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@rebrascora

Hi Barbara,

Sooo..... how did the side saddle go? Hope you had a fab time both in your lesson and at the show

Been bad here and not got out on Harry at the weekend
Should have done really before all the stubble is turned over.

 

[newchickmama91]

I knew Corsham fairly well. A good friend used to work at the underground facility

small world

 

[boskelli1571]

Welcome to the thread &

I love pekins, wish I'd kept some when I did a hatch of them. Might get some more when my polish are in smaller numbers.





I'm afraid I'm no good at cooking and the only jelly I can manage is the stuff you disolve in hot water

Oh well, we can't all be Graham Kerr....

 

[rebrascora]

@Yorkshire Coop

Hi Kim

Side saddle lesson is not till next Tues, but will update you, hopefully with a positive result as I am committed to going back up for a second lesson with everyone else next month. My best mate is here from Australia so just the wo of us are going on Tue. She and I rode out yesterday on Rebel and MeMe and unfortunately we had another eventful ride! All was going really nicely until we cut through a narrow path in the woods where we have ridden many times. Out of the blue and without warning, Rebel lashed out and smacked MeMe full force in the upper foreleg. I dread to think what it would have been like if he had been shod behind (thankfully he is barefoot), but there was a lot of blood as it was and I had to take my tabard off and tie it around to stem the flow! Thankfully, once she got over the shock and initial pain and I got the worst of the blood flow stopped, she was OK but obviously I had to lead her home and Rebel is in disgrace! Really disappointed in him as I'm pretty sure it was deliberate. Got some funny looks from passers by wearing my blood soaked tabard on the way back leading my horse, as it looked like we had been in a major car crash!
Of course MeMe has a thing about water, fluids, sprays or anything that smells "funny" so I had to resort to a lot of bribery to get her wound cleaned up when we got home. It was weeping a lot last night so I applied a wet dressing and bandage over night and I'm a lot happier with it this morning. Thankfully she is getting better about having it cleaned and treated provided there is a steady flow of nuggets to reward her when she is being good! I'm a bit concerned about the flies being so bad at the moment but hoping that if I keep it scrubbed clean twice a day and Protection Plus salve on it, it will be OK. Keeping a bandage on it is challenging when she is not stabled and I think the exercise is better for the healing process than standing around on box rest.
It's a shame you didn't manage to get out on Harry, especially when you have access to stubble fields.... I'm rather jealous as access to any fields here is rare. Our canter/gallop options are usually limited to the railway lines when the ground is soft enough and no one about or wide grass verges which is always a risk with my horses which are terrors for diving sideways or bucking at the earliest available opportunity and therefore a bit of a risk with an adjacent road.
We are trying to get Ian's horses fit for hunting season now (they are fat as pigs), so doing a lot more driving with them at the moment to build up stamina and try to burn some fat off before we ride them. I worry about my lot putting on weight and then I see Ian's 3 and go back and look at mine and they look positively skinny by comparison!
Egg production is dropping off noticeably now. 3 out of 5 pekins are again and others are starting to moult. Interestingly Tasha has not gone broody this year at all. I do wonder if she is clever enough to know that without a rooster, there is no point trying to hatch eggs.

Anyway, that is all my news. Hope you have a good weekend and manage to get out on Harry and have fun.

Best wishes

Barbara

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

@rebrascora

Oh no Barbara! What a ride and what a naughty Rebel!!! You are so right that it was a good job he is bare foot. I can't begin to imagine the shock of all that and I'm so pleased to read that you got the bleeding stopped enough to get home. I'm sure you were quite a sight heading home with blood everywhere. I too would keep her out, I'm not a fan of box rest at all. I'm sure that stems from having a horse that just won't do box rest. For me it certainly can cause more harm that good, both mentally and physically. I hope it all goes well with the healing of her leg and you can keep those flies at bay

I must admit we are very lucky with the fields we have and it's all pretty open so plenty of room for moving out of the way. This is the field we have been going round in the vid. I am glad though me and Harry were not out with this lot from our yard!!! He would certainly have thought his racing days were back!

Could you send some of that fat from Ian's horses down to Harry please? He does look better but I'm always wanting more on him. I guess it maybe due to the fact his field pal Bran looks like he's about to give birth!! Him looking like that makes Harry look skinny so a similar situation to yours with comparing. If I can get a bit more meat on him before winter I will be happy. I like to have a good start with winter because if he gets a bit cold the weight just drops off.

I've seen a few feathers down here too the last couple of days so I'm guessing a molt is imminent. Still doing quite well on the egg front though. It's a good job too as I got cleared out the other day. A neighbour popped round and wanted 3 dozen, I had to dash back out to the coops and hope someone else had laid! Managed to make the 3 dozen up with one spare egg left!

Good luck with the lesson next week, where did I get last Friday from??? I'm cracking up, sure of it

Catch you soon Barbara,

Kim xxx

 

[Dani xxx]

Thank you Barbara They're harliquin quail so v.small but I think there might be a problem as my little hen that died and another hen both had soft shell eggs yesterday. The more robust of the two has survived, she's still a bit fluffed up today but a lot more alert so I think she'll be alright. There have been some very strange things happening over the last two months,,,but anyway at least big brown momma is looking better. Shame to loose my tuxido harliquin though, she used to run to the door and eat out of your hand, before the others got a look in! Checked the tux when I found her, she wasn't egg bound. And big momma's egg is white today. Both soft shell eggs yesterday where white and almost pearlesant, very strange. Normally both light brown with speckles x thanks for your help x

My quail have been fine so far outside they have a cover over them but some rain can get into the edges of their run are your quail covered from the elements ?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend?

@rebrascora & anyone else interested in horse's, eventing highlights are just about to start on BBC 2

 

[newchickmama91]

Are there any duck owners on here? I need advice

 

[PixelDuck]

Hello! I'm from Cambridge!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hello! I'm from Cambridge!

Hi & the UK thread!

I guess you keep Ducks?