Monthly Archives: April 2012
The Farrier
As we get ready for calving we make sure we have all the right gear – warm jacket, long underwear, a good pair of boots, maybe some new gear and horse shoes. That’s right – horse shoes! Not only do we get ourselves ready for calving, we get our horses ready too… and part of that is a good set of shoes. Shoes help protect the horses’ hooves from rocks and hard, uneven ground. Are they necessary? Well, that depends … continued…
Babies!
It’s that time of year again that the babies start to come and we sure look forward to it. This year we had 4 mares due to foal in the end of March/beginning of April, before things got too busy with calving cows. Two of the mares were maiden mares (meaning they had never had a baby before) so we weren’t sure what to expect from them. They both did great and both foaled very early; one had a filly … continued…
The Easter Bunny
Seeing as Easter is just around the corner I found it ironic that I just happened to run into this jack rabbit, as well as appropriate to have some rabbit pictures to post. I was going out to check on some horses and this rabbit just hopped in front of me; of course I just happened to have my camera with me. I debated whether or not I would be able to get my camera out in time but the … continued…
