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I skipped to the end, will read all tomorrow, super tired, fair yesterday was cool, horse pulls was awesome! They did have one pair of Percheron, beautiful pair, I saw when we were leaving in the horse barn deb, probably there for the wagon pulling thingy, didn't see any Clydesdale's, usually they have them, think the majority were Belgium or mixed in the pulls. Don't know what the pair that were also in the horse barn were, also not in the pulls must have been for the wagon thingy. One was gray spotted and absolutely the biggest dang horse I've ever seen, it's head (I'm 6'1") had to have been half the length of my body, shoulders way above me, size of a moose! I was in awe! Super friendly, petted him for awhile, loved the kids, I was like dang! that thing could make one swipe and take out my whole family, but he was a HUGE baby loving the attention, his partner though, almost as big hugemoungus, pure black ( just started 'investigating' Percheron can be gray?, maybe they were just the biggest Percheron's I've ever came across?) the black boy, nope kids, not petting him, he came out like he wanted to be petted, put my hand on his head he snorted and chomped his teeth, so we went back to the gray baby.
Watching the horse pulls, amazing the power of them, so excited, sometimes they would have to take a few slow circle passes before they hooked up, the horses were so ready to just rip the truck down the track. Really think they feel the competition also, it was like horse Olympics.
 
We live in the middle of an Amish community and one of the things I love is to watch the draft horses at work. Such amazing animals. Percherons, Clydsdales, and all sorts of cross bred draft horses.

What I love more than watching them work is to see a young Amish boy, maybe 9 or 10 years old, walking down the road with two of these gentle giants following behind him wearing their harnesses and being lead by a single rope.

Woke up to discover I have a rooster with something wrong with him. 6 months old, having trouble with balance. One leg weaker than the other, trouble going up and down the coop ramp. Eating and drinking but not wanting to do more than sit on the roost..always been one of my favorites. I've done some research but can figure out what is going on with him and I'm contemplating just putting him down if I can't.

Why can't this stuff happen tot he most obnoxious, 'onery, mean, hateful rooster in the flock?
 
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I skipped to the end, will read all tomorrow, super tired, fair yesterday was cool, horse pulls was awesome! They did have one pair of Percheron, beautiful pair, I saw when we were leaving in the horse barn deb, probably there for the wagon pulling thingy, didn't see any Clydesdale's, usually they have them, think the majority were Belgium or mixed in the pulls. Don't know what the pair that were also in the horse barn were, also not in the pulls must have been for the wagon thingy. One was gray spotted and absolutely the biggest dang horse I've ever seen, it's head (I'm 6'1") had to have been half the length of my body, shoulders way above me, size of a moose! I was in awe! Super friendly, petted him for awhile, loved the kids, I was like dang! that thing could make one swipe and take out my whole family, but he was a HUGE baby loving the attention, his partner though, almost as big hugemoungus, pure black ( just started 'investigating' Percheron can be gray?, maybe they were just the biggest Percheron's I've ever came across?) the black boy, nope kids, not petting him, he came out like he wanted to be petted, put my hand on his head he snorted and chomped his teeth, so we went back to the gray baby.
Watching the horse pulls, amazing the power of them, so excited, sometimes they would have to take a few slow circle passes before they hooked up, the horses were so ready to just rip the truck down the track. Really think they feel the competition also, it was like horse Olympics.
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Technically Percherons come in Black or Grey .. they Grey can become white depending on genetics. But occasionally they will throw other colors like Bay and Sorrel... those wont get registered and sold off as grade Draft horses. MOST of the heavy horse pulls will be Belgians though. Red coats and blond hair and the Arnold Swartseneggers of the draft horse world. Though there are some bloodlines of Percheron that are very stocky and can give the Belgians a run for the money.

Mostly though Percherons and Clydesdalse and Shires are used for Wagon or carriage work. Again bloodlines differ. A friend of mine bought a new team from the Amish a few years back. They were about two and a half years old and over nineteen hands. When i went to say hellow to them she warned me that they werent like our horses... no petting or socializing with them except for work. They both came over to the fence and hung their heads for skritchies..... LOL. each head was easily six or more inches bigger than my Katees.



each bag is 50 lbs


deb
 
I am partial to Percherons myself.... Powerful surprisingly agile and fast and generally have a good mind on them. My girl always knoiws where her feet are.... I saw her once step through a wood pile to get at a tidbit to nibble.... then realize she coudn't turn around so she backed right out putting each foot where she stepped before.

Not remarkable until you realize for the most part ... Horses cant see their feet.

Some make good riding and hunting horses as well. Were talking fox hunting. Some purebred like below...


deb
 

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