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I would be real careful of carbohydrate overload that could result in founder if we have a wet spring. Rye is rich in sugar and wet years will really push the growth on that stuff resulting in a very carbohyrate rich buffet. While great for cows, it can and often does result in foundering...

We can't "save" them all. Dogs and cats included. Slaughter and euthanasia are necessary.

I hear ya, and have done it myself a time or two, but in this situation, with a youngster confined to a pen with an injury, I sure would be hesitant to feed something with as high a protein content as the alfalfa has and no outlet for him to burn it off. The alfalfa I've had tested has come out...

Anywhere between 4 and 6 months is ok to wean. While you CAN wean a baby at 4 months, my philosophy has always been that there is no substitute for mother's milk, and as long as the baby isn't drawing the mother down, you might as well let them have the best nutrition there is.....and its free...

Sidney, Sidney, Sidney........SELL HER and get you something that isn't such a pain in the neck! :lol: :lol: Sorry, I know this mare and just had to slide that one in! :P

Sorry y'all, I gotta jump in on this one. I've noticed that alot of the feeding information being given here is from folks up north. While I'm all for the natural way of raising horses, I can honestly and in good faith say that a "good" pasture in the Pacific Northwest (my experience with...

You must be a young 'un yourself.....I used to think that way too until something happened. Don't know how the heck it did, but there it is.....I got old.....and the ground somehow got harder that it was when I was in my teens, 20's and 30's....... ;-)

Boy Alan, I'm right there with ya. My first thought on this was saddle fit and placement. I've found that if its too far forward and/or pinching their shoulders/girth/withers, they try in every way possible to tell you it just ain't right. Just had anothert thought too....my Paint gelding was...

I'm with Alan on this one...I just think that "unsupervised" horses tend to get into trouble. If a neighbor or someone could just drive by or at least look at the horse once a day, that'd be great. Also agree with the others in keeping a horse seperate from the cows. I'v had horses that...

Sounds like Ford vs Chevy debate.... :D After having gone through this very recently, I chose a Billy Cook all around for my own reasons. However, that being said, the main purpose for my needing (yes, "needing") a new saddle was that my other two saddles did not fit my 2 horses (saddles too...

Hi Carl, About a week or so before she foals, the muscles on either side of her tail head will noticably loosen up and be very soft to touch. Much more than she has been showing for the past month or so. About 24 hrs before foaling, she'll develop a waxy like substance on the end of her...

Sounds like the animal right folks have some common sense at least. Seems to me that its healthier for them to be outside in the fresh air as nature had intended them to be rather than inside a musty, amonia ridden barn. all day. Makes you wonder how horses ever survived before domestication...

LOL!! :lol: :lol: That's just downright mean! But I have to admit, I had to read YOUR reply twice to figure out what you were talking about!

I gotta go with Gig 'Em....being of the "Maroon Persuasion" myself... Nice colt, Alan. Great to see pics of some of those '05 babies!

He's pretty nice and looks like he'd be a fairly comfortable ride if he really is as balanced as his pics are showing, Kane, but pretty is as pretty does. Question is, will he work? What's his personality like? I'd rather have an ugly horse who'll give me his all, work like a dog, and be as...

rk, That alfalfa is gonna provide alot of calcium too, right?

I usually feed what mama has been eating which is Omolene 300 and horse quality coastal hay. I have however, used the Equine Junior on a few, but had a really big boned colt develop OCD while on the Equine Junior. He was also getting a flake of alfalfa and one of coastal a day too. Apparently...

Not in many, many, many (many!) years! :D

What about National Velvet? Can't remember what color the horse was, but for some reason I want to say it was a darker colored horse....black or dark grey. Then there was Walter Farley's The Black Stallion, but I don't recall any jumping in that movie. Totally forgot about the Horse in Grey...

lol! If I had a nickle for every time someone said that to me, I'd be in that brand new Billy Cook right now! :) Ya cain't live in Texas and not have thick skin when it comes to riding an Arab along side cowboys on their QH's. Gotta say though, that little bay Arab of mine did manage to open...