Building the new mom and baby pasture, Scaredies eating treats from our hands. Fiddle-neck removal

​We are building a new pasture JUST for the mom and baby pairs.  We have 6.  This should be plenty of room for them to run.  We’re putting 4 smaller shelters together in the middle so they have lots of room and can easily get out of the way when someone gets mean.

Fiddle-neck— heard of it?  Horrible weed that grows where land has been disturbed.  They look pretty from a distance but they are poisonous to all grazing animals, even goats.  They contain a chemical that attacked the liver.  They grow all over this part of the country.  The only way I know to get rid of them is to pull them out by the roots.  That’s what we are doing for the next several days — the rain makes it easier to get them out.

I spent quite a bit of time on one of our few NON-rainy days, hanging out with some of our “scaredy” horses.  I actually got Barbie to touch my hand 4 times while she considered the treat I was holding.  Reba, Lena, Nick, Aurora and Samson all ate treats from my hand.  Slow progress but progress.
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