Horse Talk

[Bunnylady]

I've seen salt cured hams come out of the smokehouse absolutely covered in what looked like mold - they just scrubbed it off and went right on.

 

[PeepersMama]

I've seen salt cured hams come out of the smokehouse absolutely covered in what looked like mold - they just scrubbed it off and went right on.

Yeah, (from what I remember from dad talking about this), they basically rot the outer layer of the meat off. Makes it ALOT easier to butcher it.

 

[PeepersMama]

Utah got SO MANY GORGEOUS MUSTANGS!!!!! Stunning colors, and they all have pretty decent conformation too! e e
https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onlinegallery.php?horseCategory=711

Abigail rose, you posted pics of one of these guys awhile back

 

[PeepersMama]

Not even considering getting another horse, but what do you guys think of this girls conformation?
https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/horse.php?horse_id=9104&mygalleryview=

 

[ShrekDawg]

Figured you guys would appreciate this lol

 

[moomoodiddy]

They may do it as a desiccant, like I said, I don't do it, so I haven't seen first hand, but the people that have told me about it say that the horses lick the ground to get it all after it has been salted.

Yeah, horse owners are a special breed, they have livestock but treat it like a delicate pampered house cat most of the time... Mine are horses, yes, they are a little more delicate than cows, but, the first several years I had horses they were in a cow field, eating cow quality hay that was round baled and left outside, in barbed wire fences... No problems...

We even had a few bales that got rained on (we still feed rolls) so we didn't want to put it in the barn with the dry stuff while it was wet, left it outside in an effort to let it dry... it rained for a month... we ended up having to feed it eventually and it was the nastiest hay I've EVER seen, we would cut the strings and peel a good foot of black slime off of the outside before setting it down... There was grass and mushrooms growing on it... and at least one lizard living IN the bale... that stuff was gross... But the 2 horses we fed it to ate it without any problems (they scrapped a good bit, but they did eat about half the bale). The only time I've ever had a sick horse was when my Arabian was having tons of feed pumped into him over the winter, developed a fatty liver condition from all of the feed (while he still dropped weight...) and stopped drinking, so he colicked... tubed him, IV'd him, kept him hopped up on bannimine and didn't feed him but a handful or 2 of hay each day for about 3 days and finally he pooped out the impaction and has been heathy ever since... So, in my experience, grain makes them sick, moldy hay doesn't...

Now, most of my hay is barn kept, we round bale 95% of our hay to make it easier to manage, but it is all stacked in the barn and the bale only lasts about a week once put outside so it doesn't have time to get moldy before it's eaten.

Same here. My family bales about 300 rounds bales 2 times a year. Most of first cut is horse quality, we have a guy that buys horses from New York and shows them around the country and buys about 60 bales first cut and he is VERY picky. My gelding is pastured with cows, eats their hay, and is in perfect health(but of course is not a show horse). People treat their horses very differently to the point where I believe it makes the horse rely on humans too much.

 

[Kusanar]

Not even considering getting another horse, but what do you guys think of this girls conformation?
https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/horse.php?horse_id=9104&mygalleryview=

It's hard to tell without any still photos, but she looks like a quarter horse to me with no glaring flaws, so she's probably pretty good. Pretty head on that little girl. Tiny little thing though, 13.1hh, 4 inches smaller than my smallest riding horse and about a foot smaller than my biggest!

 

[ChickenLover200]

Not even considering getting another horse, but what do you guys think of this girls conformation?
https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/horse.php?horse_id=9104&mygalleryview=

 

[abigalerose]

Utah got SO MANY GORGEOUS MUSTANGS!!!!! Stunning colors, and they all have pretty decent conformation too! e e
https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onlinegallery.php?horseCategory=711

Abigail rose, you posted pics of one of these guys awhile back

I just screen shotted this one last night to show you guys! She's so cute

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Not even considering getting another horse, but what do you guys think of this girls conformation?
https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/horse.php?horse_id=9104&mygalleryview=

She's kinda plain and small, but looks like a well put together horse!

Figured you guys would appreciate this lol

Yes! I've seen this before. I was inspired.

That's my jersey cross, Georgia. I've definitely washed and conditioned her before and she also likes to give kisses and frolick through the field

 

[ShrekDawg]

I just screen shotted this one last night to show you guys! She's so cute

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She's kinda plain and small, but looks like a well put together horse!
Yes! I've seen this before. I was inspired.

That's my jersey cross, Georgia. I've definitely washed and conditioned her before and she also likes to give kisses and frolick through the field

Wow that's awesome! She's super cute.