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Hello and welcome to the forum. Secret has a very pretty color. I wish you the best of luck with her. I don't give mine any feed except Equalizer and just a handful once a day. Just good quality hay and forage. As you are probably aware, minis can get fat on air so I'd be very wary of over...

I've only weaned one so not much experience but I waited until her udder dried up which took about 5 weeks or so. When I put them back together I watched carefully for her trying to nurse, which only happened once or twice and mama said no. That was the end of that and they were fine. Very easy...

My poor donkey was probably abused. He came directly off of truck that was taking him to the zoo for lion meat. The man hired to transport him was a friend of mine and called me to ask if I wanted to take him instead and I did. He was very wary for about two years. Didn't really want to be...

This may be a dumb question but I've seen lots of photos of horses and minis inside various venues and I have to wonder, how do you keep them from making a mess on the floor? Or does it happen from time to time and you just clean it up?

One of mine occasionally will knock over his bucket and flip it over onto his head. Once in a while the handle goes under his chin and he'll run around with it on. It's good for a laugh. He can easily shake it off so I think he does it just for a laugh. Of course he never does it when I have the...

Minis can generally get fat on air. Not a whole lot of pasture is needed and in many cases, even a small pasture is too much. I have 4 minis turned out on roughly 4 total acres of cleared pasture which is sectioned off so I can control their forage. Our natural grass is not of particularly great...

I only paid $400 for one of my minis and the rest were rescues or otherwise unwanted. The rescues didn't need much except love and groceries.

Unfortunately, some bad weather arrived before I could implement my plan. My gravel and sand showed up the same day we got some really cold weather. A few days ago we had a spot of decent weather and the ground unfroze just enough for me to get his side done. 4-5 inches of 3/4 - 1.5 " gravel...

So pretty. Red roan?

We went from +10 and rain to -5 with a -18 windchill the same day. The minis are not amused.

Not sure what your tastes are? I currently have House of Cards, American Horror Story on the go. Just finished the latest season of The Man in the High Castle. Great series.

Charlie, do you have large horses as well or just minatures/ponies? Great barn BTW.

Thank you Chandab. I did not know this. I usually treat them with Zimecterin Gold which has ivermectin and praziquental? but I've used Quest when not available.

So I spoke with my farrier as well as the gravel place and I'm going to use a 3/4 inch gravel for the base and 1/4 round or crusher dust to put on top. I'm going to scoop out a small layer of soil, lay down drainage mat and rent a compactor as well. If I don't, the gravel will eventually sink...

Nice setep Amysue. Lots of space in there

Chandab, I didn't know that about the Quest dewormer. Can you expand on that a bit? Which product should I be using instead? Thanks

He s very pretty. I am glad you've taken him on and given him a new lease on life. A mini can definitely impregnate a pony. However, she obviously would need to be in heat to accept him. I'm not sure about your neck of the woods but here my mares stop cycling this time of year due to the...

Haha yes the braying is something else. So loud lol. Sounds like a car alarm which sets off all the other horses. Sometime the neighbor horses call back. It's very funny. Sometimes I worry that the neighbors hate me.

Madmax, your mare's coat is stunning! The brindle striping is much more obvious on her. I really wish I knew his lineage. Is there a way to DNA test him as is with humans like Ancestry.com etc? I know there is genetic testing for other things but is there a way to determine lineage? The women...

I've never really noticed the striping in his coat until you pointed it out. Is this brindle then? Sadly, I don't know much about coats and their genetics. My neighbor has a red roan stallion and subsequently has had a number of roan coated offspring but I've not noticed striping. The pattern of...