Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #237
This message is from: Bushnell's [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 04:43 PM 09/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: This message is from: HS Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Friends, I have a question for the list. Next door neighbor has 4 acres of grassy land fensed in for horses. She wants to know if this land could support 6 horses turned out only during the day. Any ideas? Thanks, Sheri and Red Gene says if the grass is belly-deep it might last them a week =)) LOL Ruthie, nw mt http://www.libby.org/~bushnell
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #237
This message is from: HS Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Friends, I have a question for the list. Next door neighbor has 4 acres of grassy land fensed in for horses. She wants to know if this land could support 6 horses turned out only during the day. Any ideas? Thanks, Sheri and Red
Re: another colic theory
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annette, My huge Trakehner has what I call lying down spells and the Vet would get exasperated with me because by the time I discovered Charlie and the Vet got here Charley would be up eating. I got so I could sense one of these coming on but still have not known why, He has not had one for at least nine or ten months now. I used to think it was the changing of the seasons. I also was given banamine to help him, He does not roll or get his ears back or show stress. Sometimes I think it is just that he is tired but he does not even touch grain. Also no gut sounds on one side. The banamine usually does the job within 45 minutes. I believe he is slightly impacted or constipated. One time he really did get impacted after he and my fjord gorged on the straw I put down over a muddy path. That time they were both exhibiting stress and it took four or five days to get things going again. Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes Noble Book Stores
another colic theory
This message is from: Annette Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have an older quarter horse mare who is prone to colic. One common denominator we've found in her episodes is a sudden drop in barometric pressure. On a Colorado winter day, the drop is easy to notice because the weather changes so drastically -- so, now we put the blanket on her, close her in the shed and skip her dinner as a preventative messure. She did just great all last winter. This summer, there was a pressure drop but it stayed hot so I didn't notice and she started to colic. Thankfully, it was a light episode. The vet said to keep her from eating, try to keep her walking, and he had us give her a banamine shot; she was fine by the next day. Oddly enough, giving her some alfalfa doesn't seem to affect her; neither does going out onto green grass in the spring. Annette Johnson
Re: Farriers Formula and Fjord
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have always fed straight alfalfa, usually second cutting, and a supplement. Then when the pasture grass comes on I switch to alfalfa in the evenings and local hay in the mornings. When the grass is too strong then no grain and every other night alfalfa. Grain depends on the pasture grass condition, too strong then no grain except for an occasional supplement. I like the clean stalky quality of alfalfa and the calcium. Been doing this for twenty two years. I am on five acres only and do not reseed my pastures so I need to feed all year around. Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes Noble Book Stores
Farriers Forumula
This message is from: Cheryl Beillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks for all the replies .. the jury is out, it seems, but I guess it sometimes comes down to intuition .. I will check and see if there's an expiry date on the container.. it is so expensive here that I'm sure there isn't a high turnover in the stuff. I will have my hay tested but the person who cut and baled is very knowledgeable about her hay and I know I got the best cut (by chance) this year, in between rainfalls. No sign of the temperature in the last two days and my gut feel (as opposed to hers) is that I'll switch back to biotin, if my farrier thinks her feet need it .. or maybe try the soy meal. This mare is quite run down from nursing a big and greedy foal, who is doing very nicely, thanks to her mother, and I've been advised to wean her at 4 months. She hit that mark today. I'm sure that the age to wean, along with the hows, is covered, somehow, in the archives, but I imagine there may be a few of us new fjord midwives out here who could benefit from a review of the main do's and don'ts from the more experienced on the List?
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lost add
This message is from: Kim Gibson Rogstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Linda Lottie Our computer crashed and I've lost your e-mail address.Please get in touch. Thanks Kim and Gunnar at Tall Pines Farm
Re: Farriers Formula and Fjord
This message is from: Ingrid Ivic [EMAIL PROTECTED] On supplements and alfalfa I too have used different formula's and supplements at one time or another for a variety of things. They key seems to be, as with anything ingested by a horse, is to introduce it slowly. I have one mare, who given anything new (small amounts or not), always responds by having diarrhea. Clears up quick enough, but Uuugh Can't say I've had trouble feeding a bit of alfalfa either. I don't feed straight alfalfa, but rather a mix. Mostly these guys and gals get grass hay, but come winter, I add some alfalfa for the calories. It's good for the mares a few months before and after they give birth as well. Ingrid, in Ohio
anyone out there?
This message is from: Debby Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm getting very few emails this weekend, none from this list or my dressage list. Maybe everyones at shows or just enjoying their ponies/horses. Debby in Missouri
