Another Hatch-a-Long! Western Theme - Yeehaw!

[SemiSweet2391]

Grow lil Lasso!! You just set them right? Do you reckon you’ll do any candling?

 

[tviss711]

Grow lil Lasso!! You just set them right? Do you reckon you’ll do any candling?

I will DEFINITELY be candling

That’s my favorite part of hatching!!! I try my best to sit on my hands and not do it too often, but I usually candle day 7 to confirm viability, then again on day 13 or 14, and once more before lockdown.

I also try to get pictures because I’m so fascinated by the whole process and it never gets old to me or ceases to be amazing!!!

 

[Sefirothe]

Time to start to grow up big and strong like your namesake Doc!!

 

[SunriseChickers]

Time to start to grow up big and strong like your namesake Doc!!


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Wow, what nice Quarter Horse haunches he has! I've honestly never seen a picture of him.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

I will DEFINITELY be candling

That’s my favorite part of hatching!!! I try my best to sit on my hands and not do it too often, but I usually candle day 7 to confirm viability, then again on day 13 or 14, and once more before lockdown.

I also try to get pictures because I’m so fascinated by the whole process and it never gets old to me or ceases to be amazing!!!

I’ve only hatched once, but I loved candling too! It is such a cool process to see how they grow.

 

[Sefirothe]

Wow, what nice Quarter Horse haunches he has! I've honestly never seen a picture of him.

Best horse I ever owned was a grandson of Doc Bar named Doc's Lil Pistol, barn name Pete. He was such an amazing horse and I miss him terribly.

 

[tviss711]

Best horse I ever owned was a grandson of Doc Bar named Doc's Lil Pistol, barn name Pete. He was such an amazing horse and I miss him terribly.

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Wow, what a stunning boy!

I have 2, but no idea of their pedigrees. Just that one is an appendix quarter horse. This is him, “Zip”! He’s 19 and a delight.

And Radar, my mutt that I’d like to do DNA testing on just to see what his breed makeup is. He has a lot of personality and a lot of try. You can’t see it, but it on his right shoulder he has one black patch aside from his head. We call it his “badge” lol.

 

[akroberts1085]

Wow, what a stunning boy!

I have 2, but no idea of their pedigrees. Just that one is an appendix quarter horse. This is him, “Zip”! He’s 19 and a delight.
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And Radar, my mutt that I’d like to do DNA testing on just to see what his breed makeup is. He has a lot of personality and a lot of try. You can’t see it, but it on his right shoulder he has one black patch aside from his head. We call it his “badge” lol.
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Those horses are gorgeous. The best horse I ever rode was a buckskin/Clydesdale.

 

[SunriseChickers]

Best horse I ever owned was a grandson of Doc Bar named Doc's Lil Pistol, barn name Pete. He was such an amazing horse and I miss him terribly.

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Wow, what a stunning boy!

I have 2, but no idea of their pedigrees. Just that one is an appendix quarter horse. This is him, “Zip”! He’s 19 and a delight.
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And Radar, my mutt that I’d like to do DNA testing on just to see what his breed makeup is. He has a lot of personality and a lot of try. You can’t see it, but it on his right shoulder he has one black patch aside from his head. We call it his “badge” lol.
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All absolutely beautiful horses! My 4H horse was some sort of Quarter/Grade palomino gelding who was barely not a pony. He wasn't athletic and couldn't do anything very impressive, but he was (and is) an absolute saint with all of his riders and such a sweet horse.
He is very fat. The judges once double checked to make sure he was a gelding, not a pregnant mare, in a confirmation class (in which his lumpy self somehow placed 5th out of 11?!).

 

[Sefirothe]

Wow, what a stunning boy!

I have 2, but no idea of their pedigrees. Just that one is an appendix quarter horse. This is him, “Zip”! He’s 19 and a delight.
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And Radar, my mutt that I’d like to do DNA testing on just to see what his breed makeup is. He has a lot of personality and a lot of try. You can’t see it, but it on his right shoulder he has one black patch aside from his head. We call it his “badge” lol.
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Beautiful both of them! Radar reminds me of a big pony my friend used to have named Hank. Our best guess is that he was from a large pony such as Connemara crossed with a Missouri Fox Trotter since he was gaited. I was in Illinois at the time and MFT's were everywhere there! He was the same, all white, with a light brown head and one brown splotch on his barrel on his right side.