After Eight, Zoe-May and Cheryl

Cheryl Watson is a sheep and cattle farmer from Morpeth in Northumberland.

She fostered two youngsters, Zoe-May and After Eight, a year ago after adopting two RSPCA riding horses.

Cheryl is using the youngsters to graze a paddock which previously had been used for sheep.

She said:

We had sheep on there for quite a while and had a bit of a worm problem so decided to get a couple of ponies to break the worm cycle which has worked really well.

They are really easy to handle, they don’t take up too much time because you don’t have to ride them. And for me they have a really practical benefit, they are solving a problem for me.

I’ve had them about a year and in that time they have become much more trusting.

I love their curious nature, they want to learn and discover new things – being on a farm with tractors and quad bikes they are certainly getting some new experiences.

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