HC Minis - new pics pg 172

[AnnaC]

That's perfect!!

 

[LittleRibbie]

Chandra, your quilt is beautiful...I love the light green!! I wish i could sew but just got into it much. Quilt making would be the only type of sewing i would enjoy just because you could be so artistic with the designs and there are so strict color rules!!

Do you do other sewing projects or just quilts?....just thinking foaling blankets and such.

Good luck at the fair....do you bring and horses too?

 

[chandab]

Chandra, your quilt is beautiful...I love the light green!! I wish i could sew but just got into it much. Quilt making would be the only type of sewing i would enjoy just because you could be so artistic with the designs and there are so strict color rules!!

Do you do other sewing projects or just quilts?....just thinking foaling blankets and such.

Good luck at the fair....do you bring and horses too?

Thank you.

Not going to make it to fair this year, as the quilt isn't complete, and fair starts Sunday. I pretty much just do quilts, I've tried my hand at other types of sewing and just didn't like it.

The livestock portion of our fair is primarily for 4-H, very little open competition, so I don't take anything.

 

[lexischase]

Wow! Your quilt is beautiful!

 

[chandab]

Wow! Your quilt is beautiful!

Thank you.

 

[chandab]

Here's almost the whole gang waiting to go out on grass:



New pics of the boys.

Junior is about 6 weeks old:



Monte is about 5 weeks old:





Manny is just over 2 weeks old:

 

[LittleRibbie]

They look wonderful....lookie loo at those looonnnggg legs on Manny.....hes exceptionally nice!!

 

[chandab]

They look wonderful....lookie loo at those looonnnggg legs on Manny.....hes exceptionally nice!!

Thank you. And, Manny is my favorite to look at this year, I might have to keep him, unless just the right home comes along. They all have nice personalities.

 

[LittleRibbie]

Oh, i do hope you keep him....then we get to see him grow up!!

 

[chandab]

We'll just have to see what happens. I would like to sell a couple, but I'm a lousy salesperson, so don't know how much luck I'll have getting it done.

 

[AnnaC]

They all look wonderful Chanda - but I have to agree that there IS something special about Manny!

Loved the first pic of the gang all together too.

 

[LittleRibbie]

most likely not a lousy salesperson....just selective!!!

most likely not a lousy salesperson....just selective!!!

 

[chandab]

most likely not a lousy salesperson....just selective!!!

Well, I"m selective, too; but I can't seem to write a decent ad, and my location doesn't help (I'm 5 miles past the edge of the world

). I'll try to advertise a bit locally (closer to weaning, probably), but I don't know if it'll help (I live in the middle of cowboy country and get a lot of "what are they good for").

 

[Wings]

You have such a nice little group of foals! But I agree witht he majority, Manny seems to have that 'something'

 

[chandab]

You have such a nice little group of foals! But I agree witht he majority, Manny seems to have that 'something'

Thank you.

At the rate I"m going, I'll probably be able to see how all three mature.

 

[Equuisize]

We'll just have to see what happens. I would like to sell a couple, but I'm a lousy salesperson, so don't know how much luck I'll have getting it done.

I understand being a lousy salesperson. For the first time ever I advertised one of my minis, not one I bred but the girl I bought for breeding.

In my opinion, a gorgeous black mare, lovely body, wonderful mind/we're just thru with breeding and she's not being used - fielded a few inquiries

from people at the opposite sides of the US - I'm about as far West as you can go without falling in the ocean.

Then a gal called that was local. I spent hours with her on the phone, she sounded right. I was excited to think I could look over a future home.

The gal came to our farm, spent hours oh and ahhing over the horses, how nice their condition, how nice their temperaments were compared to others she'd seen. Got to the end of her visit and she pulled out her wallet and said, "I have $200".

After I shut my gaping mouth, I politely told her it'd cost me more than that to get her shipped to Washington.

Ya just have laugh at people. I pulled the ad though.

She doesn't 'need' to go anywhere, she's happy as a clam here - I just thought someone might want to use her qualities.

Whatever you choose to do with your lovely boys - you surely couldn't be any worse of a salesperson than me.

 

[chandab]

Whatever you choose to do with your lovely boys - you surely couldn't be any worse of a salesperson than me.

How about we just call it a tie.

 

[Equuisize]

Deal

 

[Wings]

Thank you.

At the rate I"m going, I'll probably be able to see how all three mature.

I actually ran all three foals on from last season. Lyric was a keeper but I really wanted to see what the boys grew into. Now they're staying for the show season unless the right home comes along so I might even see them as 2 year olds!

A few friends have stopped selling weanlings prefering to run them on and see what they are like.

So just tell everyone you're making a sensible business choice and obviously they don't understand

I understand being a lousy salesperson. For the first time ever I advertised one of my minis, not one I bred but the girl I bought for breeding.

In my opinion, a gorgeous black mare, lovely body, wonderful mind/we're just thru with breeding and she's not being used - fielded a few inquiries

from people at the opposite sides of the US - I'm about as far West as you can go without falling in the ocean.

Then a gal called that was local. I spent hours with her on the phone, she sounded right. I was excited to think I could look over a future home.

The gal came to our farm, spent hours oh and ahhing over the horses, how nice their condition, how nice their temperaments were compared to others she'd seen. Got to the end of her visit and she pulled out her wallet and said, "I have $200".

After I shut my gaping mouth, I politely told her it'd cost me more than that to get her shipped to Washington.

Ya just have laugh at people. I pulled the ad though.

She doesn't 'need' to go anywhere, she's happy as a clam here - I just thought someone might want to use her qualities.

Whatever you choose to do with your lovely boys - you surely couldn't be any worse of a salesperson than me.

I hate it when that happens! I can't believe how many $500 and under offers I've had for my Sterling... and he has two half siblings out doing well in the ring, has good bloodlines and is downright adorable. And then you get the "I can pay that much at the local auction" remark. I always point out that if they can do that then buy it and come out and beat me in the ring. So far no one has taken me up on that!

I like being in the position of 'don't have to sell' as it lets me be selective about where they go. I'd rather not breed for a year or two then sell cheap to an unsuitable home just to move them on like you see some studs doing

 

[Equuisize]

I guess it's not really any different than anything else.

Michael is a car guy....was a Chevrolet service manager for years and ran his own shop.

Customers would complain at the price of a part that was needed in their car and he'd just

tell them, "go ahead and manfacture your own part, just like this, and I'll use your's."

They'd give him a puzzled look and then light would go on..... Ah

So similarly, it takes a lot to care for, breed, keep a mare healthy and current on everything,

a lot of sleepless nights waiting on a foal, etc - Or - hours pouring over pedigrees, weighing

and balancing traits that compliment and then the $$ to purchase that horse and get her/him

to you ...... people are clueless that just think $50/$100/$200 should buy your horse, the same

as it would to buy a horse someone has tossed into a throw-a-way auction.

Makes me shudder.