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Thanks! And yes, it is! 😍

Thanks! I think so too! 😁

Thanks!!

Thanks, all, for the thoughts! Definitely good stuff to keep in mind! Here are Audi (purple halter) & Mowgli (green halter):

Thanks for the replies! The boys have been here a bit over a week now, and they're doing much better. We've been able to ride both of them out of sight of the other and with minimal fuss. :)

He's ok! I checked on him first thing this morning. Boy, was my heart pounding as I walked out to the pigs' yard! After the way he looked last night, I wasn't terribly optimistic, although I knew that if the antibiotic was going to work, the the change could be dramatic and fast... Anyway, I...

Thanks. I hope so, too.

Thanks for the info! I'm hoping that's what it is and that the tetracycline works. I really like that hog and hate to see him suffering. I don't have any banamine on hand, but I really ought to get some. Thanks for the reminder.

My fantastic, year-old kunekune boar, Thorin, went from perfect to total crap in two days. :eek: He was totally normal appearing all Friday. Saturday (yesterday) morning, he was *maybe* just slightly less pushy with his mate at breakfast time. (Usually he pushes her away from the food, but he...

The book that actually gave me the confidence to homeschool- and still guides my approach to education- is John Holt's How Children Learn. ♥️

I homeschool my two, ages 10 & 7. We also manage/live on a 20 acre farm with chickens, turkeys, goats, hogs, cattle, and horses, plus we have a big smattering of guinea fowl, dogs, cats, and a [poorly neglected, although they don't seem to mind] beehive. We're a military family living far (1500...

I second cutting out the free feeding. Also, I'm a big fan of slow feeders/foraging toys/puzzle feeders for all my animals. Our indoor cats have ball feeders. I measure their ration into the ball, close it up, and the cats have to bat it around in order to make the food fall out a few pieces at...

A few days ago, we brought home our first ever horses, a 9 yo gelding (Mowgli) and a 21 yo gelding (Audi). These guys came from our former lesson barn, which closed down. Mowgli was new to the barn, having arrived from another facility in Nov or early Dec. Audi had been living there for a...

I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks. The question is on my list for the vet next week. Also on my to-do is to have a forage test and new soil tests done this spring. In the meanwhile, I've just been offering the cattle a general mineral mix. The goats are a bit tricker, as I have a more difficult time finding a "natural"...

Our new horses are coming home in just a couple days! 😁 I think we’re pretty well ready for them, but there are some things that only come with experience. That said, anyone have some good tips, tricks, or money saving ideas for life with horses?

We currently have a few head of cattle + goats on our property, and we are bringing in some horses soon. Right now, I leave out both cattle minerals + goat minerals (and baking soda + DE) for free-choice consumption. Occasionally the goats nibble the cattle mineral, and I assume the cattle get...

Here's my "horse hating" boy with one of our horses-to-be. ♥️

We have! We’ll bring the horses home after our final lesson before the barn closes on the 31! 😍 I‘d normally insist on a pre-purchase exam. As it is, I have a vet appt for them for a few days after we bring them home. I’ve asked the seller to agree to take them back if the vet finds anything...

Thanks for your thoughts! I figured it had to do with calf sale prices, although I’m with @Beekissed and figure a more natural seasonal approach has got to be in the better interests of the animals. Admittedly, we’ve never calved here, but we have been through a few goat kidding seasons, and...