I have been working on getting my four year old gelding to take the right lead for about a month now and we are making slow but steady progress. Well today everything went wrong; neither of us could get it together. To control the frustration and to keep from lashing out at my gelding in the...
I am about to move my horse to a barn where I will have to buy my own feed, I am looking into feeds that are easily available at my local feed store for a 1/2 decent price. Here is what I have come up with for my 4 year old Anglo Arabian Gelding who is worked for 1-3 hours a day 5-7 days a week...
The last hour was absolutely horrible, and I would love to tell everyone about it. I am a horse person. I own my own horse and am the only boarder at a small redneck/country barn. I have boarded there for a little over 4 years and have had small issues with the barn owner every once in a while...
Hopefully this does not turn in to a massive sacred/secular cyber brawl, and if I happen to sense an eruption I will ask the staff to lock the thread. As the old saying goes If you have nothing nice to say dont say anything at all. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of personal beliefs...
I have seen a few misinformed people classify Magpies and Harlequins as two different "types" of rabbits.
As a clarification: Harlequin is a pattern type as well as a breed of rabbit. Magpie and Japanese are the colors the harlequin pattern comes in.
A MAGPIE is a rabbit with the harlequin...
Went to the Dickson, TN rabbit show today and have a cute story to tell. Well the show was crazy, one of the worst in a while. Kids ran wild, rude people, and I hate to say it but it was simply a bad show. I had my English Lops with me and this kid (one of the wild ones) was just looking at my...
I have been involved with horses for over a decade now, and where you have horses you will always have horse people. Through my years working with, riding, and training horses I have met hundreds of people just like me, and have dubbed them horse people. You see horse people are a breed apart...
I am bawling my eyes out while writing this, I noticed my male TR gosling was limping terribly and it was easy to see why. His leg band still on his leg with him going on his third week of life. I did not know to remove it and believed due to its design that it would simply move with his leg and...
Just sharing the new site with everyone, I had a site through Yahoo for a while, but the $35 bucks 4 times a year was not worth it. I breed ARBA show English Lops and Dutch rabbits. Won Best of Breed with a Dutch and best of variety with a broken 6/8 E-Lop buck today at the Owensboro, KY show...
My new Roman Tufted female gosling appears to be gasping. She ate some food and I believe it has somehow become stuck in her throat, though she has access to clean water and has been drinking like mad. She is the weakest of the 3 and looks to be in distress. Is there anything I can do for her...
Only about 16 more hours left until my trio of goslings arrive from Metzer Farms. I am incredibly excited. I wanted to make sure my brooder clears the BYC Goose patrols inspection. So here it is, sorry for the horrible pictures.
They are in a large open dog crate ($15 at a yard sale) with...
Welcome to the Official Equine Thread
Equine lovers of all ages and experience levels are welcome to share photos, stories, and old tales of their favorite horses, ponies, mules, and donkeys. Lets hear names, breeds, genders, and riding tales.
Note: Please remember that none of the advise or...
I am getting my Geese on May 31-June 1. I will need to leave for about 3 days to go to Iowa to pick up some new blood of the rabbit herd. I have someone who will watch the geese for me, but will they be ok without much interaction for that span? My goal is highly imprinted animals, will the 3...
So I went to tell the neighbors that the geese they had heard about were arriving soon, just to give them a heads up about the crazy lady out in the yard talking to small fuzzy things. So as I progressed a few asked a few questions about noise and smell, I told them I had chosen a relatively...
I have 3 guinea eggs that have been given to me. I have a 1588 Hovabator genesis at factory settings for temp. Will this be ok?
And how much water should I add weekly to keep the humidity at 40-45%?
Thank you so much.
I ordered 3 geese from Metzer Farms about a month ago, well they ship out on the 31st of this month.
I am planning to mix 3 feeds and keep using that mix until they lay, I was wondering what were the opinions on this idea and of the feeds I plan to mix.
1/3-Purina Mills; Game Bird...
I ordered a pair of Roman Tufted geese and a Female Toulouse goose from Metzer Farms to be shipped on May 31, 2010. I am very excited about my geese and took my time picking out my breeds. Any random information a new owner should know?
I plan on incubating a few geese eggs later this year, I own a Hovabator 1588 Genesis W/ regular egg turner. I have never hatched eggs before, so geese will be my first shot. I have read as much as possible and own a few books on the subject, but I figured I should hear it from the people who do...