Finally!!!

Poor Pheeny finally got the twine cut off, Dad had to help me make the clips actually work, so now I've got to get the straps to tighten up so they hold securely. I also got the tag made for his halter-which he now has a nice pretty green one. I put tags on them so that Gena's Grand nieces don't play with my two horses, mostly beceause Jazz has kicked children and Pheeny bites them. I'd rather my horses don't pick up any bad habits if they play with them.

You can see Pheeny's pretty tag, I wouldn't put a purpleish pink heart, so I got a circlular golden tag.

I had to switch over to the floor buckets for water since those are heavy rubber and I can always flip them over and stomp on them to break the water/ice out. I've also turned the heater on for the rabbits, though it's not really warm warm in there, it's around 40 degrees to keep the bottles thawed. Not much else, I'm going to get pictures tomorrow of Jazz and PHeeny(and Pheeny's blanket now that there is no twine holding it on.). and I could post more tomorrow.

Last thing, Dad got another one! Button buck, I had to 'scratch' his head to find the antlers, but this does fill the doe permit(backtags for bucks with 3 inch antlers, anything smaller has to be taken with a doe permit).

BUURRR

Well the high's haven't been coming out of the mid 30's. I ended up putting Jazzy's and Phoenix's winter blankets on them. I found out that Phoenix's blanket is missing it's belly straps. It's a Turtle with completely detachable belly straps. Bailing twine has it's uses after it gets cut off the bales . . .

Well my hands look like crap now from the cold and the constant washing they get at work. It's not pretty when you've got to sleep with Neospoirin on your hands (and gloves) My holland babies sold last weekend, they live in a show home in Ballston Spa now. Today we (Rachel and I) ventured down to walk Scylerville's main drag and we stopped in a teeshirt print shop(Also does Embrodiery) a Thrift shop, a used book store and then finally into the small Equine consignment shop. I ended up with two saddle pads for my western and options to get a cheap english saddle (Around $100) So Hopefully sometime early next year I'll get an english saddle.

Add to the Herd

I met up with Rachel at the auction, she was down getting a goat- she's going to use the goats to keep her rabbits a bit warmer this winter instead of buying a heater and something to fuel it with. I ended up meeting some guy down there, that had to buy back his three rabbits because the meat buyer was going to get them otherwise. I had gone down to see Rachel, Michelle and Cindy, a spot away from our two houses to meet up and just hang out, typically Saturday night is Auction night. I don't go often, sometimes just for the 'junk'. Found some really nice things for dirt cheap. He asked me if I was looking for any, he'd give them to me. I told him I really didn't have room for any, but he was insistant and I ended up bringing his two does home, both Mini Rexes one Blue and one Tort that I called Johanna(Blue) and Gwyneth(Tort). I refused the buck obstinently-I've got a male, a nice pedigreed blue boy. Gweeny and Jo look like decent showable does, so I'll hang onto them as long as I can this winter before rehoming them. So long as I can hold them until spring, I'll show them, if not I'll rehome them with some younger kids that want pets. They've got to share a cage, and I had to put two of my does in a cage together-which I had planned on doing anyway. Kitty(Tort Dutch) and Jolene (Broken Blue Holland Lop) are both old and both having trouble holding weight so I put them together to keep each other warm. If I loose any this winter, then I can seperate Gweeny and Jo.

Had a warm spell so I've had the blankets off the big four legged children, They look dirty cause the ground is soo mushy from all the rain.