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American Quarter Horse Old foundation on his mother's side and Impressive and Pine Bar on his father's side. He takes a lot after his mother, which is exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately the one thing he did get from his father are those small feet, probably from the Impressive...

Thanks guys for all the kind words. You have me grinning ear to ear. He looks and acts like a totally different horse than when he first showed up. The farrier came today and trimmed hooves, they did wonderfully. -Kim

I don't know much on the topic, I just wanted to comment, last time a thread was started "Not meant to "do something prohibited"" it was deleted really quickly. I saw your thread title and thought "oh no, here we go!" :lol:

If it's not a personal friend of mine, then he would probably not be getting to us it for free. I would have to think it over, but I think if he were to use it, I would charge him a rental fee. But if you rather not lend out your equipment than don't, especially if he's using it to make...

Well, not trying to cut them out completely. Just trying to be better about my diet and my wallet. Chips are expensive when you consider how much are actually in the bag. LOL It's just we've started eating more sandwiches because we're in class all day Tuesday and Thursday, so we take...

You think coyote hunts are something, you should look at the hunt clubs that charge to hunt feral hog and russian boar. Most of which are animals they've released into the area, a combination of domestic pigs gone feral and captive bred Russian boar. Hunters pay to hunt the pigs, then keep the...

LMAO And you can also see the decline of my once beautiful round pen!!! I had forgotten how beautiful it was when we first built it and now we thrown any scrap wood long enough up there. (We had a couple of horses that decided they weren't going to stay in the round pen if left in it as a...

Okay. Some pictures. This one is last fall. Just look at that big ol' hay gut he has. LOL Now that he's been in training, he's all fit and trim. ;) And this was what he looked like a couple months after he arrived here. :( And him just over this last weekend. :) :lol: And...

Ohhhhhhhh... Gotcha. ;) I took it in direct response with castrating the horse. LOL I guess there are other things that castration could be applied to and it not be 'regular' care. :lol:

Okay okay. ^_^ Now when I go to yacking about my boy, everyone can blame you for opening that discussion. LOL Blackjack is a QH I bought as a 3 year old colt about 3 years ago. We bought he and his half brother as a pair, when we went to borrow someone's horse trailer and I noticed they had...

It's nothing against dogs or even terriers, we just have a couple of rats, mostly mice and we already have two dogs. It's just that our dogs are inside and while I don't mind outside dogs, I think it would be rough on any dog other than LGDs to have to stay out in the barn, while the family and...

This is going to sound strange, but I get potato chip cravings. Not so much the chip itself, but if I have a sandwhich, I HAVE to have something crunchy like a chip. Lately I've been substituting those vegetable flavored crackers or something like that, but I would be interested to hear any...

Oh yeah. Know all about that! Mom had a cat colony there for a while, she started having them spayed/neutered. Luckily, there is a very good low cost vets that work with programs designed for it. :) Should I get a boy or a girl? People have such mixed feelings about mousing cats. I know males...

I will probably be getting a cat for the barn. We closed up the front of the barn, so the dogs can't get in. (They've chased past feral cats that have wandered up). It's funny because the rats don't bother me nearly as much. I think it's the close contact with the mice that have me aggravated...

WHHOOOOO!!!! First time on Blackjack's back! He just stood there and I decided that was plenty good enough for me and climbed back off. LOL Just had to share my excitment! Anyone who's trained their own horse and climbed on for the first time knows how breathtaking it is. LOL

I have mostly mice in my barn, but now there are a couple rats that scurry for cover when I walk into the barn. I know a cat will control the mice, but what about the rats? It's still to cold for my slithering rat eating friends, so I'll have to look in the ways of mammalian. I know there are...

Alrighty... I decided that I would follow Dave's lead and make a To-Do list, maybe it will help keep me on track. LOL So here it goes, first draft. start worm bins start bee hives thin strawberries plant MILs forsythia(not spell checked LOL) mulch(front yard, garden, and around the house)...

The only reason I considered pallets was because I don't stall horses. I would just be picking up poo out of the pasture periodically, so I guess it could be considered mostly aged. I momentarily forgot about the heat escape in the chicken coop for composting. I'll steer clear of that...

I've heard of the deep litter method, haven't read up on it(yet). But what if I were to just start a compost heap in the chickens run, kind of like you put your barrelful of stall cleanings in there. The only thing I'm wondering about though is, my chicken run has drainage issues, would...

If I were to pile it up and borrow a friend's manure spreader, could I just spread it without aging and whatnot?