Kayla: Day 10

Kayla is starting to look a tiny bit better, we think. She is putting on a little weight... her "hollows" between her bones are not quite as prominent as they were. We're increasing her feed gradually as we don't want to over-do it and make her sick.

 

 

She gets so mad at the chickens when they get too close to her bucket. She pins her ears back at them and stomps her foot. Silly girl!

 

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The View

Kayla, day 3

Today marks Kayla's third day with us, and she is settling in nicely. She LOVES all the attention and the yummy treats and hay we give her. We have her started on a deworming program, so hopefully before long we'll start seeing some difference in her weight.

 



Kayla is Here!

Quite the adventurous day we had today when we got our newest horse, Kayla. After the looooong drive, the rough dirt roads, the contractions that inevitably ensued, the truck/trailer getting stuck in the mud and having to be pulled out... we finally were able to take a look at Kayla.

 

She was SO much worse off in person than she was in the pictures- very thin, and older than expected. But she has the sweetest disposition!

 

We believe she is closer to 20 than 15, and is very badly infested with worms. But she seems to have no other issues. Good feet, good teeth.

 

This is the farm she came from:

Her health issues do not stem from a lack of funds. They don't stem from anything being physically WRONG with HER. There is no excuse for her to be in such bad shape. This farm had money practically laying around. Trucks, tractors, big barns full of hay and an outrageously beautiful home. And all she lacked was a decent worming program- and they couldn't even do that.

 

She traveled very well. Better than I did! 

So thin! 

And hungry.

Just LOOK at those bones!

 

I am sure once we get a handle on her worm issue, that she will start putting on weight. She is such a sweet, laid-back mare that I'm very excited about seeing her bounce back!

 

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A New Horse!

This sweet looking mare will be coming home to us this weekend. She badly needs some weight put on her, and lots of love... and I'm sure she'll get plenty of both here!

 

 

Will post more pictures this weekend after she is here. The above photo was from her ad.



Treasures Around Every Corner

One of the things I love about living out here is the history, and in particular, the towns that are no longer here. Our farm is situated between two such "towns"... Cincinnati, first settled in the 1830s, and the little community known as Wedington. One standing remnant is this building, the Wedington Grocery, just 2 miles down the road from us.

 

It was here that I spotted some treasures.

After having my eye on these beauties for over a year now, we finally talked to the owner and he said we could have them. Now, I just have to figure out what to do with them! They are SO much bigger than they looked leaning up against the old building!

 



Frog on a Fence

This big guy surprised me the other morning. He was sitting on the gate to one of the goats' pens and just about scared me to death when I reached down to open the latch and there he was.

 



A Porch with Personality

I'm so excited to share with you the new decor on our front porch. I say "new," but once you see the pictures, you'll realize it's more like "old junk that I found lying around the farm."

 

 

Obviously not *everything* was old- the mums I just bought ON SALE at Lowe's, and the "Welcome" sign I made (using left-over paints and an old salvaged piece of wood).

 

I think it came together rather nicely and I'm very pleased with it. What do you all think?

Giant Outdoors

We patched any of the openings in the goat fence that we thought Giant might be able to squeeze through, and he is now being housed in there with the goats.

 

We figured he would enjoy being back with some livestock, and out of the house. He's been mainly inside since his surgery, and I don't think that's been the best thing for his overall health.

 



Update on the Puppies

We couldn't keep the puppies without first checking with all our neighbors to make sure they didn't belong to someone and somehow had wandered off and got lost. And our hunch was right... our neighbors back behind us were missing two of their puppies when they had followed one of the older dogs through the neighboring pasture and down the road. The older dog found his way back home, but the puppies got lost.

 

With heavy hearts we returned Ollie and Stella, who's real names were Sampson and Hilda, to their rightful owners. I felt so much better about it when I saw just how HAPPY the little fur-balls were to get back with their mother and siblings.

 

It was fun fostering them while we did, and we know that they are well-loved where they are now. But I will miss those adorable teddy-bear faces!