Here are some pasture pics today to see the horses and the state of the pasture.... See what you think. If you look in the background of the pics you can see that much of it is a red-topped weed grass that they don't particularly like. Some parts are lusher than others. We watch them eat, and they eat the leafy bases, eat around the red stuff to get other grass, and avoid the red seed heads. I think I'll probably mow it just to knock down the tops and the weeds they don't eat anyway.
But the question is... is this a place they'll founder or not? I'd worry about Pony in particular, though her weight is fine, and I think Bay next. Cyn, I think, is not one I'd worry about.
Current plan is to bring them in around 8 PM and feed hay, leave them in till after breakfast, let them out 8-9 AM. so they'll be on it 11-12 hours. Is that OK or too much? Anyone think they'd just leave them on it 24/7 and vacation from stall cleaning for summer?
These I thought were funny of ecurbh and Cyn... She loves to come right up to ya, pick and sniff ya, but doesn't particularly want you to touch her. Here, she's annoyed at the interference and debating with ecurbh.
Here, I caught them both with eyes closed, "Lord, lets pray for a better attitude in the future"
Seems you might have a rider for pony lol. Sarah, my 4 y/o gd says she wants to ride the "baby horse" She thinks it's hers and even named her. She told me "you can ride , Sarah Lee and I can ride MEGAN , my baby horse" (everone Megan. I don't know where she got it. She even calls her baby sister that).She's got her boots and hat on and going around "heehawing"
I'd just keep doing what you're doing. If your horses were going to founder, I think that they would have done it by now. It's not like you're suddenly throwing them out onto lush grass that they've never been on before. Can you throw them into the paddock at night instead of putting them in their stalls if you don't want them in the barn?
Nice pictures. I am not going to even voice an opinion about if you should worry or not. I've never dealt with founder, I don't have the worry here of too much grass, so I really wouldn't know.
We'e back from computer shopping. I've gotten sleepy from standing around while Mack looked. He got a mini Mac. Most aggravating thing tho. We went to the computer store, I guess there are only 2 stores around here that have these Mac's. One store didn't have the updated ones, and the other store, this really pissed Mack off, wouldn't sell it to him unless he bought the $150 warrenty too. He didn't want it. We left, but after going to a few other places, and no one else having them, he called that store back and talked to the manager. I guess the guy Mack talked to didn't actually work for this store but worked for Apple. The manager said to come back he'd sell us the thing without the warrenty.
ANYway it will probably take him the rest of the day to get it all going. I think he even has to go back and get some type of adapter to hook his keyboard up to it.
Becky