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I've written about my pet Rooster Roo Roo before. He was going next door to visit his 'chicks'. There are eight of them and when I go over to check on him he struts around as if to say, look at my harem. Every night around dusk he comes back, after the hens have gone to bed, and eats some of the food we leave out for him, then flies up into his … read more

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I guess I do have nine lives like my cats. I can't count how many times I've been knocked to the ground and walked over by horses. Tossed by a run-a-way. Gone thru branches in the woods. My motto is, you can never totally relaxe around any horse. Today proved my point. My hubby and I were visiting with the neighbor next door who recently acqu… read more

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We have a new horse that is showing signs of aggression to our others. We have him in a round pen at the present time. When he sees our other horses he has that low sound Stallion gruff and rears up as if he's challenging them. The mares he gets hugely excited about. He came from a place where he was in with another gelding. I'm not sure when h… read more

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Lucky was named because he was born in the woods next to us. When his owners found him and the litter he scooped them up and was going to take her to the pound. She got away from him and came to us. She was full of sand fleas and ticks, there must have been hundreds on her and she was very lucky to live. She stays right with us when we feed the… read more

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Roo Roo has started going over next door during the day and staying all day long. He would still come back at dusk to tell us in his cock-a-doodle-doo way it was bedtime and roost in his favorite tree until dawn when he would awake us and then go back next door. Today I found out why. He flies over the fence and is in with 14 hens. There is anot… read more