Coffee anyone ?

[MatthewsHomestead]

lift her leg to front, file down. Of course, I have minis, so less weight and I'm usually sitting to do. It's low when they are short.

In for lunch and getting ready to go milk ….. should be fun. Some of these are not used to human milking. They have been but, not regularly. Will be some resistance, I'm sure. The one with twin boys just pulled is a mini Nubian. Another low down job. Guess I need to go pull the milk stand but, she isn't being used "for milking" generally. Will see how it goes.

That's a good idea. I'll have to try that the next go around. Would that work on her rear hooves?
I need to start training Luna to a milk stand..... Have to get it built first.

Can you look at getting a hoof stand?
@minihorses have fun milking

Looking into it. A friend of ours may know someone who got out if horses willing to let us buy one from them. If not we will be ordering one......

Tired. We decked neighbor's porch. I went up on the roof, DH and neighbor pushed the plywood up to me, helped position it and I screwed it down. He didn't have any tar paper, we did, and we had a half a box of tar paper nails with the plastic rounds on them. The guys went to go get them, I relaxed on the roof until they got back. They rolled out the tar paper on the ground, rolled it up and put it on the roof. I rolled it out and tacked it down. We got home at 1:30, took showers. I ate a piece of sausage and a hunk of cheese. Then I cut up the 10 chickens, pot of boneless meat is in the refrigerator, bones are still in the ice chest. Sat down about an hour ago.

I'm going to veer off the coffee train......headed to the fridge for a glass of wine.

Oh my! You were busy! Hope that glass of wine was good!

 

[Baymule]

Me on the roof yesterday. It was scorching hot until right as we were finishing up. All that thunder and dark clouds, but it didn't rain. I slept hard last night!

 

[Bruce]

I bet you did! You did 3 days of work in one and out in conditions you should have been in the shade.

 

[Baymule]

I bet you did! You did 3 days of work in one and out in conditions you should have been in the shade.

Haha, I yelled at the guys to get their A$$ moving, they were in the shade (under the roof) while I was in the heat on top of the roof. Sharon brought out iced tea several times. It was appreciated.

 

[Mini Horses]

That's a good idea. I'll have to try that the next go around. Would that work on her rear hooves?

Yes. You can bring the leg out, generally bent, prop on your knee, or pull thru between your legs and hold with knees.. Then rasp down. As to a stand, well, look at a picture and decide what you have that works. Got a "bottle jack" ? raise it and set the hoof on there, same thing. $$$

This mare has had work, so she will be cooperative, most likely. If she isn't then you will need a stand or improvise. They can be hard to hold and work as the pressure of them lowering legs will be heavy.

Also, you can roll that edge by filing it while held up, just work back and forth in a left to right motion, vice straight across for flat of bottom. Use fine side of rasp. you might try a small rasp for that -- easier to handle.

 

[Mini Horses]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!! Coffee is on & tasting mighty good. Help yourselves.

I am out to milk shortly, gotta be awake first. Had fallen into a feed and leave schedule. With kids weaning and does to milk - well, there's that up and at 'em, early to rise crap, just slapping me in the face. After those 4 days off in a row, man I KNOW I have to retire and live life. Next year seems far away this morning.

Haha, I yelled at the guys to get their A$$ moving, they were in the shade (under the roof) while I was in the heat on top of the roof. Sharon brought out iced tea several times. It was appreciated

Yeah, you sure had the "hot spot". DS used to roof and it's like 30 degrees hotter up there!! Hmmmm, your retirement seems to have some "moments to remember". It is nice to help though.

Gotta get a move on. Milk, feed, shower, head to work.

Hey -- anyone heard from Sourland, Alaskan, and Wehner? Haven't seen much from them lately. Of course it's that time of year to have more work than time. Just hope all is ok otherwise with them.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. Taking hogs to slaughter this morning. More of that up and at ‘em early stuff. LOL Every one have a great day!

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Yes. You can bring the leg out, generally bent, prop on your knee, or pull thru between your legs and hold with knees.. Then rasp down. As to a stand, well, look at a picture and decide what you have that works. Got a "bottle jack" ? raise it and set the hoof on there, same thing. $$$

This mare has had work, so she will be cooperative, most likely. If she isn't then you will need a stand or improvise. They can be hard to hold and work as the pressure of them lowering legs will be heavy.

Also, you can roll that edge by filing it while held up, just work back and forth in a left to right motion, vice straight across for flat of bottom. Use fine side of rasp. you might try a small rasp for that -- easier to handle.

Oh great idea about a jack! She won't loosen her legs enough for me to put between the knees. This whole thing would be so much easier if she did. I think she really had some bad farriers in the most recent past. Not that she has had care in a while.... She's finding that I leave her frog and most of the sole alone. I only take what needs to be worked. The toe, heals, and working the bars back. And then she gets the koppertox brushed on. Two of her hooves still really stink. Still some black gunk coming from her collateral sulcus. And once I get her hooves to a healthy length and all this thrush cleared, I'll have to pull out the root kill to settle this crack she has..... I really need to start working her. It would probably help with all this. Just haven't had the time with all the summer work hitting at once. About another month in a half and I can start her restart. Thank God y'all don't mind the pointers over coffee. I've got omlets going in the skillet. Onions, peppers, fresh ham chunks, mushrooms, and cheese.... Just collected the eggs this morning and last night....also fresh baked cinnabons just about to come out of the oven.

 

[Baymule]

I’m coming to your house for breakfast! Save me some!

 

[RollingAcres]

Good morning everyone. Thanks for coffee MH. @MatthewsHomestead Bay and I will be over for breakfast.
@Baymule looking forward to your pig roast for my birthday tomorrow!