Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:56:00 -0400, you wrote: They are poisonous but a horse would have to be starving before they would eat them - they are very bitter tasting. I have seen many a pasture with horses and buttercups and no problems. However, they do sometimes cause light sensitivity when the horses graze among them, so watch out for spotty noses and mouths. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ---
Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so watch out for spotty noses and mouths. Both of mine have dark noses so would I see spots? V
Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:23:30 -0300, you wrote: Both of mine have dark noses so would I see spots? Yes, you would, they are pretty obvious! Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ---
Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
I don't know about buttercups, but the girl who helps us with our kids just moved with her family to a wonderful home her dad build on some acreage. She had the pasture land plowed up and re-planted to make a nice pasture for her horses and something about breaking ground allowed the production of an abundant crop of a poisonous plant. She and her younger brother dug them all out by hand. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my newly fenced pasture buttercups are blooming everywhere! I'm sure I read that they're a poisonous plant for horses and there are too many to hand pick. I'm afraid to use pesticides and poison the horses. I picked a few handfuls but there's so many. Could hubby mow and solve the problem? Is it the flower or the whole plant that isn't good? V They are poisonous but a horse would have to be starving before they would eat them - they are very bitter tasting. I have seen many a pasture with horses and buttercups and no problems. -- Laree in NC Doppa Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the S gang) Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them. - William Farley I ride ponies because heart is not measured in hands. - Steve Edwards
Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She had the pasture land plowed up and re-planted to make a nice pasture for her horses and something about breaking ground allowed the production of an abundant crop of a poisonous plant. She and her younger brother dug them all out by hand. Now that is bad luck! V
Re: [IceHorses] Blooming buttercups!
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Laree Shulman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are poisonous but a horse would have to be starving before they would eat them - they are very bitter tasting. I have seen many a pasture with horses and buttercups and no problems. I was watching my 2 and they were avoiding the buttercup area. They were probably wondering why I was picking them. V
