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Aw, she’s incredibly cute! I love her markings! Congratulations! We’re waiting on our own colts who will get in October. I just love working with babies...someone remind me I said that in March when the mud is everywhere and the wind is blowing, lol!

That’s what I was hoping, but he has other folks in line, so I’m on the list. I found another farmer closer to me who has a Timothy/orchard grass mix. It’s a little more, but 10 minutes away instead of an hour. Nobody wants to deliver just a ton of hay. I can only store about 40 bales and that’s...

I’m sharing the anxiety at a distance with all you folks waiting for your mares to have their foals. I can’t imagine how long the wait would seem...hang in there everyone! ❤🐴❤

I had no idea that Barefoot Trimming was a thing. I read information on several sites and thought that it makes a lot of sense. My own horses were barefoot more often than not, except for a thoroughbred mare I had that had the thinnest imaginable soles and hoof walls. Makes me wonder if she...

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I checked at the vet’s. One of the techs working tomorrow has horses, so I’m supposed to call her. I also got a lead from a woman at Tractor Supply on a farrier who actually lives pretty close to me. I messaged him through Facebook. He seems to do a lot of...

Hi All, I’m having trouble lining up a farrier to take care of our new boys.We won’t have them until October, but I’m trying to find one who is willing to come out our way. I know there are farms in the area, but I don’t know any other horse people. So far I’ve tried Facebook Marketplace and...

Congratulations on your new little guy! He’s a cutie. Your dog looks pretty happy, too.

Lol, ornamental plants. Nope, not in this area. We have virtually no landscaping. In our front yard, we have one clematis in the ground and one in a whiskey barrel, but I’m moving them outside the fence where the dogs won’t destroy them. There is an overhanging black walnut outside the front...

Great idea, but I don’t have a hitch on my car. My neighbor does, though. He does our grass and has been instigating this whole mini livestock thing, lol. I bet I could talk him into it. 😆

Thanks, Taz! Oh, it’s 3 feet of grass, not inches. We can weed wack it down. Do you think the mulch will be ok? It’s untreated and about 6 months old. The breeder said they’ll get them used to halter and leads, but it will be good to have them close for awhile to work with them. Hopefully, it...

Hi All, We’ll be new mini owners in October. Our new weanling colts will have a new barn that will be in our lower paddock about 100 feet or so from the house. My dilemma is this: they’ve always been on a dry lot and we have grass. I don’t want to founder or colic our new kids. We have a run...

Thank you! We love it here!

Thanks, Taz. They really haven’t been handled at all, so I couldn’t get my hands on them so I’m dying to. I’ve never bought a horse without checking them all over. I don’t want to disrupt the breeder’s way of doing things, but the babies I worked with were all halter broken and accustomed to...

Yes, I’m finding that to be very true! I really appreciate everyone’s help so far. 🥰

Thank you! It’s so hard to wait! And I’ve only been waiting since last week. 🙄 I can imagine waiting until Christmas is really hard! 😁

I’m just shocked and amazed with all the progress in color genetics! It’s all fascinating! I found a site that refers to the pearl gene as a “coat dilution modifier”. Here’s the link: Animal Genetics

Thanks, I’m learning, but not as quickly as I’d like. I think the DNA testing is definitely in order, even though we plan to geld them both when it’s appropriate. Oh, Sterling is Holly Chisholm’s colt in the post above mine. We’ve decided to name our little guy Cody and his brother (my avatar)...

Thank you so much! I’m the same way! I’ll do my best to put things where they are relevent. 😁

We saw his daddy, who was a loudly-colored leopard Appaloosa. I think his base color was dark chestnut or sorrel. I’ll try to get a picture the next time I go to see them. His mom was a gray pinto. Edited to ask, what color do you call Sterling? He looks like a dark champagne, but I so new, I...