Sadie!

This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all - I'm off to bed with foal monitor by my side, wishing the vet weren't out of foaling predictor kits. Silka's waxed and sweaty and so am I. Well, sweaty, anyway And OH Sadie, Erlend's 5-year-old daughter [she's so yound to

Horse Trailering!!

This message is from: "Maureen Lafleur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi there to everyone. I would need your help for a matter. I am looking to show my fjord at Spruce Meadows this year but we will be unable to transport him ourselves. We are willing to put him on a transport or even a train. We need so

Barn Swallows, etc...

This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve White wrote:"Shame on you. Don't you know it's good luck to have a swallow nest in your barn." O.K., O.K.Luck, schmuck, the birds ARE nesting in the barn, but NOT above the stalls on top of the lights. If I had let them nest

Re: Horse Abuse

This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 03:58 PM 6/14/00 -0700, you wrote: >This message is from: "Donna Tauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Hi List >Hope it's OK to vent here. > >I just contacted the Sheriff's department to report a starving mare >and her filly I saw in a pen no

Unusual Stubben saddle

This message is from: "Meredith Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is a lovely, very pale Stubben on E-Bay right now. I have never seen anything like it. Looks like it's for the circus or a special event. Finding a bridle to match it might be impossible! Meredith Sessoms Tooksend Art & Fjordhor

Horse Abuse

This message is from: "Donna Tauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi List Hope it's OK to vent here. I just contacted the Sheriff's department to report a starving mare and her filly I saw in a pen not far from my house . I didn't know horses could be that thin and still be alive. I found out that this

Re: Mites and Barn Swallows

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is an old New England wives tale that if swallows roost in your barn it will not be hit by lightning. Other than the anxiety I go through each year about the wee ones falling out of their nests and becoming cat chow I love watching them fly around i

Re: balanced ride saddle?

This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bushnell's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ..."does anyone know of a balanced ride saddle in this region? (I want to know)" Ruthie I do know that Ailene Oakwright up in (down in?) Sandpoint, has a really nice Balanced Ride saddle that

Fjords for Sale

This message is from: Sherle Monheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Everyone! Sure hope everyone's Summer is going well. We have decided to sell some of our Fjords. An 8 year old mare, bred back to our Stallion Bodil, has had harness on and line driven, also has had someone sitting on her back. Also h

Re: Barn Swallows

This message is from: Lori Puster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Swallows eat their weight in mosquitos and flys on a regular basis. Would that I had more of them. Lori P.

Fw: Buying a Fjord

This message is from: "griet vandenbroucke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aan: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Datum: 11 juni 2000 6:31 Onderwerp: Buying a Fjord >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hi Everyone, > Does anyon

Re: Barn Swallows

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whoa, if turkey mites are like chicken mites they take bites out of you that leave forever blood marks. I had never raised chickens before coming here. Never knew they had mites. Suddenly the mites exploded, (like the human population is doi

Feed

This message is from: "Louise Cooke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Everyone, We recently had a visit from the nutrition expert from Buckeye feeds in Bermuda. He recommended "Grow and Win" for the Fjords. He said it gave them the nutrients they need in the way of minerals and vitamins without overheating

Re: Feeding grain & Barn Swallows

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve, one pair means the beginning of a migration. I have starlings here and they multiply and I assume that the young come back to familiar territory until territory runs out. They do a lot of damage to the roof liner and I am forever resc

Re: Barn Swallows

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Denise - sure hope they don't take MY hair :)

balanced ride saddle?

This message is from: "Bushnell's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I know we've been around the corral many times on the saddle subject, in fact I just looked into the archives to see what we said, but I still have a question, or questions, I'd like answered. I simply cannot take my Hereford saddle well any

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #164

This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Denise, That sounds like a feed that I would use here if I could get it..a hay pellet. There is a local hay/grain pellet mix made here that I was using (and many still do esp. for older horse with poor teeth) but the grain was contaminated wi

Re: Feeding grain & Barn Swallows

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear mary, even if you decided against the swallows, how would you keep them out? it sounds like they are very industrious and crafty. denise, sierra foothills, calif. - Original Message - From: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Barn Swallows

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear linda, when i was a kid, we had a fluffy mutt that had a gorious coat of nice soft black fur. whenever he went outside during the springtime he would be bombarded by jays, both blue jays and mockingbirds. in the early season they wo

Re: Feeding grain & Barn Swallows

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> addition to swallow chat line.in california, it is illegal to shoot, kill, bother or pester swallows. the fish and game dept will have your head and fine you if yuo get caught. i am not sure about nests on private proeprty though. i

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #164

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear jean, when i said something like stategy i meant a pelleted basic food. i really feed a "stable mix" from a local miller near sacramento. elk grove milling company. it is mostly grass hay and a little alfalfa with vits and mineral

Re: Barn Swallows

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am enjoying the discussion on barn swallows. We have a pair nesting in our l00 year old dairy barn, in the same spot as last year. Horse tail hairs are hanging from the nest :) This morning the swallows were making a big racket - chirping loudly and

RE: Barn Swallows

This message is from: "Turcotte, Dianne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The buddy (a professor of fish and wildlife at OSU) said that bird lice won't bite a mammal---they just give you "the willies", crawling around on you. This is NOT true. Well, I don't know about bird LICE BUT... Year

Re: Feeding grain & Barn Swallows

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I let the swallows nest. They are bug eaters. It's great in the evening when they follow the horses around the outdoor arena catching the bugs they stir up in the grass. They are truely beautiful in the way they fly between the horse's legs and all ar

Re: Belgian Time

This message is from: "griet vandenbroucke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Toninght I will not be able to join the chat. I'm leaving at 2 am for Vienna.My boss offered us a trip. Maybe next week. I'm looking forward to it Griet vandenbroucke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL P