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He is very cute. Looks like he already knows he is boy......

Welcome, I am also a newbie to the site and have my rescued mare Bea and Maggie. We are also expecting a foal this spring. Yes it is scary but very exciting. I have found everyone to be very helpful and knowledgeable. Your babies are very cute.

Thank you for the info on the goat feed littlenicker, I had that experience with my husband when the girls first got home thankfully it was a handful and not a whole bucket full. Now the goat feed and the horse feed are no where near each other and I feed in the morning and then make their meal...

Just an update for everyone that is following my post. The farrier came out this morning and the girls feet look better than I thought. They both did real well. I am so glad I waited until they settled down and let me handle them. Bea stood real well and the farrier is coming back the end of...

He is so cute, and looks so much better than the first picture. Good Luck with him, I know he will be fun. I just love my little Maggie she is only 27 inches tall. Great job and your right it is better to take care of the ones you have to the best of your ability than to have so many that you...

Just stopping by to update everyone that has been such a great source of information. Bea has taken to her new feed and her soaked alfalfa cubes slowly but this weekend was a turning point for her and she loves it. Maggie is benefitting also. I have put her on a small ration of soaked alfalfa...

I started a new subject everyone. You have been such a great help go what to feed. Discussing my weight issues with Bea.

Chandab Bea is about his size and thinner than him the way I am feeling her under her coat and you can tell just looking at her so the weight helps a lot so i would guess her 150 maybe. And wingnut going to have vet come out and see if they need floating as soon as she recovers from spleen...

Beas feet look like she has foundered Maggie looks like she has been treated a little better in that area. Thursday the farriar comes out. And according to the people at the grain store he is very good.

Bea is 30 inches tall and I would say 200-250 pounds and Maggie is 27 inches tall and is probably between 175 and 200. The supplement also has rice bran in it. I hope I am feeding enough. 5 pounds of cubes would be to much for these girls I am going with 2 pounds twice a day and then a pound of...

After everyone's good advice I went to the feed store and decided on purina senior with 12% protein, alfalfa cubes and a ground flax bran weight gain vitamin supplement. The guy at the feed store was really nice. He was familiar with minis but I told him all about the suggestions. The one thing...

After everyone's good advice I went to the feed store and decided on purina senior with 12% protein, alfalfa cubes and a ground flax bran weight gain vitamin supplement. The guy at the feed store was really nice. He was familiar with minis but I told him all about the suggestions. The one thing...

I feed twice a day so the amounts you may suggest for both would be split into 2 feedings and should I continue to have the regular hay available.

I wanted to ask you what do you think about amounts of alfalfa cubes and the senior grain to start with. I have been so careful to avoid colic. Also I wanted to ask if my other mare who I believe is going to foal in the spring would also benefit from the cubes she is 27 inches tall and is also...

This girl I was told was 4 but she at this time is showing signs of being much older. This answers my questions and confirms the direction I thought I should go. I appreciate your info and experience.

As some of you know I rescued two mares in December and I have had some weight issues with one of them. I have doubled my hay feeding and up grain on Bea. I thought I had seen a small weight gain but yesterday I looked at her again real close and she seems real thin again, back bone and ribs I...

I have 3 rescued pigmy goats...they don't have horns but as soon as the horses came they thought their whole world had come to an end. We have separate areas for them at night but during the day the horses and the goats are together. Maggie the smallest of the mini's will tear after the goats...

I have good news this morning. Farriers are far and few between around this part of the country and the 5 we have prefer that you bring the horses to them instead of coming out to the farm and doing it. I contacted the farrier that was going to do the girls for me the day I got them at his...

Putting the girls halters on has really helped. I put grain in my pocket, they came up ate grain out of my hand and allowed me to hold the halter scratch their neck rub their tummys and stroke their head. I am leaving the halters on for now so I can catch them without freaking them out. I wish...

Got halters on both the girls now. It still is taking some trickery to catch the girls without a halter on. I feel like my steps I am taking with the girls is taking longer than it should. These girls must have some trust issues with humans. They still will not let me walk up to them and let...