Birth announcement
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AT 8:20 PM last night May 1) Norma and I got to watch our sweet mare Ilsa (Woodstock 2000 Grand Champion mare) give birth to a lovely colt. Although her first, she pushed it out fine, he was up and solidly on his feet in about 40 minutes, and definitely knew how to suck, although the precise location of the milk faucet took him a while to figure out. Both mom and baby are fine. Bill
Re: Foal trimming, aussie, electric fence
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Misha wrote: Bill is was nice of you to share the Coli story. Do you get a private laugh out of it--being a scientist? Not only do I get a laugh out of that story privately, I have used it (as well as the "I'm non-pathogenic", and "good thing they didn't name me Edward") bits as introductions to many talks I have given over my 20+ years as an Extension Educator. I believe that not only is it important to have a sense of humor -- laughter has actual great healing powers-- but it's important to be able to laugh at yourself.
Re: Birth announcement!
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peg Knutsen wrote: on foal watch, something made me wake up at 6:00 am, just in time to film the birth of our newest addition as the sun was rising over the trees. We have noticed a tendency for mares to foal at just about dawn, or just before. Have others seen this frequently as well? This seems like a strange time, since this is also when many predators are on the prowl-not the time to have the smell of blood around.
Re: Do't shhot yourself in the foot
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You wrote: > A good working relationship with a qualified veterinarian is a very > important asset to anyone and I hope those of you who have this privilege > appreciate it. We couldn't agree more. It's just great to have the vet on site periodically to take advantage of his experienced eye. Also, although my wife assures me she has no plans to ditch me, she also has made it clear her affection for our Doc (Bob Schmidt) is the only other man she would even consider marrying. I take that as a great compliment :o)
Re: Spongy hocks
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steven, Definitely NOT more than we wanted to know from the Veterinary perspective. I must say that I think the list is really fortunate to have the number of Doc's willing to contribute their knowledge to discussion threads. Thanks again Bill Coli
Cold Weather watering
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings, Although it isn't nearly as cold here (at 1400 ft elevation in the berkshires of western Massachusetts) as it is reported by others on the list (coldest this year has been about +2 F), I have a suggestion for cold weather watering that has worked well for us. Where tanks (we use the plastic 100 gal. type) are reasonably near the barn or house, I have taken a length of 1/2 inch black plastic pipe, and taped to it (black plastic electrician's tape, every 12 inches) one of the flat heat tapes (taped only along the bottom, not wrapped as per instructions), that are designed for unheated crawl spaces. Start the tape about 2 feet from the far end of the 1/2inch pipe. The near end is fitted with a brass female hose fitting for screwing onto a fawcet in the basement. Then I slid the small pipe/heat tape through a similar length of 1.5 inch black plastic to keep the heat tape away from the ground. After pushing the small pipe until it comes out the far end of the larger, seal up the far end (and the near end as well) with electrician's tape, leaving the far end of the heat tape inside the larger pipe (that is so no curious lips can reach it or mice get inside, and so that the end of the small pipe can be positioned in the water tank.). This generates enough heat that the snow melts around the larger pipe, and the water in the smaller doesn't freeze. As for the tank itself, we use an immersion type heater (the knid with a metal guard which prevents it from melting the bottom of the plastic tank if the levels get too low. Although we have powered these using a heavy duty, grounded extension cord, plugged into a grounded socket, and we have never had any problems, this is not recommended by the heater manufacturer. They recommend, and we will eventually be installing, a professionally-installed outdoor socket to plug the heater into. If one is using a metal tank, they also recommend that the tank itself be grounded. The animals do not appear to be getting any "juice" from this set up, since they drink freely, and never seen "nervous" about appraoching the tanks. Hope this helps those in -18 F areas.
Re: water & straw
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anneli wrote: But since we started to give them this 'canned grass-fodder' (can anyone please enlighten me about the English name? It comes in big, (white) plastic bags of c. 1200 pounds or so) Around here, it's called "baleage" that is, a combination of the words "bale" meaning a small, often rectangular, "package" of hay, and "haylage" which is essentially "pickled" hay. I've never made any, but I understand, the hay is cut, and allowed to "wilt", that is, dry for less than a day so that the moisture content is still high, before it is baled into round bales and wrapped ( to exclude air).
Re: Blatant Advertising on the list
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Glen MacGillivray wrote: >How would anybody find horses, tack, harness, etc. without advertising? One possible way is for sellers to post "I have a carriage", or "I have harness" or "I have several very nice horses" for sale, and encourage interested persons to contact the seller directly or suggest that they log on to the seller's web page. With all due respect to carol, some of us view unsolicited extensive "ad copy" the same was we view unsolicited "junk" snail mail. I must say, though, she does write great copy.
Re: fjordhorse-digest V98 #170
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not a horse trainer, I am an Electronics Lab owner. I have never "bonded" with ANY of my horses. NOW I understand where all these comments are coming from, and I can really relate. I once had a long term love affair with a soldering iron, until, sadly, I got burned by her.
Re: Geldings
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I really don't get the recent "flaming" of geldings. We had an absolutely wonderful trail ride today with our two 8 yr. old geldings and one 6 year old mare. The boys (and the girl) were adventuresome, brave and willing. Sorry that FJORDING has such a negative opinion.
Re: Ortho-Flex Saddles
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, The ortho-flex saddles sound great. Can someone give me the URL for the web site? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks
Re:fjord flies
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This message is from: "DONNA & JOHN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi List, > I hope someone has some ideas on flies . Donna, since there are lots of different kinds of flies, it would begood to know what kind you're talking about. Do they bite? There are a number of ways to deal with flies (filth flies and otherwise) including various types of traps, fly parasites (little wasps that can be purchased from suppliers and releases). If there is interest, I can research te literature (I am an entomologist) and inform the list.
Re: Good morning, all
This message is from: William Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the interest of saving time and paper, can participants in the list NOT include all of the message they are replying to in their reply? Thanks much Bill Coli
