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  • July 29, 2010 at 5:10 pm #41860
    Pammy
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    Hi All!

    I am a newbie to all this, I just bought a 14hh connemara gelding who has been broke to drive, I know they used him for farmwork and am looking for advice on whats and hows!

    We have had tons of rain recently and its so humid today its crazy, fog full of mosquitos, still silly prices being asked for hay though:eek:

    Cant wait to look at the pics on this site, am afraid I wont have much input but maybe someday:o

    July 30, 2010 at 5:43 pm #61494
    Howling Farmer
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    Hi Pammy and welcome. I’m new to the forum too and still learning, learning, learning…as someone who is new to horse farming too, feel free to ask any questions. All the learning experiences are still fresh in my mind…our latest endeavor is mowing hay, but we’re still going to have to buy some.:(
    Leslie

    July 30, 2010 at 7:53 pm #61495
    Pammy
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    @Howling Farmer 19975 wrote:

    Hi Pammy and welcome. I’m new to the forum too and still learning, learning, learning…as someone who is new to horse farming too, feel free to ask any questions. All the learning experiences are still fresh in my mind…our latest endeavor is mowing hay, but we’re still going to have to buy some.:(
    Leslie

    I plan to do hay next year(using the pony hopefully!)this year Enbridge pipelines planted for us but we cant do anything with it yet.
    Cant use the farmers eqpt as he needs 14ft to get his machinery through and we dont have that kind of access as I was stupid enough to plonk a huge building and fence around it in the way(its a long narrow plot)…lol…you live and learn!

    Glad I am not the only Albertan here so not alone with the snow issues!

    Am having to buy hay too, not sure whether to bother with first cut as round here it rained so much and I know it was sitting out so I am worried it will be mouldy?….prices have not come down much from last year, I was lucky, I found a guy in Bruderheim who sold me what I needed for $75 each, everyone else was paying over $120!
    Rounds are such a pain to work with though and this year I cant get them close to the field.

    August 5, 2010 at 4:41 am #61493
    Geoff saltwater cowboy
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    Hi there i dont have much to say on here because i am still learning all this fun stuff but i hear you can never lean it all .Just spent the weekend at Haying in the 30’s Malieg alberta . Thats a good place to see different equipment. I am from Thorhild area. and i know what your saying about the hay.

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