] DRIVING VIDEO FOR SALE [relisting]

This message is from: "jerry friz" - Hello Folks, I am relisting this video. The first buyer changed her mind. And I have lost my list of all the people that asked me about the tapes. I have an excellent driving video set for sale. VHS, format. 3 parts [3 tapes] Nicke and Christer

Re: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: Martie Bolinski Tried the owl. Anyone want to buy a slightly used plastic owl with a swallows nest on it? It was one of those with the 'wobbly' head and the big glow in the dark eyes. The birds were not impressed. The geese were overly fond of it when we took it down

Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG

This message is from: "Kay Barnhart" Hi Robin, I have used MTG on my gyspy vanner mane to make it grow .The gyspy can get sweet itch or scratches on there legs because of the heavy feathering, so when I do his mane his legs gets done ,so far no problems. I also purchased a fjord with terril

Please, trim your posts ...

This message is from: "Steve Sessoms" I have gotten about three digests that were loads of stuff I had already read with very little new content ... having to sift through the old posts is just awful. Please, be more considerate. Thank you. ~ Meredith ~ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscri

Chickens and horses

This message is from: "Steve Sessoms" I adore my chickens and do not sorry about them carrying disease to me or the horses. Feed them food grade DE and put it in their dusting spots. That will take care of any mites or worms. There are also drugs to feed them or dust on them to take care of wo

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #59

This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com My favorite shampoo is the the one I make (well kinda) . I use The Main N Tail shampoo and add 7% Iodine to it. I use a bit of the shampoo first and the put in about 2 inches of the Iodine . Measuring the 2" on the Shampoo bottle. Shake it up

RE: dump find

This message is from: Linda Lottie great find..goats love them too!! Linda Baker Lottie Wild Wind Farm Equestrian Center "Where Hearts and Hooves Come Together" Grantsburg WI No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on i

RE: pigeons, cuculoides, sulphur

This message is from: Karen McCarthy Glad the fake owls worked for you Emily; they didn't do anything in our barn. The swallows loved pooping on Mr Fake Owl though. we did have 2 real barn owls most of the year; that was so cool! One night I was putting ponies away in paddocks behind the barn, an

Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG

This message is from: Robin Churchill Well it says to use it on tails so I did. We'll see what happens. Robin --- On Wed, 3/25/09, katesei...@aol.com wrote: > From: katesei...@aol.com > Subject: Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 7:04

dump find

This message is from: brass-ring-f...@juno.com We had a very exciting find at the dump, one of those roller brushes off the street sweeper. It is about 6' and 24" around. I saw an article years ago for using them as scratching posts for horses. My husband put a post in the ground and it i

RE: Cougar - northwest WI

This message is from: Linda Lottie Susan..yes, I went out one morning and she was scratched and bitten. She is old, limps and does not hear real well..perfect for breakfast :) My great white pyr, Kodiak, has been so busy lately. He runs from one end of the driveway to the other. I se

RE: tail rubbing

This message is from: Linda Lottie Can you bring them inside during the biting times? Put a fan on them. Sounds horrible..and the ponies must go nuts itching. Linda Baker Lottie Wild Wind Farm Equestrian Center "Where Hearts and Hooves Come Together" Grantsburg W

RE: update on cougar attack on my Swedish Gotland

This message is from: Linda Lottie Thanks for the information.and yes, I think the one here is a male. LInda Linda Baker Lottie Wild Wind Farm Equestrian Center "Where Hearts and Hooves Come Together" Grantsburg WI No love, no friendship can cross the path of o

RE: Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Alicia Encoyand You defintly could scare them off like that, I had barn pigeons when I first started out in peigeons and the more I bugged them, the less they wanted to stay around, most eventuly left. If they learn that they are going to get thretened every time they come i

Re: Tail-rubbing - MTG

This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Don't know about it for itching, but I used it when Joe had a horrible case of rain rot. I had tried two weeks of other shampoos and treatments with no improvement. The MTG cleaned it up within 2 days. I treated a few more times, the mess went away

RE: Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Alicia Encoyand Hi, they will have a band on their leg. Sometimes two. Most of the time they fly strait home, but once in a while they will get tired and hook up with another flock (or sometimes they will be by themselfs too) to rest and eat. Sometimes they are so exaughsted

RE: Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Linda Lottie Well, how on earth would I learn that? Me shooting at them is not a threat to their life.I was hoping the irritation would cause them to leave? Linda Linda Baker Lottie Wild Wind Farm Equestrian Center "Where Hearts and Hooves Come Together"

Re: update on cougar attack on my Swedish Gotland

This message is from: "coy...@acrec.com" In recent years, cougars has been positively sighted in western Iowa (Harlan) and in the suburbs of east central Iowa (Cedar Rapids). We have bobcats and the occasional bear for certain here in the hills and forests of northeastern Iowa. Some maintain

RE: Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Karen McCarthy Alicia, How do you tell a racing pigeon from a regular pigeon? - Blinkers? - Stripes? - Numbers? - A special band or hoodie? - One's skinnier than the other? No, seriously...I really am wondering about this, how? Karen (We are Pigeon free on our pla

RE: update on cougar attack on my Swedish Gotland

This message is from: "Jim Barnhart" We've had some cougar sightings over the years here in SE Minnesota. One was photographed about 10 mies from our home as it sat in a tree. They had a cougar living in the suburbs of Chicago recently as well. I have done some reading about this. It appear

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #59

This message is from: Emily Wigley Bonnie, is there an iodine base shampoo that you especially like? Stilly rainy, but not bad in Western Wa (as Bonnie knows!), Emily On Mar 25, 2009, at 1:19 PM, fjordhorse-digest wrote: I always give everybody a good bath in the spring with an iodine base sh

RE: tail rubbing

This message is from: "M. Denmark" Well we are having a fit with a couple of the fjordies rubbing tails, manes, and center line of bellies due to itchiness. Happens at this time every year. One pony gets worse ever year and he is miserable...it is cullicoides. Think flying pepper with velocira

Cougar - northwest WI

This message is from: Susan Cargill Linda Lotti - I've been watching the cougar news with interest. Our neighbor and her mother used to walk the Tuscobia Trail which separates our farm into two pieces. They reported seeing a large tail several times as they were walking - the neighborhood was p

Re: Pigeons

This message is from: Emily Wigley Pigeons can be scared away by the fake owls you see in garden centers. I teach at a covered arena with an "owl" on one rail, and it catches my eye for a split second I think it's a real owl. (Duh, not in the day time!) It really works for the owner. A

RE: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: "Mary Wallace" Put a plastic owl decoy in the rafters. Move it around every once in a while. Might help. Or, get some neighbor boys to come and trap the pigeons. We did that one time, only to find that those same boys pulled a prank on the school and let those pigeons lo

RE: Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Alicia Encoyand Not all Pigeons are "rats with wings". I have some Racing Pigeons that are worth twice as much as some of your horses. They can be worth thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands. Please make sure they are not racing birds before you shoot,   Alicia Alic

RE: Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Linda Lottie Karen..funny. On another property we had pigeons that loved our old silo. My ex would shoot them, yep, the lab would retreive, and the horses paid no attention. Guess I better go get a BB gun.who knows, maybe I'll be a better shot than I know:) Rats w

Pigeons, aka Rat's w/ Wings

This message is from: Karen McCarthy In our old big barn in Nevada the pigeons decided to move in one spring so we used a BB gun. Dave was an expert marksman in the Marines and the pigeons didn't last long - at lest the ones who were dumb enough to hang aroundOur ranch dogs, including an anci

RE: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: Linda Lottie Well, one of the reasons I have not gotten chickens is because I heard they get bugs and the horses can get infected. Is this true? I would think any bird can be a carrier of disease through it's body or feces. I have a related question. How do I get rid of

Re: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: Martie Bolinski Uggg. Which mites affect horses? We treated with a mitacide a few years back when the vet diagnosed our little pony, Wee. We dusted Kilar's tail/mane/forelock areas as well as he was scratching/rubbing. The vet did not find signs of actual mites on Kil

RE: tail rubbing

This message is from: "plumg...@pon.net" WE had a horse with lice and were not able to find them, even though it was obvious he had them. Gail Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyu

Re: crawly things

This message is from: Robin Churchill I don't think they have any mites or lice. As I said, they are body-clipped and rinsed off fairly frequently and I do wash the tails just not on a weekly basis. I will look at the tails carefully before I wash them to be sure, though. Thanks for the inpu

tail rubbing

This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com As far as Listerine irritating it does not. All the ones that I have put it on really enjoy having it rubbed in as it helps with the itch. Another little crawly critter you may want to consider is lice. You can google an image of them as well.

Re: Tail-rubbing

This message is from: Robin Churchill I keep them body-clipped in winter but they still do seem to scratch when some of the hair grows back. They like to scratch their croups on a buttonwood tree that we have that hangs over almost horizontally so I'm sure they like to scratch their butts as

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #58

This message is from: Emily Wigley Sometimes tails get itchy because the horse is uncomfy under his tail. Take a look and do some gentle cleaning, and the rubbing may stop. Making sure they have enough natural oils in their skin/coat/ tail is helpful too. My herd all gets Platinum Perfor

RE: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: Karen McCarthy Robin, I heard about the Listerine method, and the Pine Sol method. Uck, imagine putting something like Listerine where YOU had been scratching, I think it would burn and irritate! I did try the Pine Sol though, and nothing but a horse that smell slightly inst

RE: Tail-rubbing

This message is from: Karen McCarthy It works. It does attract dirt, so do wash the tail now and then, but you get a little used to it. A little goes a long way :: Karen McCarthy :: Great Basin Fjords :: Madras, Oregon :: http://www.picturetrail.com/weegees > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:0

Re: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" At 07:03 AM 3/25/2009, you wrote: >This message is from: Robin Churchill > >What do mites look like? Look here: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mite&gbv=2 >It seems like to me that all of mine rub their tails from time to time but I

Re: Tail-rubbing

This message is from: Debbie Hunt Hi Robin, I certainly am not a Fjord expert (yet) as I have had my guy for a little over a year. I have noticed that Ivar's is worse. I live in KY so I was attributing it to him shedding out his Winter coat. He is shedding by the fist fulls and I think he is

RE: Im not capable

This message is from: Karen Keith Oh, Kate. You provided me a laugh about eating your tomatoes, even amongst all this difficult conversation. I hope you enjoy them to the fullest! Nothing like a homegrown tomato. But a piece of advice -- whatever you do, don't give them names! LOL Karen in

RE: Tail-rubbing

This message is from: Robin Churchill I have that stuff--it is actually made in Florida and I have used it some on legs and such but I have always been a little suspicious of it because it has that weird smell and it doesn't really say what's in it. Do you think it really works? Robin --- O

Re: Tail Rubbing

This message is from: Robin Churchill What do mites look like? It seems like to me that all of mine rub their tails from time to time but I do not usually catch them doing it. I was going to deworm them again today and wash the tails and condition them well and try the MTG that Karen suggeste

RE: Fjord at Billings auction

This message is from: Linda Lottie Karen...my thoughts too on the photos and overall presentation. Heck, they look so good I want to go buy one of those cute donkeys - haha Linda in WI Linda Baker Lottie Wild Wind Farm Equestrian Center "Where Hearts and Hooves Come Together"