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[Baymule]

I don't consider myself a rescuer, I saw a horse I liked and a good price and bought her. I know I take a chance buying from a kill pen, but what the heck. I've pissed off more money than that on stupid things before. When I want another horse, I will go back to the kill pens for one. There are sick, injured, old and some crazy horses in kill pens. But there are also horses that just don't belong there, good horses that nobody wanted and you just have to find that one you want. It's a risk, but I'll take it.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Morning all I making ho tea if anyone wants any. The kids are all asleep so it's quite first time in awhile it's been this quite lol. I can actually hear m own thoughts.... Okay moving on. On chicks I have ee, welsumers, buff opg.,barred rocks, comets, champion pearl, and Rhode reds. I like the heavy egg layers I hatch and butcherthe ones we can't keep currently we have 5 hens and 44 chicks. I don't know if I told yall but we set up a new pin for the rabbits so far they are loving it. However that being said I now have to go out there and catch them to put them in cages again because we are expecting lots of rain and that (mostly the whole yard really) yard has been know to flood depending on how much rain we get. But it suppose to rain for the rest of the week. I was hoping to get more garden work done before the rain but that didn't happen. @promiseacres I know how the home schooling goes I am looking at ordering next year's curriculum which one do you use

 

[promiseacres]

@promiseacres I know how the home schooling goes I am looking at ordering next year's curriculum which one do you use[/QUOTE] We'll mainly Abeka... my first grader will be doing mostly that next year... my 4th grader will be doing it for Math... and looking at other curriculum for Language. He'll have Science (apologia) and History at Co op.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I did look at abeka some we currently use rod and staff it's alot of work for her (gear more towards school then homeschool) I been debating between our fathers world and sonlight.

 

[Bruce]

oh my pants yall. hubbs and i are talking about our chickens and since we are rebuilding our flocks (thank you elsa for wiping us out, thats why she is gone, couldnt break her of it). anywho, we CANNOT decide!!! too many choices. im liking the four brahma chicks. but i think i like the barnvelders too. we have a dozen cuckoo maran and ten welsummer. thinking of selling them to get barnvelders. hubbs wants deathlayers but of course we dont have a purse large enough to payout for a trio of them. any one have suggestions? im open to honest opinions.

Kinda depends on your goals! Deathlayers - Greenfire Farms? If they REALLY wanted to save this breed they would be selling chicks for a LOT less than $99 unsexed to others who want to breed them. The gold looks a lot like a Golden Campine, different comb. I have lots of different breeds because I like to have chickens I can keep track of and have an idea who is laying (not that they go to camp if they don't).

My training is done....missed passing by a point.... but wasn't sure I truly had time with trying to get Mom moved.... ball season and homescgooling... sigh... oh well.

You can try again? 1 point isn't much and perhaps after your mom gets moved you will have more time to study.

 

[promiseacres]

I did look at abeka some we currently use rod and staff it's alot of work for her (gear more towards school then homeschool) I been debating between our fathers world and sonlight.

It's a solid curriculum... but yes a lot of work. My two are naturals at math so we'll keep at it. DH wants me to get K4 for our youngest... so probably will. but will make Kindergarten last closer to 2 years. Our co op has been a great source and lets see other curriculums.

 

[promiseacres]

You can try again? 1 point isn't much and perhaps after your mom gets moved you will have more time to study.

Not for this "assignment" but hoping they'll offer another at some time. It's grading essays for standardized tests... so having to align my thoughts and just the fact of not having had a english class for over 20 years... we'll I thought I really did ok but... IDK like I said I wasn't too upset... I really was struggling to get things done during the training. I will get paid for the training though.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

She loves math and science it's the phonics an d reading we have more problems with but I get kinda tired of the constant amount of work I think she currently does 36 pages a week (she is six started first grade early). I have two main concerns one beIN when the boys are old enough for more the just preschool and the other being that next year add historvand an actual science along with are and music with them. Not sure wit as much time as rod and staff takes each day if we could do it. Normal we start at ten and finish by four.

 

[promiseacres]

@Jesusfreak101 that is a long day!!! We try to start at 8-9 and be done by lunch time... for both the first grader and 4th... but my son is doing well and is pretty independent at this time. Sometimes it does take most the day though. We're done with co op classes and just finishing up a few things the next month.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Socks arent above the hock or the knee or she would be. At least thats what AQHA says. I had a horse that had a baby with stockings like that. Two more inches on one and He'd of been considered a paint and ineligable to be registered as a QH. Whew!

I'd call her a bay with stocking legs and a blaze. If you want to get real technical, those are sabino markings. I have a sabino Tennessee Walker mare we went to a kill pen and bought, she was the skinniest horse I've ever had.

This is Pearl's picture at the kill pen, that I just couldn't ignore. I kept going back to her picture, showed her to my husband and he named her Pearl. We went and got her the next day.

Ok. I do get confused on color, markings and their technical terms sometimes. Thank you for helping me on that one.

As for chicks, I'm still slightly confused about what I want to do. Want good egg layers, want some that go broody, want some good for meat.... so I guess an all around dual purpose bird. Different breeds are cool bc then you never know how the chicks come out and it's like Christmas watching them hatch and feather out.

@Baymule Pearl is gorgeous! Tilley, Allie, and Sully were kill pen rescues. And as you see, Tilley is super kid friendly. Sully, poor guy, you could fit your fingers through his ribs when he went into QT. He has put on weight and ribs are not as noticable, but he is still poor. May be rebuilding a friends barn in exchange for use of the one good stall and 6 acres of pasture. we do not have a lot of space atm and still looking for land....