Spring Storms

Last night we had a terrible storm blow through. Ok, so it wasn't terrible but it was cold and wet. I was drenched within five minutes of stepping out the door. Mike and I had made plans to go into town to buy groceries for us and the horses.

But when I got home, I knew I couldn't just leave the mares out in their muddy pen knowing they were chilled. Both Babe and Queen were happy to get into a dry stall and start chowing down on their food.

I also threw Jim, Sam, and Zeke into the barn so they could dry off too. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to even grain the horses. Sam unfortunately is starting to show my neglect. I can't seem to keep any weight on him.

After getting home from shopping I had to head out to do chores. Of course it was 9pm and everyone was grumpy. Luckily the skies weren't dumping rain at that point. I hauled out warm water to grain the normal crew. I think they were happy to have something warm in their bellies. It might be a pain to constantly haul warm water from the bathroom in the house all the way out to the barn but in the end, I know the horses are happy to have their warm mash.

This morning when I went out to do chores, Sam, Zeke, and Jim were ready to get out of the barn. When I went to take Queen and Babe out of their stalls, I didn't see Babe. It doesn't help that one of the lights burned out that shines into those stalls but I had planned ahead and brought a flashlight. I figured it was just that my eyes hadn't adjusted. Nope, Babe was curled up in her stall snoozing. I don't think she wanted to go back out into the pen. Poor thing, some days I wish I didn't have a full time job outside of the rescue. I wish I could simply open the retirement farm and work full time at the rescue/retirement farm. Maybe some day. Until then, I guess I'll take care of them the best I can.

Tonight is another farrier night. King, Queen, and Babe are on the schedule. Next Friday I'm hauling a bunch up to get their teeth floated. Everyone is all of a sudden dropping weight and I can't figure out why. I also need to order shots and wormer (possible reason why some are losing weight). So the next few weeks are going to be expensive ones. Oh well. Guess I'll keep working at the full time job to pay for the rescue.