So today, I picked up a yearling black colt.
He was bought from a kill pen a couple of months ago. The woman who bought him hired a transporter to ship him. Halfway through shipping, she realized she had nowhere to quarantine him, called the transporter and told her "I don't want him, take him back". The transporter, not wanting to send a baby back to slaughter, took him home. There, her stud horse wouldn't tolerate the colt, so he was sent to live with a carrier, who kept him by himself in a small pen.
I found his ad on craigslist, and just couldn't get him out of my head. So I got in contact with his owner, and she gave me a deal. $50 for him if I could pick him up ASAP. So I hooked up my trailer, and drove 250 miles to go get him.
He's extremely underweight. Showing bone everywhere. He's got a big worm belly. But his legs are good, even if he is a little cow hocked. And his feet are good.
And he's super sweet. Even loading into the scary trailer, he never offered to kick. He's curious, but scared of people. He jumps when you first touch him, but you can touch him all over. He leads alright, but wants to get ahead of you. He picks up his feet when you touch his legs.
Tomorrow we start his new feeding regiment. He's already getting all the hay he can eat. But he'll be on Purina strategy healthy edge, rice bran, omega horseshine, and grow colt.
He needs a name.
This will be his journal.
He was bought from a kill pen a couple of months ago. The woman who bought him hired a transporter to ship him. Halfway through shipping, she realized she had nowhere to quarantine him, called the transporter and told her "I don't want him, take him back". The transporter, not wanting to send a baby back to slaughter, took him home. There, her stud horse wouldn't tolerate the colt, so he was sent to live with a carrier, who kept him by himself in a small pen.
I found his ad on craigslist, and just couldn't get him out of my head. So I got in contact with his owner, and she gave me a deal. $50 for him if I could pick him up ASAP. So I hooked up my trailer, and drove 250 miles to go get him.
He's extremely underweight. Showing bone everywhere. He's got a big worm belly. But his legs are good, even if he is a little cow hocked. And his feet are good.
And he's super sweet. Even loading into the scary trailer, he never offered to kick. He's curious, but scared of people. He jumps when you first touch him, but you can touch him all over. He leads alright, but wants to get ahead of you. He picks up his feet when you touch his legs.
Tomorrow we start his new feeding regiment. He's already getting all the hay he can eat. But he'll be on Purina strategy healthy edge, rice bran, omega horseshine, and grow colt.
He needs a name.
This will be his journal.