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  1. JanBKS

    Missouri Forget Me Not Horse Rescue

    Good for you, I am pushing 74, still able to get around but getting harder every day. I donated 7 of my Minis to a therapy farm she lost all 13 of her therapy horses to arson, someone a neighbor had chained the doors shut from the inside and set the barn on fire, my guys and gals needed a job...
  2. JanBKS

    Lacing?

    I have a boy that started out with one small white spot on his back now it has grown to about 6 to 8 inches long, Lacing or as some call it giraffe markings, each year another line formed, I think if you google lacing in horses you should get some info, I used to belong to a lasing club on yahoo...
  3. JanBKS

    Wear on back hooves

    OK I am confused he has a hoof/dragging his rear legs, So is he an older horse if not he just sounds like he is lazy about picking up the back, that stuff you got is for pain according to the web site. I will ck back but i'm confused right now his hooves don't look that bad. EQUIOXX is the...
  4. JanBKS

    AMHA Worlds

    Try a different browser that is what I had to do this year with all the w-10 updates, I also use CCleaner to clear out the garbage that will stop it from playing, also make sure you anti virus is not blocking it. Hope that helps.
  5. JanBKS

    Dislocated hip/Locked Stifle

    This may or may not help but I had a QH with a stifle problem after a fall, this was oh heck almost 30 years ago, Vet at Cornell in PA wanted him exercised at a trot up and down hills, well I had a small one it must have worked as it went back in place after about 30 days he to this day has...
  6. JanBKS

    JUNE LB GAME!

    72 maybe my age will be a winner
  7. JanBKS

    Stanley wet/dry vac works great on dirty minis

    You could take a file or dremel and make rounded notches in the end of the hose that way it would work like a comb, just make them deep enough so they can suck air too ,I'm sure you don't need many groves, I used to have a pet brush for one of my old vac's years ago. Just a thought maybe I...
  8. JanBKS

    T buckle nightmare

    Why does she need a blanket on ?, I have 13 horses none wear a blanket I give extra hay when its cold, some are in there middle to late 20's. If you have to have a blanket why don't you switch off the T Buckle for wide Velcro, and make a flap one one side with Velcro to go over the first...
  9. JanBKS

    Face abcess

    My blacksmith was having a problem with one of my big horses, since I have had a hip operation someone else has been feeding, long story short, she took a piece of baling twine, the colored stuff, tied it to one side of her halter ran it over her gums and threw the other side of the halter, when...
  10. JanBKS

    Face abcess

    I have a mare that came to me with a hole in her nose, she knocked over a bird cage at her former owners, the hole when threw her sinuses, ​this went on for years before I got her, she was given strong antibiotics for 2 weeks, didn't help , so the vet went for 30 days with a medicine that is...
  11. JanBKS

    Face abcess

    http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Syringe-Drencher-Transparent-20ml-50ml/dp/B00HTFF888 This is what I use got mine at Tractor Supply, it works good and if they bite down on it it don't break, just put in corner of mouth and go slow they will get all the meds. fill from back and screw plunger back...
  12. JanBKS

    I need to run to a Feed store, but what do I need?

    ​I have always used straw for foaling the shavings is ok but a baby can suck up or nibble on shavings not good for baby, as far as feed mare and foal has everything a mom will need plus good hay in her last trimester and after til baby is weaned . don't be afraid to touch baby all over soon...
  13. JanBKS

    Fencing and "Barn" help

    For the poster that uses tape for visibility on her elec. fence, I have found a skein of white yarn works better, I cut it about 12 inches long or what ever size cardboard I can find to wrap it around ,cut one end and you have a bunch of strips just fold in half and attach to fence threw the end...
  14. JanBKS

    How many use heated water buckets??

    This winter I have two geldings separated from my 3 girls, and I fill there water up in am, and bring in a small bucket for night feeding, this year I put the water bucket in the muck bucket, yes it has some manure in the bottom, but I also took old hay and made a nest around the bucket covered...
  15. JanBKS

    Favorite pooper scooper or farm/barn tool???

    Paintponylvr said- I'm going to purchase one of those lawn bag opener tools next payday - we have 1 mini stallion boarding who is fed from a net - hopefully will make it easier/faster to load w/ hay and not be a waste of $$. Use a hoola hoop or a inner tube with air in it, depending on how...
  16. JanBKS

    Free-Feeding Alfalfa and/or Grass Hay

    I used to give shots together too, but a few years ago all were given shots plus rabies and one of my geldings (my very first Mini) came down with the start of founder a few days after the shots, thank goodness my blacksmith is only a few miles away, to this day he is sensitive to rabies so...
  17. JanBKS

    Is there a DIY thread?

    Did you check utube I typed in homemade slow feeder for horses and got over 7 pages of all different ones . I have copies a few pictures off here but I don't think there is a special section for DIY stuff for horses, good Idea if it is done though. hope that helps some
  18. JanBKS

    Favorite pooper scooper or farm/barn tool???

    I ordered a large dog poop scooper one with the rake and two more with the regular scraper, large enough for big or small pick ups, My 3 girls love to leave me a pile in the barn even when fed outside, they work good for when they eat inside, forget a clean barn I scrape everything up in a...
  19. JanBKS

    scammer?

    this one also deleted, I will keep my opinions to myself in the future
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