Buck Toothed Doe
I have mentioned before that the number of deer that call our farm home is impressive. It has gotten to the point that they aren’t even...
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hoffywhf
Jun 17, 20143 min read
Father’s Day Reflections
With Father’s Day being this past Sunday I have been thinking about my father a lot the last few days. This is my second Father’s Day...
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hoffywhf
Jun 10, 20143 min read
Danger Zone
You just never know how and why you will get hurt when working around horses Jason. Yesterday afternoon I was in about the safest place I...
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hoffywhf
Jun 5, 20143 min read
Don’t Stop Believin’
Much to our chagrin Jason and I are still experiencing the same theme week we have had since Monday. Yet again we saw a vet today. Since...
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hoffywhf
Jun 3, 20142 min read
Theme Week
This week has developed a very distinct theme and I am now thinking of it as “vet week.” We saw the vet at the farm on Monday and made a...
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hoffywhf
May 29, 20143 min read
Dirty Jobs
After we finished morning chores today Jason unhappily stomped off to go hook up the Bush Hog. His exact words as he stalked away were...
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hoffywhf
May 27, 20142 min read
The List Keeps Growing
Last week was a very busy week. So far this week it has been slightly less busy, yet regardless of how hard we work the to-do list keeps...
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hoffywhf
May 22, 20142 min read
We Do All the Things
Even by our standards this week has been busy. Every day we have been up and at ’em and out feeding horses no later than 5:30am. Our...
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hoffywhf
May 20, 20143 min read
Seasonal Rhythms
(post by Jason) I spent most of the first twenty years of my life doing whatever I could to avoid like the plague any event that required...
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hoffywhf
May 15, 20143 min read
Supplements
(post by Jason) As most of you know I have been doing some equine nutritional consulting the past few months. Most of the time when I am...
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hoffywhf
May 13, 20142 min read
Oscar Returns, RIP Bob
Our stray cat Oscar had been MIA for several weeks. For those of you who don’t remember Oscar, he is our stray cat that Jason so...
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hoffywhf
May 6, 20143 min read
Goat Escape Artist
You will recall that Jason built the goats a new goat sized run-in shed a few months ago. He spent lots of time in the planning and...
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hoffywhf
Apr 29, 20142 min read
Moving Boundaries
Jason and I made use of some temporary fencing when we had Vaccination Day 1 and Vaccination Day 2 in the last couple of weeks. We...
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hoffywhf
Apr 24, 20142 min read
And Then There Were None
Vaccines that is. Today was the second half of Vaccination Day and we are officially done and everyone is vaccinated. As I mentioned in...
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hoffywhf
Apr 22, 20143 min read
Fish Out of Water
Jason and I have accumulated a reasonable bank of knowledge about caring for horses over the years. However we are re-visiting the...
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hoffywhf
Apr 17, 20143 min read
Halfway Done
I’m not sure if Jason and I are getting smarter or lazier or both, but we made some significant changes in how we approached vaccination...
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hoffywhf
Apr 10, 20142 min read
Odd Jobs
Some of the things we spend time on our pretty obvious like anything to do with hands on horse care. It is also no surprise that we spend...
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hoffywhf
Apr 8, 20142 min read
Halter Effects
Whenever we have a scheduled event such as a farrier day, dental day, etc. we always put halters on the horses that will be participating...
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hoffywhf
Apr 3, 20142 min read
Progress
As I mentioned in my last post I have achieved an expert status in a few undesirable areas. (I should remind everyone that I have also...
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hoffywhf
Apr 1, 20142 min read
Expert Status
There are certain things that I have achieved expert status in. Some of these things are productive and helpful such as telling Jason how...
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