I enjoy my chickens and I have a few special ladies who I couldn't ever part with. I also have zero guilt about the ones we eat. They live a very good life with us and when we cull its quick and...
Certainly not. One of my heart horses, an OTTB I got in my teen years had been about halfway rehabbed from a similar condition and I finished bringing him back. Kid feeding, low man on the totem pole...
My chickens enter the paddocks/stalls at their own risk... My youngster kinda sorta smooshed a pullet that had flown the coop one day... I came home to him nudging it and picking it up by the wing...
I should have mentioned that... I have one hoof boot that I've been using over the vetwrap/duct tape wrap thats holding the Epsom salts in so that he can go out. I just hate to leave him in being a...
I bought a yearling back in September and had no issues all winter but this spring he's popped four abscesses - first in the right front, then two at the same time in the left front, now one on the...
It is threads like these that make me SO incredibly appreciative of my barn. My trainer/owner is very selective about who she lets in to board and does not put up with crap. The barn and grounds are...
That is awesome that you were able to find her! What a lucky mare :) Whenever I see the oldsters on CL it breaks my heart a little bit. I can't fathom offloading them in their retirement years. I've...
Thanks guys! He is pretty grand... He's a "grandpa" in fact to my two year old WB. He really keeps that baby in line. He also beats him in the galloping race from the pasture to the barn every single...
My heart horse turned 30 yesterday! He and I have been together for 22 years. I was 10 years old when I outgrew my first pony and my parents bought him for me. Rey was 8 and we found him in a...
I guess I'm not technically completely horseless, but my guy is is now retired and only wants to go on hacks in the woods so I'm looking for somebody who has a horse who still wants to do...