This message is from: "Margaret Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
We have a highly colored leopard POA pony. Jossa, a Fjord mare we bought in
November had been at the farm for 3 weeks or so and had not seen Dolly up
close because she had been turned out. I brought Dolly in out of the field
and when poor Jossa who had been dozing in the sun caught sight of the black
and white spot covered pony she didn't know whether to freeze or run. She
is sensible and chose to freeze, stare, and snort. What was comical was the
POA looked around to see what was causing Jossa's reaction. Jossa did
approach the pony after a minute or so, but kept an eye on her for a few
days.
I know a lot of the people on the list are in the NW United States and
Canada. It must be pretty quiet up in your hometowns because all I'm seeing
around here are vehicles with OR, WA, BC and AB plates. We are near a major
snow bird destination and it appear there has been a mass exodus from the
NW--has the rain been that bad? We can pick your neighbors out w/o looking
at the plates because they drive s-l-o-w-l-y.
Nancy Hotovy mentioned using hard water test strips to help determine a
foaling time. The large QH ranch down the street from me swears by this.
The manager boards horses with us and told me about the method. He promised
me more details, but I keep forgetting to remind him. Nancy could you give
more details? If the QH ranch does anything differently I'll let you know.
Margaret Strachan
Village Farm
Nuevo, CA
It's been sunny and nice as usual, but there is a threat of rain tomorrow.
