Category Archives: General

New Farm Animals

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Bill

It’s almost spring and we have some new animals to celebrate around here. Our kittens are getting bigger and are about ready for mousing duties. We caught one eating a small bird. Mikki pointed out that without barn cats we’d … Continue reading →

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Stray Horses!

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Mikki

We went to get hay on Saturday from our favorite hay supplier, Grammy. We were down to about 6 square bales – yikes! – so it was past time. Grammy’s farm is down some winding country roads back in the … Continue reading →

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Snow! – Part 2 – Horse Play

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Bill

The video I posted yesterday was just a little display of the snow with some scenes from our barn and pasture. Yesterday, Mikki and I brought cameras with us up to the barn to see how our horses reacted to … Continue reading →

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Snow! – Part 1

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Bill

We don’t get a whole lot of snow in east Tennessee. Maybe once or twice a year we’ll get a dusting. Well starting yesterday it actually did snow – pretty much all day. And today the snow continued, albeit light … Continue reading →

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Food aggression update

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Bill

Thanks for all the suggestions in the comments on my last post about surprise food aggression. Separate hay stacks are the plan and I’m glad to see most of you seem to do that as well. One question though. Do … Continue reading →

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Surprise Food Aggression

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Bill

Yesterday I noticed some disturbing behavior as I let the horses out of the barn. We have a method of doing it that works pretty well for us, which has us releasing each horse mostly in the opposite order of … Continue reading →

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