roly poly pony revisited

2010-12-19 Thread Moira Sambey
This message is from: Moira Sambey Hi Robyn I agree with Marsha Jo, hay needs to be weighed as flakes vary tremendously in weight. You can get a Newton scale in the fishing section of Walmart etc. I put my hay in a heavy duty black plastic garbage bag, spin it to twist the top and hang it on

RE: roly poly pony revisited

2010-12-17 Thread Gail Russell
@angus.mystery.com Subject: roly poly pony revisited This message is from: Robyn Kevlin Okay. I have the 16' x 48' Jenny Craig paddock half-assembled. Will finish up tmo. One third is under a shed roof. First question is: How does 2 flakes in the a.m. and 2 more in the p.m. sound, out of a

roly poly pony revisited

2010-12-17 Thread Robyn Kevlin
This message is from: Robyn Kevlin Okay. I have the 16' x 48' Jenny Craig paddock half-assembled. Will finish up tmo. One third is under a shed roof. First question is: How does 2 flakes in the a.m. and 2 more in the p.m. sound, out of a NibbleNet? A good plan to start with? Also, how wo

roly-poly pony

2010-12-07 Thread Robyn Kevlin
This message is from: Robyn Kevlin Thanks to all those who responded. Everybody agrees (and I knew) that limiting intake is the way to go, but I didn't have a way to do that... until today. I had a long talk with the barn owner, and she's going to fence off a 20'x20' dry lot for Gaven. She'll

RE: roly-poly pony

2010-12-07 Thread Curtis
This message is from: "Curtis" Robyn Kevlin wrote: I'd say she's seriously overweight, from standing with her head in the round bale the last 30 days, but I don't know if it's bad condition for a Fjord. She doesn't have a "rain gutter" down her spine, but she's got a culvert down her croup. : )

Re: roly-poly pony

2010-12-04 Thread Lauren Sellars
This message is from: Lauren Sellars My opinion on good round bales is. Fjords and round bales should not mingle for longer then and hour in the morning and an hour at night maybe a little at noon The only big bales my herd sees is straw. This year we even got some timothy straw the herd en

roly-poly pony

2010-12-03 Thread Robyn Kevlin
This message is from: Robyn Kevlin I've only had Gaven (13-yr-old mare) since August, so we haven't been through a winter together. If she were a Quarter Horse, I'd say she's seriously overweight, from standing with her head in the round bale the last 30 days, but I don't know if it's bad con