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**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · May 25

May 25

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The #MudBrothers this morning.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · May 21 *

May 21 *

John @John@fairdinkum.one

Another truckload of #lucerne arrived this morning.

#Lambs & #alpacas are loving it.

This morning I fed them some #lucerne & #poppedlupins.

Just now I gave the #MudBrothers some more carrots (the huge, long ones #Woolies sell as #TheOddBunch. I slice lengthwise & each big carrot becomes 4.) & another bale of lucerne.

Chaser pictured, eating something like his 12th carrot of the day. So far. (He’s ignoring the newest bale of lucerne & hoping for more #carrots.)

Chaser eating something like his 12th carrot of the day. So far. (He’s, so far, ignoring the bale of lucerne & hoping for more carrots.)

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Apr 29 *

Apr 29 *

John @John@fairdinkum.one

I just returned from feeding the #MudBrothers & the #lambs.

As I came through the gate they rushed towards me - normal.

Ozzie (the older, white #alpaca) then spotted I had a bucket of crushed lupins on me.

He reared up on his hind legs & then head butted my shoulder! Not normal.

I’m not that stable on my legs at the best of times & his head butt sent me into the fence.

#NotHappy.

2 alpacas (image from the net) rearing up on their hind legs.

Alpacas are big. Getting headed butted by a rearing alpaca is not recommended.

Chaser the alpaca living up to his nickname - MudBrother. Mud down either side & down his back. The alpacas like rolling in mud, dust, sand - they just like rolling.

Chaser standing behind my attacker. Mutter mutter.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Apr 10

Apr 10

John @John@fairdinkum.one

Woke this morning with my left leg twisted under me.

As a result of awkward sleeping, my left knee is giving me hell again.

I took some pain meds & was waiting for them to kick in when the neighbour’s kids & their visiting friends (school holidays) asked if they could feed the #lambs & #alpacas.

I’d already cut up a couple of kilos of carrots for the alpacas, so the kids were very excited about hand feeding the #MudBrothers & the lambs got to feed on the crushed lupins.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Mar 21

Mar 21

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The #alpacas & #lambs this chilly morning.

I’m guessing the #MudBrothers have been eyeing off that new truckload of #lucerne since it arrived yesterday. So I tried to frame them with it as I walked towards them.

The alpacas waiting for a feed of lucerne, with bales of lucerne in the foreground & the rising sun in the background.

The lambs heard me & came in for a feed too.

Continued thread

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Mar 1

Mar 1

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The #MudBrothers got lucerne bricks & carrots while the #Wiltipoll twins got cracked lupins & lucerne bricks.

#sheep #alpacas

**lordcoke** @lordcoke@pics.gayfr.online · Feb 26

Feb 26

lordcoke @lordcoke@pics.gayfr.online

AI generated anthomorphic creatures

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Feb 18

Feb 18

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The #MudBrothers & #Wiltipoll #lambs were fed & watered earlier.

There’s still so much #thistle out there!

The Woolies this morning after being fed & watered. Their paddock is still thick with thistle - I’m working on that though.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Feb 1

Feb 1

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The transplanted to potting mix bags #JerusalemArtichoke didn’t like the 35° #Celsius we eventually got to yesterday.

This morning they’ve been given a good soaking & are starting to recover.

It might hit 37° or 38° today, so I’ll check through the day.

The #Mudbrothers & the #Wiltipoll #lambs water troughs both went down around 5 inches overnight!

Troughs have been topped up & the #alpacas & #sheep have been fed.

The town’s #CFA #fire #siren went earlier, but I think it’s just a drill.

The artichokes both looked much worse than this before getting a morning soaking.

They’ve had another soaking since this & are looking even better.

My hip has me staying inside under the fan for now, so another pic will be later in the day once my pain meds kick in.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Jan 22

Jan 22

John @John@fairdinkum.one

Very #overcast - promised rains didn’t arrive again though.

The #MudBrothers were given carrots just now, which is why Chaser is so close to me in this pic. #alpacas

Ozzie is on the left and Chaser on the right - both have the carrot munchies.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Jan 19

Jan 19

John @John@fairdinkum.one

#Wiltipoll #lambs & the #MudBrothers have been fed & watered.

I spread 8 bricks around the paddock just in case the #alpacas tried to keep the bricks to themselves.

I haven’t seen them do this, but just in case.

Then, coming into the front yard, I lost my balance & fell into a rose bush!

Sigh.

Both Wiltipoll lambs attacking one of the lucerne bricks

Some punctures & scratched to my left arm after falling into a rose bush.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Jan 18

Jan 18

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The #Wiltipoll walked over to the #mudbrothers

The sheep seem to think the alpacas are just big sheep - while the alpacas have come to the conclusion that these new beasts are harmless.

I hung waaaaay back so I wouldn’t get Chaser all defensive.

Very blurry long range phone pics.

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Jan 18

Jan 18

John @John@fairdinkum.one

The #Wiltipoll twin #wethers have arrived!

The #MudBrothers are hanging back. Unsure of the new beasts.

The sheep RAN from the horse float straight into our open paddock gate!

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Jan 15

Jan 15

John @John@fairdinkum.one

A very rare photo!

Me AND the #MudBrothers in one photo!

Me, the Ozzie, then Chaser - he always has his ears back when Zi’m around.

#alpacas

**John** @John@fairdinkum.one · Jan 10

Jan 10

John @John@fairdinkum.one

We didn’t get more than 27° Celsius here today.

I checked the boys #water early & filled both the #sheep & #alpaca #troughs as the #MudBrothers are really drinking much more than usual in this heat - or Chaser is spilling it out of the troughs with his Summer dips.