RE: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread melissa
This message is from: "melissa" Okay you all have me questioning myself now. Yearling coming 2 in early August measures 12.1 hh. Weight tape was 767# on 09MAR09, wormed 20MAR09. Weight tape today was 736#. Looks good, ribs not visible, pooping and what not well. Pasture has new grass last 2

RE: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread Linda Lottie
g some mark on it forever. -Francois Muriac www.heartsandhoovesforever.blogspot.com > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:20:46 -0800 > Subject: Re: AIR FERNS > From: jern...@mosquitonet.com > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com &

RE: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread Linda Lottie
tsburg WI No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. -Francois Muriac www.heartsandhoovesforever.blogspot.com > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:47:19 -0400 > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > From: regist...@nfhr.com

Re: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread jernest
This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com Catherine, I agree with you we should be more careful. Two Fjords from the Brunners here in Fairbanks were sold to a family here. Turned out in a large paddock with mainly weeds, they were skin and bone when purchased by another person, and both coli

Re: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" At 10:52 AM 3/23/2009, you wrote: >This message is from: > >Hello There - > > >I am not defending the past Scottish Fjord Registrar, but I have met him >several times. He is a proud person and he is as lovable as our own Mike May >(not comparing

RE: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: "plumg...@pon.net" The irony is that a Fjord dying of overfeeding/grass grazing-caused laminitis may potentially suffer even more than one that has been starved to death. And for some Fjords, it does not take a lot of grass. And yet we do not judge the incident in the same

Re: AIR FERNS?! Good grief!

2009-03-23 Thread Kathleen Prince
This message is from: Kathleen Prince I'm a new fjord owner (new to horses in general) just having my mare and her baby for a little over a year now. I had read and heard all the easy keeper terms and knew I should feed mine different than the other boarded horses - but it sure meant I stil

Re: AIR FERNS?! Good grief!

2009-03-23 Thread JadeBear
This message is from: jadeb...@aol.com Amen, Catherine! I've never heard the term "air ferns" before but I know what you mean. I, myself, have referred to Fjords as easy keepers but it has never occurred to me that someone hearing me say that would take it to mean you didn't have to feed them

RE: AIR FERNS

2009-03-23 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy Catherine, In reference to the term 'air fern' used to define the Fjord easy-keeper metabolism...No, I don't buy your argument there. If a person cannot tell the difference between a plant and an animal, than IMO they need more education b4 owning either. :