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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: melodrama on May 20, 2014, 03:57:45 am

Title: New Mother
Post by: melodrama on May 20, 2014, 03:57:45 am

I am feeling fab today.  I am now a chicken owner again with 5 leghorns and 3 isa browns who are giving me 7 fresh eggs daily - yippee!  It feels great to have chooks again and I converted a portion of one of our building for them and they are clearly happy as pigs in s=+t.  I also purchased my first horse.  She is a beautiful 3 year old American Quarterhorse mare.  Black with a white star and two rear white socks and she is a cracker.  She isn't living here at the moment but I am she isn't broke to ride and I am being helped out by a local horse whisperer so she is stabled with her at the moment.  My step-daughter has called her Nayla which I am happy with and I am spending time with her every day working on trust and basic groundwork.  It does mean the sheep have to wait a few more weeks but I am so good with that!  Who knew you could love a horse so much.
Melanie xxx :chook: :chook: :chook: :horse: :horse: :horse: :horse: :horse: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: Bionic on May 20, 2014, 08:10:45 am

How exciting. New crooks and a chicken. Good luck with them all

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: sabrina on May 20, 2014, 09:01:51 am

Exciting times.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 20, 2014, 09:28:27 am

It's great to hear you are starting to get your new friends :)

Nayla sounds beautiful - do please post a pic or three at your earliest convenience!   :eyelashes:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: Lesley Silvester on May 20, 2014, 04:23:05 pm

Life is exciting when you have new animals.  :thumbsup: :excited:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: benandjerry on May 20, 2014, 07:07:31 pm

How exciting.  :)  :excited:  I've had a naff day and it was lovely to read your post.  made me smile.  :)

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: melodrama on May 23, 2014, 04:37:39 am

hope this pic works

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: kelly58 on May 23, 2014, 08:09:18 am

Wow she is beautiful, I know exactly how you feel  :excited: have had neddys for 27 years and l love them :love:
Also have chuckies, little characters  :chook: as the goat woman said lots of pleasure in having animals.
I also have :dog: :goat: :&> :sheep: and the pleasure l get keeping them is immeasurable.
Enjoy, lts the start of a beautiful friendship  :horse:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 23, 2014, 06:14:20 pm

Oh gosh, she really is beautiful!   :love: :horse:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: jaykay on May 23, 2014, 06:20:23 pm

She's lovely!

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: sabrina on May 23, 2014, 06:23:23 pm

very nice  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New Mother
Post by: melodrama on May 31, 2014, 07:22:50 pm

Thank you ladies, I feel like such a proud mum every time she does what she is supposed to.  I'm probably bias but she is very clever and a quick learner - gonna saddle her for the first time next week - exciting times x