I fixed the lawnmower! I think the fuel filter has some gunk in it, so all I did was bounce the mower up and down a few times to dislodge the stuff. Then I'd start it and it'd run a few seconds and die - then I'd bounce it up and down again... lather, rinse, repeat. After a few rounds of that - it ran like it was brand new. I got the barn yard mowed before the farrier got her to give the gals their pedi.
I weeded in the garden for an hour or so this morning, watered and mulched. I'm going to have to re-do the whole tomato row cover - but I knew I was going to. We just kind of threw it up the other day. Tomorrow morning I'll get it done right. AND, I found more stiky bugs up in the new raised beds in the back yard area. Geeze, louise! I've always had a few tomato plants in pots on the back porch and I've NEVER had the bugs up here - but yep - now they are.... sigh Gotta take care of those too.
Farrier came right about 2pm....hottest part of the day. We got up under a shade tree and it wasn't too bad, but it wasn't fun either. Mama and Livvy, the two oldest gals were pretty well behaved - as usual. But, Flashy has issues. She's blind in one eye, so she really doesn't like to be handled on that side. She's a little cranky when the farrier is on her blind side, but all in all she didn't put up too much of a fight. She tried to pull away twice, but that's why I love this guy - he will NOT let go of that foot. At one point when she tried to pull a front foot back he raised it up in the air and she had to hop to keep her balance, lol. After that she kept herself planted in one spot until he was done.
The last time he was here we actually put her on the ground because she was acting stupid. When she started this stuff last time he held her foot up and I pulled her head around and before she knew what happened - she was flat on the ground. That'll make a believer out of them real quick. If you have taken away a horses' two methods of evasion - fight and flight - they look at you in a whole new light, lol. Works on a lot of behavior issues. But, thankfully we didn't get any where near needing to do that this time. She was almost great, lol.
He and I think alike on behavior issues. Even though they are small - they need to mind their manners. I went ahead and told him to put me on the 6 week rotation instead of me just calling him when they look scraggly. I've had issues with their feet for the last year or so... so I need to keep on top of it.
Oh, oh, oh!!!! I did my first fecal today. Red is looking a little rough, so I grapped some of her berries when I saw her drop some fresh ones. We followed the directions from Fiasco Farm... wasn't all that hard. I'd ordered all the stuff a few weeks ago. We found a few suspects, but less than 10 eggs so she seems to be good. DH is having a blast with it... Tomorrow we're going to do the bucks and the babies. Is it wrong of me to want to see some coccidia in the baby poop? I don't want them to have it, but I do want to see it! Most babies carry at least a small load (if not more) so I'll bet we get to see some.
I have pig in the oven for dinner - and I'm a hungry girl!
She was fighting him every step of the way.
