Merry Christmas......

Christmas Day, got up, fed and mucked out, then Ali and I took Chester out for a little wander in the sunshine......

We took it in turns to ride him as Soso is on box rest so can't be ridden......

She suits him better, her feet aren't down by his knees!

Then it was time to put Choccy through her paces over the brand new showjump Malcolm made Ali for Christmas.....

....and we let Kinna in to eat a bit of the lawn and she decided to try a few canapés

Then it was time for lunch, the home reared duck was delicious.....aptly named bottle of bubby too!

Getting Christmas dinner organised......

Yes, it's that time of the year again, time to fill the freezer with lots of ducks....we had 9 hatched this year, and very cute they were too.....

But now they are huge and there are just too many  of them. So we have sorted out the boys (7) from the girls (2) and they are in the stable awaiting their doom.......

We killed one this morning, he looked quite substantial

Once we'd plucked him though he looked a bit on the small side, so the others have a stay of execution for a few weeks so I can fatten them up.

Still, Man the Hunter looks pleased with himself..;-)