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We've had the miniature horses for less than two weeks. This is all new for us. We moved from Houston to Mena, AR about 6 months ago. Actually, we were planning to move a little later, then hurricane Rita came along. We weren't sure if there would be anything left to move, so we packed as much as possible during the evacuation. My dad was able to rent a moving truck in a College Station on his way down to help. We'd already bought a house, but the people were still living in it. we also had some rental property that we'd bought up here as well. We didn't have renters in it yet, so the kids and I stayed there and we unpacked our stuff between there, my husband's new office in town (he's a financial adviser) and our real home that the people were still in. They were kind enough to clear out a room. Fortunately we didn't have severe damage, and the stuff we left we were able to go back and get. It did get the move over with in a hurry!
Now we have 70 acres and are giving hobby ranching a go. We have the 7 little mutant horses, which we're going to breed. We have 11 head of cattle. It was almost 10 today, as we have a sick little calf. We thought we were going to have to put her down. My husband was actually getting ready to do it, when she stood up on her own. This was a good sign. she hasn't been able to do that for over a day. This evening she seems better. She even tried to fight a little when we had to tube feed her. We had four little dogs before we moved. Now we've picked up a stray collie, which I adore! And, our cat had kittens last Friday!

Sounds like you have a place full of critters...sounds like a lot of hard work, but also sounds like a lot of fun...I love critters all around, so what you describe sounds heavenly...

And, our cat had kittens last Friday!

Check close again: do they STILL look like mutant rats??