Rough Housing

Last night while pulling King and Zeke out to let them eat, I noticed Queen had gotten through the fence and was standing in a pile of junk (which I had fenced off because of the hazard). I had planned on riding but after seeng Queen I realized I had other things that needed to be taken care of that took priority over riding.

I pulled Queen out of the mess and grained her to keep her occupied. I think it's time to pull her and Babe out of the pasture and put them in the dry lot.

I proceeded to pull Zeke and King out and let them have their grain. I also decided that yesteray some of the horses had been naughty, so instead of riding I would do a lesson in standing tied. I pulled Maverick out and tied him. Luckily he's a good boy and just stood there nibbling on old weeds. Because Chaos was naughty yesterday I decided I would tie him away from the big herd.

While I was out puttering, Mike came over and suggested that we do a bit more manure cleaning. So I had to pull Rain and Dude into the small pen and then untie and move King, Zeke, and Maverick into the pen too.

Boy did those horses LOVE running around. For the majority of the time Mike and I cleaned the pens, the horses ran around. It was mostley Maverick and Zeke running around, but Dude, Rain, and King got into the rough housing too. I'm glad they had the chance to get some of that extra energy out. It's so much fun watching them run, buck, rear, and play like horses should.

I wish I would have had the camera because there were a number of great shots. Oh well, maybe another time. I didn't do too much more after that, just the standard chores.

This morning Babe and Queen were down at the bottom of their pasture grazing. I called them up and fed them half way down the hill. Unfortunately they must not have been hungry. Babe and Queen kept wandering around. After moving the hay pile a second time I gave up on it and figured they can find their food themselves. I do think I'll be moving the mares to the small pen until the grass is up. I don't want the mare tearing up the little pasture and I want to give the pasture enough time to grow.

I think this weekend, I'll pull some corral panels so that I can make a makeshift pen on the concrete. That way if we do get any rain, the mares can get up onto the concrete instead of standing in the mud pen all the time. The small pen dries out pretty quick but it's still a muddy mess in some spots.