dec 8
Dec 8
We are so lucky to have cameras on the stalls in the barn to help us keep track of what is happening but it's also a mixed bag because some of the people who are watching the cameras don't realize what is fairly normal and if these perfectly fat healthy animals have an empty hay bag let's not worry about it because they're certainly not picking up every bit of hay that has fallen on the ground which they are very capable of doing ----- there is far too much hay already thrown away in the manure pile which they have not picked over and they are very capable of doing that ----that's normal horsemanship to pick over what's on the ground.. we'll worried about the worms with the pill we give them
what you can worry about if you'd like is the water buckets this is winter come on now water freezes but also the buckets have to be kept clean and full at least twice a day ---absolutely spotless--- absolutely full.. after they have had full acess to being able to drink......I know that these big draft horses like the budweisers and the amish work horses,,,,,,variety are allowed all the water they could drink two or maybe three if they're lucky on a hot day----- two times a day-- they don't have constant water available so as long as water is available twice to these animals they should manage nicely.
if all of you people watch these wild cameras about elephants and zebras and things like that those animals are not standing knee deep in water 24 hours a day they go away and they graze and they go back to the water source maybe once a day I don't know of that part but I do know those big draft horses even on a hot day are not given water 100% of the time. but they do need to have it at least twice a day.
so please re think before posting how upset you are if the hay bags are empty- I prefer to think if the hay bags are never empty we are feeding too much......
my 3.25 reading glasses have arrived---so I can see better toooooooo......
we are scheduled to get 2 tons of. Hay today--- from dodge grain......one at meridith and the other here--- they said they would toss it in the hay loft.....
.other than that life goes on ... and on ... and on/.
