Recent content by Crystallos

#49 from the Grants Pass miniature horse auction.

He's getting so much friendlier now that he's older. Only now wants to put everything in his mouth like a typical baby. It's not a huge problem yet as he has no teeth, but we want to avoid mouthiness. Any suggestions to prevent him from biting without affecting his friendly overtures?

For anyone's who is curious, she showed no overt signs of foaling. I went on a trail ride that day and about ten minutes after I got home she layed down, pushed and her water broke. The white bag showed up almost immediately. I'd say it was about a minute from her water breaking to foal all the...

Yes, so glad the wait is over. I had just gotten home from a trail ride ten minutes before her water broke. Think she was waiting for me? He just figured out how to stand as I type. Born about 2:15 pm.

No spots, but it looks like he might be buckskin.

Katya just had a colt! It was really fast, water broke to baby in less than a minute.

Thank you for the advice and the link to the other thread. It's good to know what could go wrong. I agree that tying to the tail didn't sound like a good idea and not something I am willing to try. I also think letting my mini loose is a bad idea, especially as she is too smart for her own good...

I didn't think it was a good idea either. I can imagine the wreck that could happen when you can't reach the rope.

I can't for the life of me find information on how to pony a mini from horseback. I'd like to take my mini with me on some trail rides and I'm not sure what is the safest way to go about it. I've seen some people leave their mini loose, but I think mine will likely find trouble. I've had one...

I can't for the life of me find information on how to pony a mini from horseback. I'd like to take my mini with me on some trail rides and I'm not sure what is the safest way to go about it. I've seen some people leave there mini loose, but mine is too smart and will likely find trouble. I've...

We ended up getting a few compressed bales of bent grass straw. It was harvested late so a lot of the seed heads are loose and not very green. The stems are fine, soft and short. Like haylage? We also got some 2013 grass hay that I call the "ditch hay". I think the seller mentioned it was the...

We MAY be getting a live streaming web cam on Katya's stall. Update soon, I hope.

She gets 2-3 flakes orchard/timothy hay shared with two other minis. It has a lot of thick stems, so they pick through it and leave quite a bit behind. It was the only hay we could find in the middle of winter without fescue in it. The hay we grow ourselves has endophyte fescue in it, courtesy...

I just wanted to point out Bridie is only partially shaved because she is getting used to the clippers. Everything is still super scary for her. :/

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