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Wife just had our new Stallion delivered this morning......

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Sure wish she'd switch to pet rocks :shock: Was supposed to got here yesterday evening but the transporter had trouble loading all of the 7 other horses on the truck and got caught up in his road time limit & had to stop for a few hours...
Only a year old and handled things like a champ, walked down the ramp like he'd been doin it all his life and made himself at home in the stall she had fixed up for him. He'll go on the pasture with the other boys this evening....just hate to castrate and sell my Ben (current stallion)....
Helluva a time to get an extra horse when hay crop is at about 50% because of no rain.....
 
I on the other hand prefer an unhappy wife with no horse than a happy wife with a horse-fence stretching, hayburning, cattle chasing.....
 
farmallbee, you sound just like me. The wife would like to have a horse and I say no. My theory, if times get tough you had better be able to eat what you raise and legally that's a no-no in the US. So I raise meat goats instead. When the kids hit about 2 months I sell them. I usually post an ad on Craigslist which I did earlier this week, the only difference is this time I put a price but also said I would be willing to trade for ? That was when I discovered my mistake. About half the callers wanted to trade a horse for goats. I guess with the heat and lack of rain, the pastures are shot and the hay is too expensive. Lucky us we have irrigation.
These are the 4 little guys I sold this week. The one with the black head got lucky, he didn't become cabrito. Matter of fact the lady that bought him is coming back next week to buy a non-related female for him.
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Your subject like leaves a little bit to be drsired - I wanted to make a joke, but don't think I can keep it clean enough for here. ;)

Hope both are doing well anyhow. ;)

--->Paul
 
I'm with you, Farmallbee- but coming at it from a little different perspective. Knew she had to have a horse or two since from before we got married 40 years ago. But then she went in "the business"- registered Tennessee Walkers, then Paso Finos. We hit a high of 14 at one point- and its just an absolute money pit, even when you sell them for 3 or 4 grand apiece.

We were down to 7, then a friend to whom we had sold a Walker 17 years ago died, and guess who inherited the mare? Yesterday, Mrs. took 3 (including the inheritance) up to my daughter, who just bought a little horse place near Seattle. That gets us down to 5, and I think she'll sell another.

So I'm overjoyed to get down to 4- can haul all the hay for the winter in one trip (2 trailers), farrier bills generally under a hundred bucks, morning feeding in winter takes about 3 minutes, what's not to like?
 
One of these days I'll get my wife's herd down to 4... In the meantime I drive 10,000 extra miles a year for the pleasure of hauling hay to those animals that ultimately I can't eat.
And I'm the unwilling farrier-for-free, too...
Jay
 
I thought sure I was gonna see a pic of your new horse, but nope. How come you didn't put us a pic of your new horse to look at? Here's a pic of my little stud horse:
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(quoted from post at 04:03:00 07/04/11) I thought sure I was gonna see a pic of your new horse, but nope. How come you didn't put us a pic of your new horse to look at? Here's a pic of my little stud horse:
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Looks real good......What is he (QH)?
Got a couple pics but have to postz them after while.... can't get the email the wife sent me to open.... He's a 15 month old grullo foundation bred QH....
 

Yep, this one is foundation bred also. Close lineage to Silver King (Hence his regestered name: Poco Silver Miki) from King P-234.

Our mares are foundation as well. One is grand-daughter to Poco Bueno. Another grand-daughter to Jessie James. Hay Burners every one. HAHA
 
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