We bought some grey Guinea keets and baby Barred Rock chicks from the local hardware store. The keets are straight run so who knows what sex they will be. The 4 barred rocks are to be pullets; however 2 have rooster looks to them. All are growing fast and big since they were older when we bought them. The keets are an experiment since we have never had them before. Guineas are great for tick control and are very independent.
We put up the OSB walls and dragged in the rubber mats for the horse barn. It took several trips up and down the hill to unload these 100 lb 1 inch thick rubber mats into the barn. The baby horses tap danced upon these strange new floors. Now our horse will have warm stalls for the winter and dry floors to stand on. All we have left is to make the stall doors.
One of our neighbors has lent us his original roping saddle. It needs a good cleaning, new latigo and keepers but it is still usable. It weighs more than a pony. We were told it has an iron tree under all that leather. We are very honored to have such a nice antique saddle to try out.
Now that we have our horses we are looking for saddles to ride on. So we are testing used ones and borrowed ones. It takes time to evaluate a good saddle to sit in and one that fits our horse.
We moved Luna and her colt home to our pasture after being away for since we got her, almost four months. Luna had to get used to being number three horse in the herd after Dolly and Maple. And Mr. Bean, Luna's colt, is last in the pack. But after a full day of kicking, biting and running all horses seem to be getting along. There is enough room for all in the pasture and stable. It will be nice not having to getting up and drive to feed our horses in the mornings.
