Hello Arelor!

** On Saturday 17.07.21 - 09:00, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

To her credit, the horse didn't intend to break the phone.
She is usually very sorry when she breaks something.
Specially of the broken thing used to be fun or useful,
such as that perimeter concrete wall she topped over by
scratching her butt against it.

LOL. That must have been a serious itch!


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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Sat Jul 17 2021 07:50 pm

Hello Arelor!

** On Saturday 17.07.21 - 09:00, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

To her credit, the horse didn't intend to break the phone.
She is usually very sorry when she breaks something.
Specially of the broken thing used to be fun or useful,
such as that perimeter concrete wall she topped over by
scratching her butt against it.

LOL. That must have been a serious itch!

Yup.

She made a horse sized hole in the wall. Thankfully she didn't leave through the hole. She likes her yard very much.

When I walked up to the hole, she was standing inside, with this sorry expression she has when something has not gone according to plan.


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Hello Arelor!

** On Sunday 18.07.21 - 08:21, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

She is usually very sorry when she breaks something.
Specially of the broken thing used to be fun or useful,
such as that perimeter concrete wall she topped over by
scratching her butt against it.

LOL. That must have been a serious itch!

Yup.

She made a horse sized hole in the wall. Thankfully she
didn't leave through the hole. She likes her yard very
much.

When I walked up to the hole, she was standing inside, with
this sorry expression she has when something has not gone
according to plan.

Or... she was thinking "WTF.. how am I supposed to scratch that
itch now after this lousy wall has collapsed?! Re-build this
wall immediately!"

Cows are the complete opposite. No respect. When they breach a
fence they'll just bust through and go for a hike. Eventually,
we learned to condition the animals to "come home" after a
certain time in the day. Even the sound of corn in a bucket
(and using the bucket as a kind of drum) was enough to draw
them back from wherever they may be (hopefully) within earshot.

How 'bout capturing some photos of your lovelies?

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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Sun Jul 18 2021 01:24 pm

How 'bout capturing some photos of your lovelies?

I have a lot of trouble getting pictures from them. As soon as I pull a camera they come running towards me, because they want to play with the new toy I have in my hands.

I have some pictures nevertheless. I'll upload them later when I find the time.


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Cows are the complete opposite. No respect. When they breach a
fence they'll just bust through and go for a hike. Eventually, we

Hmmm cows.. We had a couple make it through an intact fence, and it still was for the most part after it, although they'd twisted a couple of the wires around. The stayed at the neighbours for a few days.. grass was LOOOooong over there.

I tried to walk them back around along the road... but they'd only go so far and baulk at the idea of going any further in the "wrong" direction. In the end, I had the fence jammed open with a piece of framing pine, and they came back through the fence. Go figure... and a few repairs afterwards.

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Hello Spectre!

** On Tuesday 20.07.21 - 11:17, Spectre wrote to Ogg:

Cows are the complete opposite. No respect. When they
breach a fence they'll just bust through and go for a
hike. Eventually, we

Hmmm cows.. We had a couple make it through an intact
fence, and it still was for the most part after it,
although they'd twisted a couple of the wires around.

Ahh.. barbed wire. That needs frequent checking.

..The stayed at the neighbours for a few days.. grass was
LOOOooong over there.

Yeah.. they probably aren't nefarious beasts at heart afterall,
but only look after their stomachs. Afterall, they have four
of them. LOL

I tried to walk them back around along the road... but
they'd only go so far and baulk at the idea of going any
further in the "wrong" direction. In the end, I had the
fence jammed open with a piece of framing pine, and they
came back through the fence. Go figure... and a few
repairs afterwards.

We learned very quickly that the animals would prefer to go
back the same way they travelled.


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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Sun Jul 18 2021 01:24 pm

How 'bout capturing some photos of your lovelies?

Here you are your horse pictures.

This one is from my big big big filly (she has grown much from there since) http://arelor.blinkenshell.org/horses/01.jpg

This one is from my little little litte filly. In this picture she is posing for the camera after she managed to get the barnyard gates opened and my neighbor found her like this:
http://arelor.blinkenshell.org/horses/02.JPG

This one if the little little little filly alongside a dude who thinks he is a horse too:

http://arelor.blinkenshell.org/horses/03.jpg


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Hello Arelor!

** On Wednesday 21.07.21 - 13:57, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

How 'bout capturing some photos of your lovelies?

Here you are your horse pictures.

Nice. I think the descriptions of 02 and 03 are swapped, but I
figured it out. I bet those horses are constantly tempted by
that corn growing right next door. Is your property surrounded
by farmland?


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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Thu Jul 22 2021 10:39 pm

Hello Arelor!

** On Wednesday 21.07.21 - 13:57, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

How 'bout capturing some photos of your lovelies?

Here you are your horse pictures.

Nice. I think the descriptions of 02 and 03 are swapped, but I
figured it out. I bet those horses are constantly tempted by
that corn growing right next door. Is your property surrounded
by farmland?

Yeah, it is corn fields in every direction.

Sometimes I will snatch some corn on my way home and share with them :-)



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Hello Arelor!

** On Friday 23.07.21 - 04:51, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

Yeah, it is corn fields in every direction.
Sometimes I will snatch some corn on my way home and share
with them :-)

LOL

When we grew corn on the propery I remember having problems
with crows and starlings. And that meant going out at certain
times with a shotgun to scare them off. Does your neighbor
employ any special techniques?


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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Fri Jul 23 2021 07:05 am

Hello Arelor!

** On Friday 23.07.21 - 04:51, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

Yeah, it is corn fields in every direction.
Sometimes I will snatch some corn on my way home and share
with them :-)

LOL

When we grew corn on the propery I remember having problems
with crows and starlings. And that meant going out at certain
times with a shotgun to scare them off. Does your neighbor
employ any special techniques?

Not really. I think nobody gives a damn. Half the corn industry around seems to have evolved around getting European handouts rather than corn :-)

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Hello Arelor!

** On Friday 23.07.21 - 19:50, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

When we grew corn on the propery I remember having problems
with crows and starlings. And that meant going out at
certain times with a shotgun to scare them off. Does your
neighbor employ any special techniques?

Not really. I think nobody gives a damn. Half the corn
industry around seems to have evolved around getting
European handouts rather than corn :-)

Some of what we were growing was not really fit for human
consumption. Our seed was treated with a blue chemical coating.
The mature corn wasn't really sweet as traditional sweet corn.
But if the cows broke out, they had literally had a field day
in the corn fields.

We also subscribed to a trial of RoundUp-treated brand of some
grasses one time. The difference in growth rate and tolerance
against drought and pests was amazing.

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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Sun Jul 25 2021 12:11 pm

Hello Arelor!

** On Friday 23.07.21 - 19:50, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

When we grew corn on the propery I remember having problems
with crows and starlings. And that meant going out at
certain times with a shotgun to scare them off. Does your
neighbor employ any special techniques?

Not really. I think nobody gives a damn. Half the corn
industry around seems to have evolved around getting
European handouts rather than corn :-)

Some of what we were growing was not really fit for human
consumption. Our seed was treated with a blue chemical coating.
The mature corn wasn't really sweet as traditional sweet corn.
But if the cows broke out, they had literally had a field day
in the corn fields.

We also subscribed to a trial of RoundUp-treated brand of some
grasses one time. The difference in growth rate and tolerance
against drought and pests was amazing.

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How does "anything" eat the corn once you have coated it in blue stuff? I would not give painted
corn to my horses, you know. The corn in my horses' food is nice and yellow, as corn is supposed to
be.

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Hello Arelor!

** On Monday 26.07.21 - 07:16, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

How does "anything" eat the corn once you have coated it in
blue stuff?

The SEED was coated.


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Re: the horse didn't intend to break the phone
By: Ogg to Arelor on Mon Jul 26 2021 05:54 pm

Hello Arelor!

** On Monday 26.07.21 - 07:16, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

How does "anything" eat the corn once you have coated it in
blue stuff?

The SEED was coated.

That makes sense.

I personally have more problems with moles eating the roots of plants, and it is not even that bad of a problem. Birds are a bit of a problem when seeding grass. They come and eat a lot of the seeds. Still it does not look to be impacting the lawn/pasture much and I like birds, so I don't freak about it. I love to see the chicks in their nests in Spring and Summer :-)

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