Recent content by skeleroo

Of course. I’d never get an animal that wasn’t going to be cared for.

I’m talking retired polo ponies. Very well trained. Sometimes they retire ponies with a personality meant for kids and sell them as a child’s pony.

We have a two year old and my father insists that starting off with a pony is better, even though I was raised with horses. He has a friend who owns a polo barn and every once in a while they retire very kid friendly ponies, which is really the only reason we were considering a pony.

I’ve kept horses before but it’s been maybe 20 plus years, but my husband and I recently started talking about getting a pony. We have six+ acres with three cows on it in central Florida. Is keeping a pony a lot different than keeping a horse? Can I turn them out and just stall them at night...

One of my girls is in heat and the bull has been doing his thing. They've had a few calves together and I've never had any issues post mating, but I just noticed my cow is limping on one of her back legs. I called the vet but he hasn't returned my call yet and I'm just not sure what to do.

I've been keeping sheep for a bit over three years now. We have 18 katahdin/blackbellies on 8 acres in southwest Florida. Yesterday we had a ewe drop two babies (they were quite small) and some time last night or early this morning something took off with them. I can't find one of them, but I...

The ram lambs will be sold at 3 months but we are keeping the ewe lambs. It was my yearling ram that was trying to breed the 3 month old ewe lamb. The vet had told me they only cycle once a year and dont come into that cycle until at least 6 months old. Is this not the case?

I'm fairly new at this sheep thing. I've had my sheep for a little over a year now. Five katahdinish ewes and a blackbelly ram. Come January and February I got my first lambs. Twin ram lambs and three singleton ewe lambs. My first ewe lamb that was born was born on New Years Eve. Tonight when I...

So this isn't typical behavior for all rams? I want a ram to use for breeding for the girls and I was planning on cycling him out after a few seasons. Will all rams act this way?

Ah. Sorry. Right. Her ears are my favorite thing about her! She's a funny girl. I am IN LOVE with fluffy cows. I imagine they don't do too well here in Florida...

The red one is the baby, the black one is the older... kickier... girl. The red one is a doll baby and just a beautiful girl. I've tried giving the big girl food but and cubes but she doesn't seem to want it. She doesn't even really go for the grain when I feed her. What does it mean a...

Well I did it. Last Wednesday I got cows. Not the cows I was going to get, either. I had the vet come out and he gave them a clean bill of health. The baby is still on a bottle and is super friendly when she's hungry. The big girl wants nothing to do with me and isn't really interested in...

I've had sheep now since December. I've got five katahdin/dorper ewes and a blackbelly ram. He was born in September and I got him from a petting zoo that were overrun with lambs. He's always been a nice guy. I haven't been overly friendly with him because I didn't want to encourage any bad...

Well my husband broke the mower. I'm assuming putting calves in waist to shoulder high grasses is a bad idea?