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  1. Standards Equine

    Billy

    As much as we adore having these wee souls as our companions and partners in all sorts of activities, they don't come without challenges either, do they? It's funny that our cultures communicate love with food. Indeed, love could well be a dry-lot pen with activities and care without food...
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    What grass seed to plant in pasture??

    Fescue (lawn grass) is fine as long as it's been treated for fungus. Ensure the seed states that. Also, stay away from alsike clover. Ideal diet for donkeys is 3/4 barley straw and 1/4 old, mature hay. Dry lot and controlled feeding is going to keep your donks far healthier than pasture...
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    Is it possible to get all the loose hair off your shedding mini?

    I have the secret, but you probably don't actually want to know it. It has nothing to do with sucking or pulling the hair from your wee one. You need one of those big cattle dryers and BLOW it all off of them! In the process, hair goes everywhere. You will find it for years to come. It...
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    Just for fun!

    @HeritageHollowFarm it's so hard to say if that was just a moment in time when the picture was captured that the leg looks wonky. Certainly I've seen worse-looking ponies. Fingers crossed for straight legs, healthy baby and mama and an easy, uncomplicated delivery!
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    Just for fun!

    I don't count days. My timing has been to count 1 year and then subtract 3 weeks as my expected due date time frame. So that puts me around 330 days. I'll just watch them as they go along, but it's really watching the udders, the pH, the consistency of fluid expressed that will give me the...
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    Driving Discussion 2024

    @HersheyMint you're such a wonderful supporter! Thank you so much for your encouragement đź’“
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    I Did a Thing...

    I'm so ridiculously excited to see your "thing"!! Hopefully yours doesn't need a ton of body work and his own Bemer to get him to be interested in participating in a relaxed manner.
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    I Did a Thing...

    Really wanted to drive yesterday because it's been a week since he was between the shafts. But it was windy, warm but the wind had a definite bite to it and I didn't feel like we'd be doing anything constructive if we went out in the field. So he got his first Bemer treatment with our own...
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    Driving Discussion 2024

    All the fancy new stuff looked great! Phillippe and I were totally HI-VIS yesterday for our drive. I will have the driving blanket sent back over the summer sometime to get it shortened. I did measure too long. Pretty minor problem. And our fancy new yellow driving halter was wonderful as...
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    2024 Hours Driven

    Phillippe and I were out yesterday for about an hour! Windy and blustery it was! I was all wrapped up in my lap robe and ear muffs but he was just a trooper and took good care of us both.
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    Mini hoof changes

    Very cool! You can probably tell the line where you got Aggie and the time when she was not well looking at those lines. You'll also see dents and ridges when you change farriers as each trims at their own angle. They'll show diet change and weather changes too. I'd sure like to learn more...
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    Driving Discussion 2024

    Got new stuff in yesterday!!! When Jasmine got her harness upgrade, it had a crappy neck strap with it for some reason. So we got a new one in her teal. I also got Phillippé and Falcor driving halters with buckles over the nose. Aaaand I got my littles harness quarter sheets so they can get...
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    Bicycle trailer

    It all takes the amount of time it takes and not a moment sooner... I'm glad things are beginning to sort for you.
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    Mare seems to be starting a little early this year

    Huh, she's just really keeping you on your toes then, isn't she??
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    Mare seems to be starting a little early this year

    Was she maiden last year? She's sure a pretty little thing!
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