Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean, I like your idea of scattering the hay around on the snow to make them work for it and it imitate grazing. On our windless days (not a whole lot!), I will do this. We, also, feed several times a day- usually 4- to space out their binges. To see a

Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark, We are in Minnesota so are getting the same cold snap as you are. I used to bring our Fjord in when it hit about 5-10 degrees above 0, then I started hearing from Jean in Alaska and started getting braver, first -5, then -10, --- now we almost

Re; Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread Philis Anderson
This message is from: Philis Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list and Mark and Lisa, Here in northern Minnesota on Lake Superior, actually up over the hill about two miles from the Lake I have been letting my Fjords stay out at night, depending on the wind-chill factor. They do have access to

Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:20 AM 1/10/99 -0600, you wrote: This message is from: Mark and Lisa K. McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike May, Registrar NFHR wrote: Oh yeah when you transfer a horse with an old certificate still use the old blue Transfer

Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread Mark and Lisa K. McGinley
This message is from: Mark and Lisa K. McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike May, Registrar NFHR wrote: We also were pleased to receive the registration certificate for our foal born last April in the mail today... Yes you have one of the new certificates. So how do you like it? For those

Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 09:36 PM 1/9/99 -0600, you wrote: This message is from: Mark and Lisa K. McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] We also were pleased to receive the registration certificate for our foal born last April in the mail today, thanks Mike

Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-10 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Mark McGinley: Enjoyed your post about spending time outdoors with your horses. As a newcomer to the Fjord, hobby farm life and everyday horse-care the list has been a wealth of information and support. We live in the Minneapolis area, so our

Re: Fjords in the cold

1999-01-09 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark and Lisa, I leave my four FJords out all the time here in our Fairbanks winter, with a run-in shelter, even at -40 and -50. I did put them in the little barn one year when we had a cold snap of -65 for a week. They were in 12 hours and

Fjords in the cold

1999-01-09 Thread Mark and Lisa K. McGinley
This message is from: Mark and Lisa K. McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all, ...From Northern Wisconsin. Today (Saturday) was about 2 below 0 (F), sunny and strangely warm feeling compared to the recent past. We spent all day in the barn mixing new grain and cleaning stalls, and scrubbing