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Interesting info. I have been working with a freelance journalist from Boston on an article she is doing on "The Feminization of the Horse Industry." What caught her attention, besides the reduced weight of sacked feed, was the term "Husband Horses." Out here we have "kid's horse" and "woman's horse" but evidently back east they have "husband horse" to describe a horse that is really, really safe and gentle.

I only ever heard that term thrown around at those english barns. You don't hear that term in New Holland Pa. Amish country or any place where a horse is a tool of the trade.

Since i raise my horses i ride whatever comes out and good ones are good no matter the sex. I will readily admit though that running them together helps. A bunch of old geldings don't seem to let a mare act up as bad. When horses run in a herd they don't seem to aquire the idiosyncracies that those stalled or run in small pens do. You can sure tell when one is horsing but it;s their day to work or go to a roping thats just what we do. I don't pay any attention to them.

Fred

The mare i'm roping on now horses so strong she has a white discharge all over both hind legs but i never see any difference in her performance or attitude.
Fred

Every mare is different.Some show a lot,some act up, and some you never know.I prefer not to deal with it if possible.

I used to run a saddle mare with the geldings and never had any problems, then I got a new neighbor across the fence and we had to agree on a "no mare" policy. Nothing has worked well since, so no more saddle mares.

I get my bales off the wagon from my neighbor/hay supplier. $3 a bale and they run about 40-45 pounds.

Round bales I have to drive to get. They run about 400 pounds and are $30 stored indoors.

I'm sure prices will go up this year.

Theres no better way to cripple your good gelding than leaving them out with mares. When boys play, they rear. When girls "play", they kick. Bad combination.


Hay here has been over $300/ton for some time.

You fellers are tempting me to haul a giant trailer down to America for hay!

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/grd/3001587747.html


HAY-HAY-HAY

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Date: 2012-05-07, 11:46AM PDT
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Orchard Mix - $330
3 sring bales 105-110pds
19 bales per ton
768-5036 V&V Hay

whoever thought you could get rich watching the grass grow?

Here is the recent price on hay in L.A. according to my sister:
50-lb. Timothy bale is $18.50 per bale plus 8.75% sales tax. Delivery is extra.
Alfalfa is $17.95 per bale plus tax and delivery.
Straw is $14 a bale plus tax and delivery.

Husband horse ad:http://www.localhorse.com/Ads/Georgia/Horses-for-Sale/Draft/Handsome-Husband-Horse-or-Trail-Buddy-Buchanan-GA-17533.htm


Also, my sister was told recently to expect hay to go to $25 for a 50-lb bale by September.

Shows the trend of the horse industry. Seems to be more female dominated(especially in the North East) Marketing horses as husband safe. So hubby can ride with you. Dead broke plug that hubby wont get hurt on.

Can't let hubby get hurt, he has to go to work to pay for these things.

Looks like we need to start selling some of our hay!

This $4.25 a gallon fuel isn't helping the situation much either. Farmers rather sell it off the field or out of the barn at a below market price than load it up and take it to a hay auction where the closest one is 60 miles from here.

Hey all! Thanks so much for the interest and advice. Sadly, my horse search has come to an indefinite hiatus. I have not been able to visit with you all lately as my family has suffered a bit of an upheaval. My mother was let go from her position at work, and as such my monetary priorities have shifted back towards helping my family. Although I already pay rent and a portion of our utilities, I just don't think it's the right time to add another proverbial mouth to feed, much as I'm dying to. Just going to have to keep sharing the mare with my little sister. It works out well, though--every time she rides, I walk. Keeps me in fighting trim

If I can get off work, I'm going to accompany my trainer at the Heber Valley Horse Sale next weekend, to give some of the horses I helped work a nice send-off.

http://www.hebervalleyhorsesales.com/

This big black gelding, "Lefty," is my personal favorite. Edited to add that his registered name is "Ad Cool Moon."


Smoothest jog and lope I've ridden in a long time. Good looking, and good minded. If any of you are looking for a young horse with potential as a super fancy 4-H or trail horse, he's the ticket. I put the 5th through 12th rides on him, and he never gave me a lick of trouble. At four years old, he's about 15.3 and 1200 pounds. Started right! He will have about 40 rides by the time of the sale. My trainer offered him to me for 1500 six weeks ago, but I was concerned about finishing such a gorgeous animal to be my stalwart mountain partner and not some sort of Western Pleasure star. Considering recent events, I'm glad I didn't take him. Re-selling him would have brought on too much heartbreak, he's just so nice.
Any of you all going to be there?

And in case you're comparing this latest photo to the other, I really did cut off all that hair! My other passion is stage-acting, and I got cast in a role that required a pixie-cut. I donated my locks, and am working on growing it all back

Good luck to you, but don't be a stranger.