So all I had to do was buy a house.lol.coop is done update on page 8

[Judy]

How great to have such a shady area for this climate -- I just came from carrying ice out to the coop and doing some other things against this heat. Smart to have an open coop/run combo, too. It never gets too cold down here for chickens.

 

[PippyChicken]

So when I read this title I rea "horse" instead of "house" and then I was thinking "This has nothing to do with horses??" haha. Bur anyways that's a great location!

 

[TheJuan-n-Only]

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ddawn and even for the 1 cold night we have down here..the fence is on the N side and the coop back wall will be on the west...so those 'cold winds" wont bother them as much...the backyard is about 10 degrees cooler than the front...LOVE it!!

 

[TheJuan-n-Only]

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I do that more often that I would like to admit!!!

 

[EweSheep]

I used to have Paso Fino horses and if you are in the market of buying one, I got a friend that has a few mares/fillies for sale. Some are broke, some are green broke or unbroke as broodmares. I believe she is selling about two or three. Mostly bay in color.

Can not wait to see your set up!

 

[Teeah3612]

You're not the only one to buy a house to make room for your critters. My DH and I just bought 33 acres so my horse can have a place to call home. After we finish building our house and fixing up the barn for Jasper we are going to start on the chicken coop. My plan is to have all three liveable by next spring. That horse has got to be the most expensive anniversary gift I ever received and I'm not talking about the original purchase price

Go for your dreams! You only live once!

 

[TheJuan-n-Only]

EweSheep - I WISH!! not yet, that's 5 yrs out

.....What type of Paso you had? American, Puerto Rico? these 5 yrs can't go buy fast enough!!


Teeah - Wow 33 acres...that's the dream!!!!! Congrats!!! Horses will be added on my next house...I HOPE...we shall see...but for now I'm excited about my future flock

 

[Sandy16]

Congrats on the house and the (soon to be) chickens! You will absolutely love having chickens and I agree that your wife will probably melt just a little when they arrive. We have 2 Buff Orpingtons (sweet girls, though one has gone broody twice in a year), 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes (a little shy but beautiful), and 2 Easter Eggers (EEs - they give us light green eggs!)

Have fun building the coop...take lots of pics for us!

Oh yes - once you start eating your fresh organic eggs, you'll never want to buy or order them anywhere. They really taste so much better!

 

[Chickiebabyfluff]

AWESOME Juan!!! Keep us posted on how things go with the coop!!! I live on 2 acres and have a small coop but i LOVE IT!! LOVE my chickie babies!!Currently i breed silkies!! They are so darn cute. Am waiting on some big girls tho they are in the bator as we speak...speckled sussex , blue copper marans, Jersy Giants, and plymoth rocks!! Oh and some cochin Frizzles!! Due to hatch this weekend!!!! What can i say i LOVE me a variety!!

 

[EweSheep]

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Mostly American, the old type...mainly the LaCE lines. The breeder I bought them from had heavy Muneco LaCE lines with El Pastor, Bolero LaCE and had ONE full PR mare. Some of the horses I've had were mostly 3/4 PR.

I do not like today's Paso Finos, overswamped with Resorte IV or Contrapunto and the likes mostly the Colombian lines I do not care for.

The friend of mine raises old PR lines and a bit of old Columbian lines. I think she had the last foal from Roulette Del Rosa. She also have a Tennuvian filly that can be bred anytime to her stallion which I think he was half old Col and mother is a Full PR lines. I can vouch for her horses, particuarly Fiesta Fantasy, an aged mare of 30 y ears old, now still giving beautiful smooth rides. Most of her foals were tall too. Her son is the stallion, Rudy, and he is very gentle with his mares.

I love that one filly of hers, just absolutely goreous! I love that mare but it was priced out of my range.

She can also help with finding a shipper for her horses if you do decide to buy. She does not go bottom dollar because she has QUALITY animals, not meat market. She has been trying to sell them for several years, not breeding any until those fillies are moved.

Ahem, fillies, I mean mares, maiden mares.....I believe many of them are around 3-7 years old now. No young stock unless you want a contracted in-utero Paso foal out of her mares. The Tennurvian mare, last time I heard, she wanted a thousand dollars for it. Not broke through but can breed to her stallion for additional fee. It won't be a full blooded Paso but it will gait.