A Nail In Horse Hoof It was time for the horses to get their normally scheduled hoof trimming. As we were waiting for the farrier to arrive, my wife and daughter started to pick (clean) the horses’ hooves. If you notice, there appears to be a piece of metal, maybe a bent nail, in the… Continue reading A Nail in Horse Hoof
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Controlling Hay Intake
Controlling Hay Intake Several of our horses have one problem or another with their diet. At least one of our miniature horses has a sugar problem, where she can’t eat fresh grass because of the sugar levels in the grass. She also must take daily medication to help offset the issues. In humans, we would… Continue reading Controlling Hay Intake
What a Drag
What A Drag So, how do you drag a horse pasture if you don’t own a tractor? Simple: You make a drag and use your truck as the tractor. Where we board our horse, the owner keeps the grass cut, but with four horses, an occasional goat, a few cats, and a gaggle of wild… Continue reading What a Drag
Controlling Hay Intake
Controlling Hay Intake Several of our horses have one problem or the other with their diet. At least one of our miniature horses has a sugar problem, where she can’t eat fresh grass because of the levels of sugar in the grass. She also must take daily medication to help offset the issues. In humans, we… Continue reading Controlling Hay Intake
How We Do Hay at the Barn
How We Do Hay at the Barn First, I want to note that each boarder is responsible for his or her own hay, though some of us do go in together on a load to save on shipping. We have several horses that have some medical issues, so we have to limit their intake of… Continue reading How We Do Hay at the Barn
Farm Work Really Hurts!
Farm Work Really Hurts! Yesterday was scheduled to be another farm work day, normally we have one, on average once a quarter. It normally entails me repairing, building, or installing things on the part of the property where we board our horses. Plus, I often lend a helping hand to the farm owner. Yep, you… Continue reading Farm Work Really Hurts!
Farm Work Day
Farm Workday We designated this weekend as a farm clean-up weekend. The first thing on the list was to repair the pallet mini shelter that we constructed about 2 and a half years ago. It has fared very well actually, but we needed to put a new tarp on the roof, thanks to two of… Continue reading Farm Work Day
Sad Day At The Farm – Goodbye Justina
Sad Day at the Farm – Goodbye Justina It was a very sad day today on the farm, my daughter had to euthanize her horse, Justina. She had worked so hard over the years to gentle and then train her. She was a rescue horse for a local horse rescue, where she was feral. My… Continue reading Sad Day At The Farm – Goodbye Justina
Boarding Our Horses Locally Now
Boarding Our Horses Locally Now We board our four horses on a private farm about 5 miles from where we live. It isn’t perfect, but for our horses, it is paradise and it is home. They have had a long bumpy road to get to where they are today. They all started as rescue horses… Continue reading Boarding Our Horses Locally Now
The Family Horses
The Family Horses My barnyard includes four horses currently as well as dogs, cats, rabbits, and chickens, and no I don’t live on a farm. I lease land to board our horses. The story of us getting horses started in 1987, when I left for the Marine Corps and my wife (at that time, she… Continue reading The Family Horses
