tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post2692422700930986982..comments2008-07-19T21:02:48.460-07:00Rising Rainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669risingrainbow@comcast.netBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-28685333063357334682008-07-19T18:35:00.000-07:002008-07-19T18:35:00.000-07:00They always pick the worst times to be fussy don't they! We found that with some of the cattle in the drought when we were feeding. No matter how hungry they were they wouldn't take a change in diet lightly, no matter how small it was!Geckohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14869977105238208893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-13246787765705112562008-07-18T10:06:00.000-07:002008-07-18T10:06:00.000-07:00That is just a hoot! Can't blame a guy for trying to get his favorite stuff! I am constantly struggling to keep the weight down on some of my guys and then one of them has to have twice as much to just keep weight on. The ponies just have to look at food and they get fatter. Sigh.....why couldn't they all be the same and stay a perfect healthy weight? Now wouldn't that be nice??!!Midlife Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531655128417397650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-49958567173128066802008-07-17T20:13:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:13:00.000-07:00Glad to hear Lindsay is getting better each day. I love that grey horse in the picture, just beautiful. Feeding sounds like a soap opera "The Hay Chronicles"!Grey Horse Mattershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-37365105907628153892008-07-17T16:32:00.000-07:002008-07-17T16:32:00.000-07:00lori, yes, Lindsay gets a little better each day. Watching her recovery and how she is feeling reminds me of how I was feeling last Nov when I took that fall. It makes me all the more aware that I should have called 911. Hope by the time I learn all the things to do this "right" I don't need such information any more. LOL<BR/><BR/>pony girl, yes even though the protein is high in the eastern Washington grass it is lower than the alfalfa.Rising Rainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-30357012551649831942008-07-17T15:17:00.000-07:002008-07-17T15:17:00.000-07:00What a dilema! <BR/>I have a question about the protein of the Eastern grass hay. Is it still less protein than what you'd find in alfalfa? I'm considering switching my gelding to an orchard grass hay, instead of alfalfa. Thanks!<BR/>And good luck with feeding time roulette!Pony Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02464088874054923635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-15163881771691700302008-07-17T13:04:00.000-07:002008-07-17T13:04:00.000-07:00LOL MiKael ... it sounds like you are talking about me, my horses and my barn, all I can say is ditto. <BR/><BR/>Noticed that you were having much more pleasant temps today, we are heading for the 90s again I am too scared to look.<BR/><BR/>Hope Lindsay is still on the mend.<BR/><BR/>LoriLori Schmidt (LoriProPhoto)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01786227217137143996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-91273480398520833232008-07-17T11:31:00.000-07:002008-07-17T11:31:00.000-07:00kim, you're right about Solidare, she is a hoot!<BR/><BR/>kdwhorses, the only thing I'm accomplishing by moving them around is keeping her from the dessert bar. lol<BR/><BR/>tracey,I have a guy that's put up 1300 bales of a nice enough local for me but won't get me through because they're smaller bales. (easier for me to handle though!) For eastern I think they're projecting $400 a ton by fall. My daughter just paid $18 a bale last week so that's already over the hump. It's going to be a scary year for hay!<BR/><BR/>lady of chaos, I have some that will eat anything but with as many as I have I think I have a little of each kind of eater! lol<BR/><BR/>Local hay is good if the fields have been properly fertilized and the hay's been baled right. The problem I've found is being able to tell what has and what hasn't. Green doesn't always mean good.Rising Rainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-46988062842257922262008-07-17T08:23:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:23:00.000-07:00LOL I'm so glad that mine will eat whatever I put in front of them.<BR/><BR/>I locked in some local this year so hopefully they'll like it.Lady Of Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528836839856266688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-3514733460769768312008-07-17T07:17:00.000-07:002008-07-17T07:17:00.000-07:00Tell me about it!! I've got a skinny boy here now and no one else understands why he gets extra hay plus a pan of beet pulp. Doesn't help that he's a slow eater, either!<BR/><BR/>What are you doing for hay this year? I'm shuddering at the cost of anything eastern...Traceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06045746044917443807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-65081586427099423462008-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:002008-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:00ROTFL!!! I have one of those! My mare is a easy keeper and gains weight by looking at feed! She is always looking into buckets, whatever I have at the time to see if there is something in there to eat! <BR/><BR/>Juggling horses.........wouldn't change a thing though!kdwhorseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927961715923751666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6053415389447235937.post-61479750529397796272008-07-16T23:09:00.000-07:002008-07-16T23:09:00.000-07:00LOL Solidare is a hoot!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01555433402389131682noreply@blogger.com