[AT] New 8N/Now hay, coastal bermuda

[Indiana Robinson]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Al Jones <farmallsupera at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> If I were raising hay, I wouldn't mind one bit making a light bale for them
> at the "heavy bale" price!  I don't have anything against horses per se,
> but the way some horse people act, I wouldn't have any problem charging
> them.
>
>
> Al
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I can identify with that statement and we are horse people...   :-)
Over the last several years I have sold a lot of hay to horse people
but have made no bones about the fact that I do not raise "horse hay".
I sell two kinds of hay, common hay and sheep and goat hay. Diana's
cousin hauls his "junk" hay to the auction. I told him that we never
sell junk hay but we sell a little sheep and goat hay...   :-)
One of my peeves is the horse people that almost abuse their horses by
over caring for them. They want to stick them in a dark stall in a
stable that is as tight as a new house and feed them all alfalfa hay
and a ton of grain and wonder why they freak out and get so excitable
and why they keep developing respiratory problems. They make them
stand on concrete for days at a time cushioned by 1/8" of sawdust and
wonder why they have leg joint problems. They want the horses to live
like people instead of living like horses.
It bothers me to see horses out in a lot with zero shelter but those
will usually be healthier than the ones kept in poorly ventilated
tight warm damp stalls. I'm pretty adamant that grazing animals belong
on grass...   :-)
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The USERL just brought us another rescue horse and she is on a
recovery program. If you go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/robinson46176
and click on the album marked Shylow you can see what almost no care
looks like. She had been in recovery for about two weeks before they
brought her to us and the first time I saw her she looked about twice
as bad as the pictures we took today. She is an "off the track"
thoroughbred that I gather was just a little too slow. She is 6 years
old and about 16 hands high and most of it is legs. She is a real
sweetheart and really responds to a little attention. It will probably
take about 6 months to a year to get her in shape but she will look a
lot better in a few weeks. You can't just shovel feed at her like you
can a person or you end up with problems like colic or laminitis etc.
Even in bad shape she looks beautiful at a gallop.
I want to start training our horses for some light driving but they
will never replace old tractors...   :-)
We find that horses are great therapy for those that have been driven
insane by humans.



-- 
"farmer"

"Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
Morris Moulterd


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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com