Archive for 'Horses'
Posted: December 28th, 2008 by
Lisa
We delivered Polly today. She was just a dream. It was wet and foggy and icy as hell, but Frank put her halter on and we walked her to the trailer, where she just went in without a problem. The last thing I’d used that trailer for was to capture pigs and keep them in jail for three days. Yeah. Uck! But still, there Polly was and we drove her off to Rockingham Park raceways where we dropped her off. She went into a completely strange new trailer with only the slightest pause. What a good girl. To be honest, I’m glad to have known her and glad to have her on her way. I’m too busy to deal with a needy filly.
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Posted: December 23rd, 2008 by
Lisa
We woke up this morning to thundering hooves, but in the wrong direction. Right now, the horses are in the field directly behind our bedroom, so I often wake up to their morning romp. They’ve got plenty of space to really let go, and they love it. But Aaron had mistakenly left their gate
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Posted under Horses, Polly.
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Posted: December 21st, 2008 by
Lisa
There’s a cool group on Flickr called A day in the life. Four times a year, at the start of the new season, people from around the world submit five photos (and an optional one video) to the pool documenting that day. I started in the spring this year, so have 2008’s season changes all
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Posted under Cow, Dogs, Ducks, Geese, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Turkeys.
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Posted: December 10th, 2008 by
Lisa
After the fiasco we had last fall and winter making a shelter for the horses, wouldn’t you know that the only critters that still don’t have a shelter this year are the poor horses. We have a storm coming — either freezing rain or lots of snow, depending on what forecast I believe. I spent
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Posted: July 4th, 2008 by
Frank
Instead of buying a $300 round bale feeder, I’m going to try using a cattle panel wrapped around it. We’ll see. We cut it down a little, and Aaron and Frank used a Dremel to smooth out the rough bits. We did the same thing for the sheep, except instead of eating out of the top, they will theoretically eat through the cattle panel openings. As they eat it, I’ll tighten it around them. We covered the top with a tarp. I hope these work. I need to find ways to save time during the day. It’s taking far longer for the loggers to clear the new pastures than I’d hope.
Posted under Hay, Horses, Sheep.
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Posted: April 20th, 2008 by
Frank
Friday night our gas grill died. It’s been limping along on after-market parts for a few years now. This time the window fell off the front, and while I found the frame in two pieces, there was no sign of the glass. I decided sheet metal work was over the top, so we decided to
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Posted under Horses, illness.
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Posted: March 23rd, 2008 by
Frank
Spring is oh so slowly coming. The twice weekly storms are more rain than snow, and I can leave the hose out to water the animals. We had the same temperatures in December, but the December sun was not enough to thaw the hose in the afternoon, while the March sun does.
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Posted under Building, Chickens, Farm Life, Hatching, Horses, Planting, maple syrup.
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Posted: December 22nd, 2007 by
Lisa
Even if you go over the edge, the thing to do the very next day is get right back in the saddle. Driving that tractor in the woods in deep snow is really not very fun, just for the record. I’m pretty good at maneuvering it around, but I don’t like it, and when
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Posted under Clearing, Firewood, Hay, Horses, Tractor, Töfradís.
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Posted: December 16th, 2007 by
Lisa
It was really hard to motivate myself to get out there and do morning chores this morning. At 7 a.m., it was 11°F with 18 mph winds, steady snow, at about an inch an hour rate. But we bundled up, long johns and double socks underneath my ski suit, and Frank put on
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Evening Grosbeak, Food, Horses, Polly, Prince, Snow.
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Posted: December 11th, 2007 by
Lisa
We took a rather disappointing trip over to a feed store in Vermont, to see if their prices were cheaper, since they were right on the railroad line. It turns out they are the same as the (very high) prices we are finding in Keene, which is really disappointing. I’ve got to source some more
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Posted under Bjarki, Farm Life, Food, Pigs, Polly, Sheep.
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