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[hallerlake]

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How old is she? I hope she's going to be okay.

She will be 34 Friday. She should be able to come back from this pretty good since she is young and in good shape. I just got a text pic of her in traction. While I am sure she will bounce back. I am also sure it will be a long road and is going to mean a lot of changes around here. See Michelle runs her stable / farm, has a DD with very special needs, is DW's caregiver and takes care of her cousins 6mo baby 2 days a week.

RedReiner This horse spooked at the arena door (that he is very familiar with) and then tried to bolt through it. His full brother was the same way only worse. There is a reason that 3 others have given up on him. I understand what you are saying but this horse will just blow for no reason and he doesn't retain lessons.

Wow. She's leaving a big hole while she's out of action. Youth is a wonderful thing. With good care, she'll be fine, but it will be a while.

 

[pettec63]

Ok my favorite peeps

I better get off here and get something done! I have already gotten dirty looks from by BF cause I'm on here so much! Gotta go squawk at ya latter!

Oh and hey !

glad the newbies are here, you were learn tons!!!

 

[hallerlake]

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Oh you must have missed my post last night!! I was celebrating the Navy Seals on here too!! Yea, I served from 82 -96 ! And who do they always call in the get the job done!!!!????? THE NAVY!!!!

Yea you know there's gonna be some retaliation attempts for sure, don't you think it's interesting that they buried him at sea!! What a proverbial slap in the Muslim face???
Na Na Na Na ....Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Good Bye!!!!

I imagine that they buried him at sea because they didn't want his burial site to become a shrine. I hope it wasn't intended as a slap at Muslims, most of whom are just ordinary people trying to take care of their families like everybody else.

 

[cheryl98117]

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Oh I agree 100% that sme animals are not to be trusted at all! Ive dealt with my fair share of rank horses, and I do mean rank. See a person attack said person, no matter what. There are just some that do not need to be kept around. Wether dangerous, or kept around just because you can afford to keep them...

Like the situation I was in last fall. I took in two 30+ year old mares from a local rescue, both had severe medical issues requiring meds that costed over $200 a month. Gave them a comfortable last couple months of their lives, then did what the rescue and previous owners would not do. I lovingly let them go. Just because you can afford to keep a horse around, doesnt mean you should.

That is a very honorable and decient thing to do!! And what an old horse needs when it's time! I have an old man (horse he...he...

) that I absolutely LOVE I am so afraid one day I will walk out and he will be gone, it makes me tear up just thinking about it, he is such a good horse a rescue of course and an Arab and he has been the best guy, ( jeez I can't even see to write!!) I hate getting old!

he was my first Arab, and like a lot of QH people, I thought uh oh!!! but, I believe he is Polish or a cross, cause he has a brain, knows how to use it and keeps going till he just can't! AWESOME horse!! Good for you Cheryl!

I only did what I knew was right for those to old girls. I spoilt them rotten until it was "time." It broke my heart to do it, but it was the best thing for them. One mare had cushings for the past 7 years of her life, would go down, and need help getting back up. The other mare had an accident in the show ring. She was a local show jumper, but that accident gave her serious nuerological issues, she would walk and trot at an angle, when she stood still her head would sway constantly as if she had just gotten off a fast merry go round... Poor old girls. They really should have been let go YEARS ago.

Misty "bay" and Juliet "grey"

edited to add pics.

 

[pettec63]

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Oh you must have missed my post last night!! I was celebrating the Navy Seals on here too!! Yea, I served from 82 -96 ! And who do they always call in the get the job done!!!!????? THE NAVY!!!!

Yea you know there's gonna be some retaliation attempts for sure, don't you think it's interesting that they buried him at sea!! What a proverbial slap in the Muslim face???
Na Na Na Na ....Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Good Bye!!!!

I imagine that they buried him at sea because they didn't want his burial site to become a shrine. I hope it wasn't intended as a slap at Muslims, most of whom are just ordinary people trying to take care of their families like everybody else.

No I didn't mean our government did it on purpose, ( but maybe they did?) I just meant the action it'self, just to make that clear, I know they are just like us! I have nothing against anyone's religious affiliations, just saying!

 

[hallerlake]

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I'd have to agree with you there for my household as well. DH will do one project for me per weekend - like putting up poop boards, something that took all of 30 minutes and he did only one per day, left all the tools out for me to put away, I had to come running when he neede hlp holding the thing, then he goes in and spends the rest of the day playing video games and making dirty dishes while I worked in the yard, then told me late in the afternoon that I needed to stop playing with the chickens and come in and do some laundry, get dinner made, and go grocery shopping! (I read him the riot act so he went shopping and picked up taco time)

Mr. H is like that (except he won't do even one project for me). I don't happen to hate gardening, so some how it's not work and doesn't count, but pulling weeds and mowing, especially the field which is large and uneven, IS work.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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992sf?!? Oh, is that ALL???

Yeah, your birds are only going to have about 100 sf MORE than my entire house!!!

 

[broodytood]

Welcome to the new posting peeps! Good to have y'all here!

RFF- Praying for you and the scan results to be good news!

CR- Oh man, I'm sorry to hear about Michelle!!! Let her know we are praying for her to heal up speedy like.

Getting ready to move the brooder chicks outside into a transition coop. Goodbye dust...for now!

 

[hallerlake]

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It varies.....some say Hitler Died is April 30, 1945...others say that the skull believed to be his was tested and found to be a woman's? So who knows?

He was a SHE?

No wonder he was all messed up. Should have stuck to art instead.

His art sucked.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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We put up round bales, and a lot of haylage bales because they can be made in rainy weather, and right now, with new grass coming, on 13 cows and ten calves are going through three-four 8' (abt 1.5 ton. I think) bales a week. Horses don't find round bales palatable, apparently, because even the best old-dairy stuff gets wasted more than eaten so my cousin and my BIL's sister feed bought timothy hay to their horses.

Hay prices are probably going to be worse next winter, unless gas prices go down a whole lot. Most of the price of hay is in fuel, although square bales from local fields also have a labor bump; Western Washington doesn't have the huge automated hay-handling machines people East of the Mountains run and if you're buying from the barn you're paying to have the bales picked up and stacked. Of course there's also this sad fact: the best hay ground in Western Washington now grows retirement communities in Sequim!