Changing goals and speed

[Latestarter]

Awwww she's gorgeous! What a beautiful little girl! Thanks for sharing the pic. Sorry the kids are home and house bound due to weather. Hope you're able to catch up on some rest and gain a little strength. From what you described, it probably won't happen till after you have those tonsils and adenoids removed...

 

[AClark]

You're probably right late, I am still suffering through a sore throat and a tickle that makes me cough constantly.

I can't help but post this picture. She's a seriously happy 6 year old, albeit toothless right now. This horse is a saint.

I'm on a quest to find a kids saddle that will fit a horse. I don't mind the kids using my saddle, except I have to take it apart every time since the breast collar and all that fits my horse is way too big for their smaller horse. Unfortunately, out of 5 saddles, the only one that fits their horse well is mine. Obviously, it would be better if the kids could reach the stirrups too - but that's as far up as they go (I know, they're set for me! lol) I have 2 that are full QH bars, and 2 that are semi (this being one of them, the other fits too far down on the withers for my liking)
I do have a pony saddle but I'm not sure it's going to fit the horse. She has high withers, like my TB. No point in the horse being uncomfortable. Not like I need an excuse to buy another saddle either lol.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Have you seen these? They are stirrups you can attach to your regular size saddle for little legs.

https://www.amazon.com/Tough-1-Nylon-Stirrup-Leather-Stirrups/dp/B015OXR6XG

 

[Latestarter]

And another darling daughter gets her reveal! She's also beautiful, even without teeth You done good there mom! That's a nice looking horse and a pretty nice saddle as well. 5 saddles? That's a lot of $$ tied up. Again, hope you get to feeling better soon. I don't get sick too often, but I hate it when I do and more so when it lingers. It seems the older I get, when I do get sick, it takes a lot longer to kick it.

 

[AClark]

I've seen them but not sure how much I trust them, my saddle doesn't have a whole lot of horn to hook onto for those kiddie stirrups
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Late, I know 5 saddles sounds like a lot, none of them are new, that's for sure. I've had 1 of them for 30 years (it was my kids saddle for my pony) and 2 of the others for about 15 years. My mom gave us one of hers for the kids to use, and I bought another off Ebay because it should fit DH's wide glide horse, but I need to fix something minor on it.

You have a good eye for saddles, that one is an old Dakota, very well made saddle and expensive brand, if you buy saddles used they are pretty reasonably priced.

We'll add insult to injury with being sick. My kids have had a bug that causes some really projectile vomiting. DH hasn't had it yet, but my oldest and I finally got it last night and both of us spent most of the night praying to the porcelain god. I slept in until 10 this morning, but I'm about to go lay back down. Luckily, it seems like a 24 hour bug since the kids that were throwing up yesterday are fine today.

Side note before I go back to bed, my quail finally started laying. We had 1 egg on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, and none yesterday, but it's finally happening, lol.

 

[Latestarter]

Sorry you're now along with the rest. I hear you on the saddle numbers... I've had some folks ask me why I need 5+ rifles... Then you try to explain that they all have different uses even though they all share a common purpose Hope you and the kids get over the latest sickness and get back to "normal" quickly.

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear you are sick, hopefully it is only a 24 hour bug for you!

 

[AClark]

It was only a 24 hour bug, I feel fine today, but now DH has it. He went to work late this morning and they told him to go home for the day. He's really feeling yuck.

Everyone needs 5+ rifles. The 30-30 is for hunting, the .22 for varmints, the 12 gauge for birds/varmints/break ins...saddles are the same way! Two are for roping, they have a bigger stronger horn, the one in the pictures is a barrel racing saddle, but I use it as all purpose because it has a deep seat and is comfortable, the trail saddle is my moms. Not to mention with seat sizes and everything everyone uses a different saddle - though DH and I are about the same size so the biggest one we have is a 15 inch seat.
Then you have to consider the horses back - some horses are higher in the back and require a more narrow saddle, some are fatties like Trav and need a wide saddle.

My grandmother said I might as well use my pony saddle and just pad it up more, that kids don't really weigh enough to be that uncomfortable with a thick pad. She's more than likely right, the heaviest of my little kids is 55 lbs. The boys are tall enough to use a regular saddle.

One of my Texas A&M chicks is "defective", it has a wry neck. I thought it was going to pass on, as it could only lay on its side and kick around, but was managing to get to food and water so I just let it be. Today, it's up and moving around just like the rest, other than a crooked neck. It's 2 weeks old now and isn't any smaller. We debated culling it but decided that we'd let nature take it's course, glad we did since it came out of it and is doing well.

Our garden is coming up nicely now, I just planted 10 blueberry bushes, to go with our 20 ft row of raspberries. We are working on finishing the old trailer for the chickens as well, they are outgrowing the little coop fast now!

 

[AClark]

Chicken and A&M quail pics...I think I have quite a few roosters, at least 4 or 5. They are pretty comical, obviously they aren't afraid of people, they thought I was there to bring them more treats. While we were planting the kids found a bunch of worms and were feeding them.
That's the little quail with the crooked neck, DH named him "Quasi"...

ETA: I'm catching up on chores this morning, everybody got fed last night, but I'm cleaning everything out before my dr appt today.

 

[Bruce]

Yep definitely some roos in there.