South Carolina

[WestKnollAmy]

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Hey Lori!
Glad to see you on here! You are welcome to join in on our SC thread as we love anyone that talks turkey with us.....er, uh,.....any animal, not just turkey!
If anyone knows fat ponies, I am sure Lori does!

Uhm....I think I will get me some of that thyro-L as I am sure mine is a glandular problem. ROTFL It sure can't be the bon-bons I ate after supper last night.

 

[jamij]

Hello SC --

I am a newbie here on BYC but wanted to say hello and also see if anyone near Greenville or Travler's Rest area had fertile hatching eggs and chicks for sale? I would prefer to buy from someone local.

We are a homeschooling family that has recently moved to the Greenville area from Columbia (my husband is the current Director of IT for the City of Greenville). We have been blessed to rent a small home that has some land and I have always wanted chickens. Plus...I promised the kids we would hatch for our spring science. We will be converting an existing, small barn like structure to a coop and I plan to pick up an incubator later this week from TSC (unless someone knows of a cheaper option) so we can begin our process.

I am particulary interested in Red Sex Linked eggs/chicks b/c I know they are easy to know if I have hens or cocks and I want mostly hens for laying. I think having some Rainbow Layers would be fun too. And...I am really wanted a couple of Black Australorps ( i hear they have spunk ), Americauno and am open to other suggestions for good layers (I really like brown eggs )

Any info you want to share will be openly and gladly received as well!

 

[KrisH]

Jamij.

I have no doubt someone on here would have what you are looking for in eggs. Jump in and join us, we are a friendly bunch.

 

[fairwindminishetland]

Hey Lori!
Glad to see you on here! You are welcome to join in on our SC thread as we love anyone that talks turkey with us.....er, uh,.....any animal, not just turkey!
If anyone knows fat ponies, I am sure Lori does!

Uhm....I think I will get me some of that thyro-L as I am sure mine is a glandular problem. ROTFL It sure can't be the bon-bons I ate after supper last night.

Well, you know Amy, it's only because of you I saw this post on the fat ponies! I get your posts, so this one popped up...This is one area I DO know, chickens, still working on that! Ha...I do enjoy this SC thread...you guys are an interesting bunch. OH, you get the thyro-L from your vet....You just add it to a bit of feed! Works like a charm...I've had to do that to mini mares to get them down enough in weight to allow them to become breedable.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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kris gonna get you talking about her jiggling!

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

I don't get to cut grass around here. DH has something u pull along behind a tractor. Too many acres!!! I'd imagine I'd jiggle too if I had to cut the grass

 

[dixiebeast]

I had a great time meeting cpntherfan aka Walt and Tammy!! You 2 were fun to talk to...My DH just told me Walt asked about the coop roofing!! It was for a different project that he ended up not doing and didn't want it to waste!! I call it my Hawk-o-floge roofing!! LOL I hope yall come back for the cookout...ALOT of projrcts should br done by then!! As much of a mess as we have now if you had seen a while back you would be surprised!! I love it here(just not the red clay and flood!!) Just wish John had more time home so we could get more done!!

 

[Joycats]

We raise minis and shetlands and show them, a lot of them have thyroid problems and you should put him on thyro-L, it will raise his thyroid levels! YOu can raise it as much as you want and they will lose weight and will help the crest if he has one...there are other products for the crest and Purina has a Pony/Mini feed for such horses...he does need good supplementation and should be on a good vitamin/mineral supplement as well as omega 3....

Thanks for the info. I plan to have the vet check his thyroid next time he's out there. I know we have to have a prescription for anything thyroid related. I was just wanting to try something natural to see if it would help at all. Mike is a Haflinger and I know he's supposed to be a big guy, but he does have a nice crest.

 

[Joycats]

Well, the trainer must be doing something very wrong if she is complaining about his rump being big and not fitting the saddle. The saddle goes in the middle of the horse, not his rump! LOL
If the saddle moves a lot while he is being ridden then it isn't made for him and he needs a different tree size. They make different sizes and shapes and there is a kind that will fit him well. I had the same problem with my pony at first when I was a teenager but then after schooling I found the right one for him and never had problems again.
Mike is built to be wide as that is his breed. They are not thin horses.

It sounds like he will do much better once you get him home. She is complaining about something she is causing. Geez! It doesn't take but a quart a day to put weight on those breeds built for the rough countries.

Wait....I thought he was about 20 years old? He is still in training?

Well no, the trainer thinks he is big ALL OVER. I just think he looks wider behind than just in the tummy. We actually do know where the saddle goes.

We've had a terrible time finding a saddle that will fit him. It's like sitting atop a 50 gallon drum (although he has a nice, smooth gait). And riding him in the round pen, in circles, makes any saddle slide a lot on him. The other problem is that I need a saddle that will not only fit the horse but also fit Jonah (40 pound, 7 year old). They don't make draft horse saddles that small. So we're having to make do right now. Mike is 16 years old and has been exposed to all kinds of things that I liked (traffic, parades, dogs, cows, etc.) but he'd mostly been used for driving wagons and hadn't been trained in natural horsemanship like Jonah is learning. He needs some time in the ring learning things like backing up. Also, we now know he'd been whipped and he did have some fear but Penny has been able to work with him on that. He no longer flinches whenever you touch his hindquarters. I really want to know that me and Jonah can handle him when we bring him home. Jonah is tiny and we're both just learning about horses. The training is just to make sure Mike knows the commands that we are learning and that he has good manners. As for the grain, no way he's getting a quart a day. She believes in feeding natural foods and she measures everybody's food out to make sure they're getting what they need. Apparently she is doing something right, the two horses she trains with are in their 20's and you'd never know it. They look great and have plenty of energy. Penny also has a Haflinger that belongs to her (she boards horses so they're not all hers). She takes care of 25+ horses and her main job is training horses. Her Haflinger is doing great on her feeding schedule. It will just take some time with Mike. I'm sure we'll figure it out. But I think I am going to try the kelp supplement for awhile. It can't hurt him.

 

[trixiebarracuda]

WOW you ll have been busy on here the past few days. . And I have been so busy and awol. But I thought I would show you what my pile of bricks has become.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Here is my Rebel herding her ducklings. They follow after her wherever she goes. They might be a little confused.



gotta go finish my planting. . .