Yet more pics of William and friends...

Lovely pics as always Sue, I love William, can I have him?
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Lovely pics of growing and thriving William ! So lovely to see him in good health and having fun...Lucky boy who has such caring mums to look after him
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And all your horses look so chilled and happy
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Hes gorgeous!! What was wrong with him in the end? We have had a very poorly foal at work, its been heartbreaking these past week fews but (fingers crossed) she is over the worst of it now
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His first illness was put down to Ecoli 125, an oranism that normally is found in ditches, we think the excess rainfall must have washed it down onto our land from further upstream.
Then he got an infection round his joint and had to have an operation, a long stay in the vet's clinic then a lot of nursing at home.
His latest bloods show no problems but we will continue to monitor him and take X rays as he grows. His total vet bill came to £3000 (we don't carry vet insurance) but luckily I could write it off against tax this year.(I would rather spend it on him than hand it over
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he's a very lucky boy that you were prepared to help him pull through no matter what, so glad to see him looking so well. a bit sad that his cob friend is going though, poor little lad.
almost daren't ask, but however many horses have you got there?
stunning views, stunning facilities btw.
 
ha Ha I have to be honest and say I don't know! At a rough count one stallion five brood mares.
Two of CCJ's horses currently for sale, and she has one at Jade Lazenby's.
Two DIY liveries.
A part backed five year old , who we will carry on with soon.
A 16. 1 hh four year old who will be for sale. (he will go away to be started first)
A mare in for breaking.
Two three year olds.
Three two year olds.
One yearling.
One retired welsh cob
One ancient mini shetland.
Fourteen or fifteen retired horses.
Husband's two mares.
So around 40 ..(I may have forgotten one but don't forget it when I'm checking, you sort of stand and count colours in your head such as three coloured, six chesnuts etc..
It gets iffy when they get sold as you keep looking for them for a few months afterwards, and when you move one to another smaller herd for a bit you think it's hiding somewhere!
We've got 107 acres so that works out at just over two and a half acres per horse, though a lot gets rotated and rested so they don't get the lot at once.
We couldn't do it unless the ground was as it is, granite subsoil means rock is only an inch or two down, so it drains like mad and keeps their feet worn naturally too.
The stallion goes out in a big field every day and there are several small herds as well as the main herd, which splits into two groups by choice. One lot use the bigger barn and the oldies and timid ones use a smaller open sided barn, it has a high wall on one side so it's very sheltered but they can escape any bullies.
one of the best things about here is seeing the main herd run free, if you call them they tend to canter down a steep hill, leap over the stream at the bottom and gallop bucking and kicking up the other side.. Considering a lot are supposed to be insurance write offs it doesn't appear to affect their ability to go mental..
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