tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post6420666917503791716..comments2023-11-05T07:04:54.561-05:00Comments on Chronicles of a Country Girl: There's no place like homeCountry Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-46118361972964125262008-03-14T10:18:00.000-04:002008-03-14T10:18:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for your comments about the halters...Thanks so much for your comments about the halters! I apologize for the delay in getting back to you!<BR/><BR/>Out here in Iowa I see about half and half - half the horses and colts have halters on when outside and half do not.<BR/><BR/>You are right - someone had a horse hung up on a halter and that was why he thought the way he did...<BR/><BR/>take care.Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072219347283927398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-90090855815860220492008-03-10T20:11:00.000-04:002008-03-10T20:11:00.000-04:00Hi, Jennifer.The broodmares and foals born on this...Hi, Jennifer.<BR/>The broodmares and foals born on this farm are primarily owned by other people who board them here. I've lived on all sorts of horse farms and the one I live on now is a stallion farm. The stallions are housed here (in quite luxurious accomodations, I tellya) and the mares get shipped in for breeding. Most of them arrive when they're almost due to foal and then after they have the foal, they get bred (not right away, mind you!) Some vans simply bring the broodmares over for what I've always called a stop 'n pop. Sorry to sound so crude. But they pull up, go into the breeding shed, get bred, and then they're back on the van and heading home. Voila!<BR/><BR/>~C.G.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-68595457922009385662008-03-10T10:05:00.000-04:002008-03-10T10:05:00.000-04:00I love foals!! They are so cute. Will you keep the...I love foals!! They are so cute. Will you keep them or sell them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-43827132043890068052008-03-10T09:38:00.000-04:002008-03-10T09:38:00.000-04:00I'll be glad to tell you what little I know. My hu...I'll be glad to tell you what little I know. My husband's the horseman in the family, but I do know that<BR/>colt = boy horse<BR/>filly = girl horse<BR/>foal = baby horse<BR/>weanling = foal that has been weaned from its mother<BR/>yearling = foal that has turned one year old (in Thoroughbred breed, they all turn one on January 1st)<BR/>At one time or another, that old timer must have a horse hung up pretty bad on its halter. The farm leaves the halters on while out in the paddocks. Notice the little straps hanging down on some of them? It makes them easier to catch, although they'll pretty much stick to their mothers. You want to handle them every single day.<BR/>I've lived on so many different horse farms in my life, probably a dozen. And every farm I've lived on throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, has left the halters on their horses.<BR/>So it sounds like there's two schools of thought on the halter thing.<BR/>Hope this helps! ~C.G.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-29815691733036067992008-03-10T09:34:00.000-04:002008-03-10T09:34:00.000-04:00Oh Kate, what beautiful foals! You are so lucky t...Oh Kate, what beautiful foals! You are so lucky to have such wonders in your backyard! I am going to show my daugher (also named Kate)these pictures. She absolutely loves baby animals, and she will love to seeyour pics.<BR/>xoxo,<BR/>MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799729997229744515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-53365371518671022792008-03-10T09:02:00.000-04:002008-03-10T09:02:00.000-04:00I liked this post very much. I did not see it unt...I liked this post very much. I did not see it until this morning.<BR/><BR/>I was noticing your horses and colts. Here is a BIG question for you!! Keep in mind I have been involved in BIG debates over this HOT issue!!! Okay, not that big and not so hot, but anyway....<BR/><BR/>I noticed your colts and horses are wearing halters while outside. We know little about horses (very little!). But when we moved to our acreage and first had our pony and then a horse, one of the "old timers" drove in and told us - in no uncertain terms! - to never, never, never (!!) leave a horse out in a pasture or coral with its halter on.<BR/><BR/>We were told the horse could get hung up on it, etc.<BR/><BR/>Other people told us the opposite! They said to leave the halter on so you could catch the animal easier and so they would be used to it, etc. <BR/><BR/>SO, at horse shows I would find myself looking back and forth - some people said never leave a halter on and others said always leave it on!<BR/><BR/>If you have any thoughts, please share them with me! I would appreciate it!!<BR/><BR/>Take care!Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072219347283927398noreply@blogger.com