Honey, get me a hammer and the camera

Take a look at this picture and tell me if you see anything wrong with it

Manure in the feed bucket

That’s not feed in the feed bucket. Now I understand the science and physics of why it happened, but I just don’t know why any creature would allow itself to poop in their feed dish/bucket. I can understand it a little more with our goats but I guess I figured horses were a little, I don’t know…SMARTER. This was from Mikki’s fancy show horse, Valentine, by the way. My beautiful race horse, Moonshine, who leaves dainty piles of manure in the corners for me, would never do such a thing as this.

About Bill

Long-winded horse newbie, aspiring amateur barrel racer and cowboy mounted shooter. Bill has a "horse problem" and regularly wears a t-shirt that reminds him "I don't need another horse." A favorite quote is from John Wayne: "Courage is being scared but saddling up anyway," which pretty much describes how he feels every time he gets on a horse.
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8 Responses to Honey, get me a hammer and the camera

  1. Ryan says:

    haha, that’s funny. Someone should tell that horse that you don’t **** where you eat! jk. I was happy to see another post from you all, I was curious how things were going down there. It’s starting to warm up here in Louisville, spring is just about here!

    Enjoy the weather and have a good weekend!

  2. Ho, never say never, it will get you every time….Moonshine will get you for it! ;-)

  3. Peggy says:

    Ha ha! That’s too funny!
    I always say that people think of horses as only these wonderfully majestic creatures, until they really get to know one! They are just as silly as they are majestic!

  4. kelly says:

    Awesome! Theres nothing like walking into the barn in the morning to care for your precious horses and finding a big pile o poo in the feed dish. I swear they know what they have done. It gets worse though… Wait until they leave the same gift – in their water :)

    I love the blog by the way

  5. Bill says:

    Thanks for the comments guys. Peggy, you nailed it…”silly as they are majestic”. It’s so true. Just today Mikki was saying how handsome Valentine is and not one second later he was doing that goofy open mouth thing horses occasionally do. It was good for a chuckle.

  6. Mikki says:

    Kelly, I’m surprised we haven’t found any in the water. The goats, on the other hand…we’re surprised when we DON’T find poo in their water.

    Life sure is different now than it was when we lived in Phoenix.

  7. Chuck Trahan says:

    I got a kick out of the “poop in the feed dish.” We have a dozen horses now and one of them does that a lot! A couple never go in their stall. I guess they’re all different; but smart? I don’t think so…

  8. robie says:

    hmm thats very wrong but it happends lol yar my horse back home done the same theing every morning in her water

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