Horse Sense....
So I found out what was going wrong with Az's hooves.
Me.
I fucked up.
So the farrier came out yesterday and when they did Az, went, He's got a couple of maggots.
I beg your fucking pardon! My horses don't have maggots.
Come and have a look....
And I completely freaked out, because, well, My horses don't have fucking maggots.
Once I calmed down, I asked how Az might have got them - and only on the back two, not the front, not that that makes it any better.
He's been standing in shite.
Az doesn't stand in shite.
My horses are the cleanest horses out.
We sorted it though, farrier told me how to keep on top of it, but it bugged the fuck out of me.
How could I have got something so wrong?
Worked out at 2.17am I went, The hay I put on the ground!!
In the big horses paddock I put old baleage round the outside fence, where there is no grass, and then just wait for it to ferment, break down, and grow.
Big horse paddock, not little one paddock.
All goods.
However, I used the same theory in the little ones paddock, but forgot that Az and the little ones eat at the fence, where I had been throwing the hay.
To be fair, this hay was fresh and delish.
But, they didn't always eat it, and our temperatures have gone from thunderstorms to 30 degrees, and keep switching.
The grass didn't ferment as such (which was never my intention anyway) but rotted and there's where Az stood to eat.
We were really lucky, although to be fair, maggots are good, they eat bad stuff, so they are actually our friend.
Not mine per se, but you know.
Anyway, was out first thing this morning shovelling it all away and organising a cow to rebalance the paddocks, and re-wormed the little ones again, even though they were only done fairly recently.
Now we're back on track.
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Thank Spirit, Az and I are on the right path again.
And we are.
I do have to say though that when I use pumice sand re where the horses eat, I never have a problem with hooves.
In fact, the hooves are better than good.
I'm going to sort sand out for the little ones, it's worth its weight in gold re keeping the hooves in great nick.
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Somebody was letting off bloody fireworks last night.
Jeez, there's some real fuckwits out there.
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Az and I are definitely on track now.
...and hooves 100% clean.
And close up, and yes, he really doesn't like having a bath...
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Little ones on a diet as two out of three are over-weight and Suz is bordering on it.
NO ONE is happy with me re that decision.
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** As I am writing this, Wednesday, 31st January, 9.51pm New Zealand time, Dino has just hit 49,000 followers on Instagram...and counting.
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So that's been our week:
Take what you need, leave the rest, don't be a Fuckwit.
Kissy hugs
Caps, me (T - she/her), Spirit, Az, Ralph, Chew, Suz, and of course, my beautiful Mumma Bear, Belle and Boo-ba-licious, Pat, Rose, Pepper, Marmite, Geraldine, Milli, Bessie, Raz, Sugar, Butter, Cookie and Cinammon.
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