fatpiggy
Well-Known Member
Reading this thread is very interesting, sometimes funny, but often sad (for the horses involved). I would be the first to say no-one is born knowing everything and that we all have to learn and keep learning, but saying well, X is a novice so why should he/she know that horse's need a decent bed or whatever. Now that I no longer have a horse I am planning to keep a few chickens at home. I grew up in the countryside and used to help the neighbour feed his chucks and collect the eggs, but while I'm waiting to get my hens I'm buying up books from Amazon and Ebay to teach me the details of how to actually keep them. At least I should have a working knowledge by the time the hens move in. I learned a huge amount from books about horses when I was a teenager. There was only a couple of magazines available in those days and it was pre-computer never mind the internet. There really is no excuse to not know the first thing.
