contracted tendons

1999-06-24 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Julie, I had a colt that was born with contracted tendons, like the ones you described: so severe he could not nurse w/out assistance. He was the first foal for a very small mare, by our stallion who is 14.hh and has never "produce

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1999-06-24 Thread Alison Bakken
This message is from: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is from Alison in Sundre, Alberta. In answer to Nathan Lapp's question on buttercup. I have the same problem with the tall buttercup. It is not toxic (from what I have been told and experienced) when dried. A few years ago I had some i

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #87

1999-06-24 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/24/99 13:56:08 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Say, Pam it is great to be admired for agility at fifty, but now I am 74 and only "climbing" aboard! >> Well, not a whole lot of 74 year olds climb aboard. So you S

Re: foal watch and foals

1999-06-24 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Exactly!! My mare put out such rich milk, she could bring it on in foal or not, so even a supplement made the foals intake to rich. Grass and hay also stopped the problem Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] htt

Re: Chewing

1999-06-24 Thread OLSENELAIN
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sounds like she is teething and you might have her teeth check to make sure the molar caps are OK and nothing needs pulling. Elaine Olsen

Re: foal watch and foals

1999-06-24 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Foal scours are a bummer. [...] Some of our foals only scour during > the foal heat, and others seem to go on and on. I have noticed one > mare in particular who's foals seem to scour worse th

Re: Chewing

1999-06-24 Thread Melissa Dowling/Glenn Campbell
This message is from: Melissa Dowling/Glenn Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Adobe Hacienda wrote: > > This message is from: "Adobe Hacienda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi everyone > My 3 yr old Fjord is very mouthy and sometimes bites and always licks. We > have corrected her over and over with litt

Barbed Wire

1999-06-24 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have spent the past 24 years gradually ridding our farm of barbed wire which had been nailed to trees, etc. to keep the cattle in. We hate it too and agree that it is not good to have horses near it. Fortunately, the worst probllem we have had so far w

Re: Tiny Little Gucci's

1999-06-24 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Our foals tendons were not so severely contracted that we had to use splints, but they did cause the foal to walk on its toes. After about 10 days the toe of one hoof had started to wear off and roll over - at which point the vet said he need

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #87

1999-06-24 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Say, Pam it is great to be admired for agility at fifty, but now I am 74 and only "climbing" aboard! Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROT

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #87

1999-06-24 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/24/99 12:59:04 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << But, the story is with all his pzazz, put a child on his back and his eyes would glaze, his head would drop down and he would walk at a slow pace. If he was asked

Chewing

1999-06-24 Thread Cindy Scott
This message is from: "Cindy Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cathy, Our Appy is very mouthy and also a cribber. He really likes to put things in his mouth! The first thing I would check is your horses teeth, to make sure everything is ok. I don't have any sold advice on how to stop them completely fro

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #87

1999-06-24 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pam, I guess I had it all in my first horse, a crowd pleasing anglo/arab who was always muscled, ready to go and yet most reliable, once you were on. He had a white large scar at his pole where he had been tied to a tree to get him used to be

Chewing

1999-06-24 Thread Adobe Hacienda
This message is from: "Adobe Hacienda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi everyone My 3 yr old Fjord is very mouthy and sometimes bites and always licks. We have corrected her over and over with little success. In crossties she works the whole time she is there trying to get them in her mouth. When leadin

Re: Fjord "escapes"

1999-06-24 Thread Epona1971
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All- The adventures of Tommes & Rafael continue... You guessed it, they are escaping. Funny part is, Tommes shows no interest in leaving his paddock -- he just wants the fence smashed enough to lean his head out and eat grass : ) Rafael runs a whole 4

Foal watch

1999-06-24 Thread misha nogha
This message is from: misha nogha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We have one more foal to be born this year and are expecting it in the middle of July. We have two for sale now. I am SO wishing some one who will give a good home will buy our Amma, I am going to cry buckets when she goes, she is so cute and s

Fjord diets

1999-06-24 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Teressa Kandianis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Teressa Kandianis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . Now that I know > the sure signs of > obesity, can anyone advise on knowing if their > fjords are getting enough > food?

Re: Fjord "escapes"

1999-06-24 Thread Starfire Farm, LLC
This message is from: "Starfire Farm, LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We recently had a new fence installed which consists of a vinyl strand, like wire, called Bayco. It is stretched similarly to two strand twised wire, run through round posts which are drilled, then the strand is threaded through the h

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #87

1999-06-24 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/23/99 19:45:56 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Now Pam, that "reasonably behaved" could be misinterpreted to mean those of us with fence breakers, climbers, bowers and benders have not trained our horses well >

foal watch and foals

1999-06-24 Thread Julia Will
This message is from: Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi list ~ we have one mare left to foal, not due until AUGUST. Ugh. She was bred early, absorbed the fetus and was re-bred. Other than that, we have 8 little fuzzies running around, and endless fun watching them play. I am amazed how they run