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Pages in this category will be about cows, mules, horses and other domesticated animals.
3/16/2023 – Found Ranger lying in the field when I went to give him his supplements and hay. He got up and followed me to the shed, would not eat, and laid down in the stall. He would not get up. Called First Equine’s emergency line and Dr. First called back within 15 minutes. He […]
Continue Reading2/12/2022 – Bought ½ lb. Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans and 2 lb. yellow onion sets at G&D Feed. We also bought a cypress wood duck house for the little pond, 2 sacks of horse feed, 1 sack of fish food, and a 5-gallon gas can. Ordered a galvanized predator guard from Amazon for the duck […]
Continue Reading9/5/2021 – Mary went to Houston and they picked up Liberty, our German Shepard Puppy, born July 4, 2021. Today, at age 2 months, Liberty arrived at Sundown Farms to begin a life of luxury.
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8/16/2019 – Ted and Cheyanne surprised Mary with the horse named Ranger. They acquired him from James Douglas, Farrier, in Citronelle.
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Last week while Mary was in Houston, Ted brought over two retired rodeo horses. One was a black mare (no name) who has a lame left rear leg and the other was a Yellow Mare (that is what they call her) whose front knees are very bad with the left knee having chipped bones. Yellow […]
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This post was originally a Page for the Grandkids. They can now see all the posts we think they will enjoy most by clicking the “Grandkids” tag. December 2018 to spring 2019 – Every morning Grandma fills her bucket with a special horse feed for older horses and mules and feeds these two old folks; […]
Continue ReadingTed brought 13 heifers and 2 young bulls to the north pastures. They all have short straight horns and have been used for roping. All the other cows are on the south side of the road.
Continue Reading11-20-2018 – Ted brought Biscuit and Gus (31 & 32 years old) for Piper and Olivia to feed while they are here during Thanksgiving. They may retire from Mardi Gras float pulling and other events. Mary feeds them every morning. Gus stands at the fence and watches her through the new larger kitchen window and […]
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Peggy reported that the Driscoll’s planted the winter grass and she agreed they can dig out a place in the low area for a water tank to provide water for the cows.
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