THE NEW CAMERA IN THE DONKEY STALL HAS HAD OVER 400 COMMENTS OVERNIGHT...
THERE IS A WHOLE NEW BUNCH OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED..... AND FEARS TO QUELL
I DO NOT KNOW WHY MAUDE IS NOT IN THE STALL ALL THE TIME...
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, SHE GETS TO CHOOSE THE PLACE TO HAVE THE BABY..
JUST BECAUSE WE THIENK IT BETTER IN THE STALL, SHE MAY NOT.
AND IT COULD BE BECAUSE THE FOAL IS NOT ALL SHE WILL HAVE...
THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE AMT OF GOOP WHICH SHE MIGHT WANT TO
LEAVE BEHIND--- IN THE WILD IT CETTAINLY WOULD ATTRACT THINGS LIKE WOLVES..ETC..
EVEN HAVE ING A BABY IN THE SNOW IS NOT TERRIBLE--
BUT WE WOULD WANT TO GET THEM IN THE STALL ONCE IT IS BORN..
MOSTL SO WE COULD WATCH... TEY CAN WALK AND EVEN TROT WITHIN MINUTES OF BIRTH.
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YES.. ALL HORSES DO IS EAT AND SLEEP
( WHICH SOUNDS GOOD TO ME ON A COLD DAY)
GRAZING TAKES ALOT OF HAY FOR A BIG HORSE TO STAY PROPERLY FED
ONE STRAND AT A TIME TAKES MOST OF THE DAY.
AVG HORSE NEEDS 20 POUNDS OF HAY A DAY
THOSE BALES ARE MAYBE 45 POUNDS.. LINCOLN IS BIGGER THAN AVG.
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APPARENTLY MR ATTITUDE HAS DECIDED TO GET ALONG WITH LINCOLN
WHENEVER NEW ANIMALS ( OR PEOPLE) ARE INTRODUCED, THERE IS AN ADJUSMENT PERIOD
TO FIGURE OUT THE PECKING ORDER...
ONCE THE ODER IS ESTABLISHED THINGS USUALLY QUIET DOWN..
AT LEAST WITH REGULAR ANIMALS-- MAYBE NOT PEOPLE
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY MICE- THO I AM SURE THERE ARE SOME..
THOSE CRITTERS RUNNING AROUND ARE RATS..
THESE ARE NOT GARBAGE EATING RATS...THESE ARE
BIG HEALTHY GRAIN FED RATS... AROUND A BARN REGARDLESS OF HOW CAREFUL YOU ARE
A BIT OF GRAIN DOES GET SPILLED--- EVEN AS A HORSE CHEWS.. SOME FALLS OUT.
WE DO STORE ALL THE GRAIN AND DOG FOOD IN 55 GALON DRUMS--
MAJOR DOG FOOD SUPPLY IS IN A RAT FREE SHIPPING CONTAINER 20 FEET LONG
OVER BEHIND THE. TEEPEE.
IF YOU HAVE A FEW RATS IN THE BARN- AT LEAST YOU KNOW THERE ARE NO
DEADLY CHEMICALS AROUND.
A REMINDER... I DO NOT ALLOW ANY CHEMICALS ON THE PROPERTY UNLESS I SPECIFICALY APPROVE''
IT WOULD BE AWFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE DECIDE THEY KNOW HOW TO GET RID
OF RATS AND BRING SOME RAT POIZON TO THE BARN..
A DEAD RAT IS A CHEW TOY IN DOG LANGUAGE AND IF TI IS FULL OF
POISON, THEN IT IS DOG POISON TOO.
IF IT GETS TOO BAD WE HAVE THOSE SNAP TRAPS THAT ARE VERY EFFICIEBT
WE THEN HARVEST OUR NIGHTLY "CATCH" , PUT THEM IN A BAG AND THEN THE FREEZER
BECAUSE WE OPERATE THE "FROZEN RODENT DELIVERY COMPANY"
WHICH SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT.
WE TAKE THEM TO GEORGE MYERS WHO REHAB'S OWL AND HAWKS
HE USES OURS, KNOWING WE HAVE NO POISONS ON THE PROPERTY
FRANKLY...I AM AMAZED WE DON'T SEE MORE RATS... WE HAVE HAD A VERY PROLIFIC
RAT PRODUCTION ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WHERE AFTER SUNDOWN,
THERE WAS RARELY A FIELD OF VISION THAT DID NOT HAVE A RAT OR TWO IN IT.
INCLUDING RUNNING ALONG THE FENCES...
SO WE ARE DOING WELL SO FAR
I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT IS WANDA- BUT THAT WAS OUR PURPOSE IN HAVING HER AROUND...
RIGHT !
