Featured Rescue.. one I help support

New England Equine Rescues, a 501(c)3 non-profit equine crisis intervention organization, founded in 2005, is dedicated to helping ALL horses. NEER is always in need of good adoptive homes, foster homes, volunteers, transport, advice, referrals and as much support as we can get to help STOP the abuse, neglect and slaughter of horses. NEER is 100% volunteer - nobody is paid.

Please visit www.newenglandequinerescues.com to see the horses that are most in need of help! Titan, Denarius, Chino & Gus (just to name a few!)

We are also located on www.petfinder.com (02874 zip code).

Don't have room for a horse? Would love to help, but don't know how? There are many ways to help - and all donations are tax deductible! Visit www.newenglandequinerescues.com/waystohelp.htm to see how you CAN help the horses!

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Rain, Rain, Rain, and more, yep, Rain

It's raining.... again :( So, what do horse people do when it rain? Go tack shop hopping.

Went to Bradford and my friend got a great deal on a saddle. Gasp. More than my house payment. Good for her - she's been looking for a long time and found one 1/2 off!

I just bought wormer. :) The boys will be so, so happy.

Then to Kellyville to exchange a girth that was a little bit too short.

My flea bitten gray is now brown. Mud baths seem to work so well on him. He's out running around with the ponies. Kicking up his heels. I left them in yesterday, but they wanted OUT today.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Again. Sigh.

Then Smokey is going to the Library to meet all the kids on Saturday.

I'm looking forward to school being over and my teeth being pulled. Then I can ride all summer.

Stay dry - no webbed feet!

Daylight is Wasting...

It seems that there are just not enough hours in the day to get the chores done and then have time to sit at the computer at night after supper and doing all the chores. I seem to be falling asleep as soon as dinner is done.

Chickens are in - I will post pictures :)

Building the chicken coop. Running around after the horses. Doing extra animal sitting jobs.

Will write more later today :)

What a Busy Week!

Wow. Sorry. Can't believe it has been four days since I posted. I've been running around like crazy. Sunday, we worked around the farm until, exhausted, I dropped into bed. The weekend caught up with me on Monday, and I did a few things around napping most of the day. Tuesday and Wednesday I worked all day and today I am hanging around the house. The freezer died on Tuesday :( So today I am cooking a turkey :) I'm working on cleaning out the cellar-way to make room for the things that go there from the porch. The porch needs to be cleaned off because the chickie-babies come tomorrow. I don't have to work tomorrow because I put my hours in on Wednesday. I have also been cleaning out half the pole barn from the winter storage to build a chicken coop. And, of course, I bought the wrong chicken wire. I need 5 foot - sigh - I bought 3 foot. Another chore :(

The girls are still doing softball. We are trying to get wood cut and split and stacked to dry for winter. Trying to get the lawn mowed. Trying to fix fences to put the horses out in the big pasture now that some grass has grown. Too many chores, too much to do in spring.

And this weekend, we are having someone come with equipment to help us move composted manure to where the garden is going to be and having that rototilled. Then I will have to hire my nephews to 'harvest' the rocks that will be sure to come to the surface. Then plant the garden.

Ok, now I'm tired enough from just thinking about it to go back to take another nap.

Oh, and we need to set up the pool. Sigh. The chores never end. And that is all on top of the normal, regular chores that need to be done every day. Feed the horses. Hay the horses. Grain the horses. Water the horses. Grain the chickens. Water the chickens. Feed the barn cat. Clean the stalls. Clean the water tanks. Feed the dogs. Water the dogs. Feed the cats. Water the cats. Feed the birds. Water the birds. Clean the cages. Pick up the girls from softball. Watch the softball games. Go to work. Go to work. Do your chores. Eat. Sleep. Clean the house....... ok, you get the picture... Sigh. No wonder I want to take a nap :)

On the other hand, the skinny gelding is doing well. He is enjoying some brushing and treats and his coat is already starting to get shiny. He's still got a long way to go, but he is doing well!

Ok, enough of a coffee break. Need to finish checking my email real quick - delete, delete, read, delete, delete, read, etc.

Hope you had a great week!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hope everyone had a wonderful day. My husband and daughters took me out to a local restaurant and we had the buffet. It was wonderful, as usual.

My biggest gift today was all the daughters were gone and just my husband and I worked around the farm. We got some strapping and chicken wire so I can make my chicken house. I got all the fences moved around and reset after winter. We got all the sumac cut down. We cleaned the area for the pool to be set up. I got the door off the run in shed.

Tomorrow, after the cordless drill is charged and since I found my big stapler, I can put the new chicken area together.

I'm going to clean the clutter off the front porch so the baby chickens can stay out there until they are feathered out so I can breathe.

I'm going riding tomorrow! One way or another.

Hope everyone had a great day :)

On a Mission!

Well, first things first. The horses are all well. My boys are totally not interested in the mare now that she is not in heat. Don't worry. She will be again, soon. Sigh.

The two horses on the previous post are doing well. Enjoying the groceries in front of them. The warm sunshine. The grass under their feet. Dry ground. All these things were in short supply where they were. Not now!!!!

I did call the local police department. Seems as I wasn't the only one who had concerns for the horses welfare. Called the local Humane Officers to report it, too. Sorry. Don't want me to call on you? FEED YOUR HORSES. Kinda simple, really.

You want to see my horses? Drive right on by. I literally live on the main road. There is no place in my fields that you can't see my horses from the road. Come on in to visit. I'll introduce you to everyone. Would I like to live out at the end of a dirt road and have the road end in my drive like my friends house that I ride at? You betcha. Hate living in a fish bowl.

So, anyways, since it's calling for rain in the morning, we are headed on a mission! Lxxx's mare seems to have shifted weight. Not really gained any, not really lost any - just her saddle doesn't fit any more. And, surprise, surprise, she seems to be a hard fit. That is what I'm finding out, also, with my wonderful thoroughbred. The saddle that fit last week doesn't quite fit this week. Sigh. Good thing I have 4 saddles.

So, we are doing a road trip! Saddle shopping. Get to sit my butt in a bunch of saddles and ooohhh and aaaaahhhh and then gasp at the prices. Good thing I buy mine on sale and when I can find them. Hopefully, we will be able to find a saddle for her mare.

So, out to the barn to tuck everyone in for the night. Don't know where the roosters are roosting. Haven't been able to find them for the last couple of nights, but they are out first thing, crowing up a storm!

I'll get more pictures and updates on the remaining 5 as I can... The two are doing well and I'll go take pictures in about a month to show you what a tube of wormer and a few bales of hay can do.... and who knows, maybe baby pictures, too!

9 year old unregistered pregnant quarter horse

This is the mare that we think is pregnant. She isn't in quite as bad of shape as the gelding. And it doesn't show up as well because she is black. She is skinny. You can feel every rib. There are angles where there should be curves.

People - this doesn't happen overnight. AND it won't be fixed overnight. If your horses look like this, they need HELP!