the cage in case Cam's had a funny half hour and fallen asleep in the hay pile again. He's a little too good at hiding.
“Funny half hour”. Lol - my dad used to say that to me when I got the giggles as a child! Is that an Ulsterism, or is it a nation wide thing?
It’s OURS! Nobody else say it! Even tho it can aptly describe piggy antics!I think we should claim that one as an Ulsterism
Nooooooooooooo!!Sorry, I suspect funny half hour is a national expression! We used it all the time in Dorset, and I heard it a lot when I lived in Cornwall. Not sure if I've heard it in Bristol, though I probably have.
Aye - we’ll def claim that one!At least it's not like when a mate was headed to the chippy, asked if I wanted anything, and then stared blankly at me when I gave them the money and asked them to get me a fish supper lol.
What!? Do you not get a wee few chips with your fish? What about a pasty supper?I genuinely thought they were screwing with me, and the worst part was my brain was trying to think of what the "proper" term was and for some reason, "fish and chips" wouldn't come to me at all. Cause y'know, we order a fish and we get chips, and a fish supper is "fish and lots of chips". They're stingy here btw, you order a fish and a fish is all you get lol.
What I wouldn't give for a John Dory.
They tell me that in England when you get a cup of tea - that’s all you get! No wee bun or a biscuit or a bit of wheaten and cheese, or fruit loaf!Not in England, when I was last over for a couple of weeks we were driving to Tesco for dinner, but we passed a chippy on the way and never got to Tesco lol. I walked out with a fish supper and a pasty and almost got a couple of battered sausages too before my dad was like nope, we're going home now lol.
Here, you just get less food with your takeaway, seems to be an England thing tbh. not that you get stiffed on your food, it's just the extras. Less chips, less rice, and so on. And pasties confuse them, because they think cornish pasty, not the deep fried tasty monstrosity we have lol. And now I want a pasty. And a battered sausage, but mostly a pasty. I've always said what I miss most about NI is the food.