http://forum.horse.com/(c) Horse.com Forum30Watching how Jewel, my 3 yr. old filly has integrated into my herd, I think a lot of it has to do with the social skills of each horse. Because she was isolated for the first 2 yrs. of her life, she's got a lot of catching up to do and that sthttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=27618Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:03:53 GMTOne lady who does a lot of rescue says they bond when they're trailered together. Hmmm.... I'd give it a shot. Of course mine were trailered down from WI to MS and they still try to kill each other. http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=27614Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:08:37 GMTI have had success with the same method Face uses. I put the new horse in an adjoining stall. This way they can get acquainted. I then would put the new one in the paddock and let the others out in the adjoining yard. The fence wahttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=27612Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:51:32 GMTI like the suggestion of the buddy system.. sounds smart. I have a saddlebred gelding I have had for 3 years and a percheron mare. The mare is fairly new, Truman (my saddlebred gelding) I never realy noticed any realy naughty behavior the firshttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=27601Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:51:37 GMTS$#@& does indeed roll down hill. When we moved into our barn last fall we moved 4 horses in that knew each other. We had two other horses at 2 other places. Once day we picked the 2 up to take to school for a couple months. It was not fun as thhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17955Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:25:16 GMTIt is hard when you have to keep moving horses around and adding new ones. My three geldings have their pecking order pretty well established but I added a 2 yr. old filly to the herd this year, social misfit who had been raised alone and had to inhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17953Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:40:22 GMTIt gets tough because there are some horses coming and going and just when things settle down they startup again. I am also finding that if I put certain horses together they are more prone to "barn sour" UHH!http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17938Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:14:29 GMTMy 3 big dominant geldings have marred each other up from day 1. When one went blind, the other two ran him through the fence twice (only because the smooth wire wouldn't let him run through). They ripped strips of hide off of him. I'vehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17878Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:25:07 GMTDoes anyone know how to make pasture herding easier? I have 11 horses that are very picky about who they get pastured with and they actually mar up each other by kicking and biting! I have too many alphas and it is hard to know who to put whehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17874Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:37:16 GMThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_poisonous_to_equines Hibiscus is OK but lantana, sweet pea, jesamine vine to name a few are not good landscaping for horshttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17676Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:19:50 GMTI think Cornell University puts out a flier on toxic/noxious weeds. I don't know if they are NYS specific or nationwide. A good place to start would be with a college near you (same area, hopefully) that has an ag, or even better, vet programhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17649Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:07:22 GMTOOOH! This looks cool!!! http://forages.tamu.edu/workshop.html That link/site has a lot of good info. Including a noxious week alert, which I will now go look around for.http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17645Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:46:27 GMTI'm really trying not to focus on figuring your name out here!!! Plus it makes me hungry!!! (I love pancakes) How long before you bring them home? Are you fairly green there or dry, deserty? Cuz I thought about burninhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17644Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:43:59 GMTHi! I'm new, have a BUNCH of questions, and figured I would start here. I know - take all info from the 'net with a grains of salt....that's the plan....but onward to the questions! We are located in TEXAS :) Specifically Montgomehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17640Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:29:32 GMTCool! I'm looking at my 4-yr old rope and knowing it won't last forever.http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=15466Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:28:20 GMTI'm saving to get some more, actually I just need the insulators LOL!! I have enough tape leftover from fencing the rest of the donk pasture. I wanna make a training pen with it. 3 strands though. :) Heres a pic of the gate handle @ the fronthttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=15443Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:28:52 GMTI'm in the same boat as you! these things are everywhere!! It's almost impossible to keep them mowed down, cuz it always seems to rain right when you need to go out again. I might try spraying next year. I think they're worse than ever, my wholehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=15442Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:26:41 GMTI was just reading and it said to keep mowing to prevent the plant from seeding. Also pre-emergent weed control stuff.... http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=14469Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:02:13 GMTWe have had a terrible crop of foxtails growing on our new property with all the rain we got this winter. Does anyone know how you go about getting rid of them? The horses are OK w/ them for the most part but the poor dogs!!http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=14450Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:52:55 GMTI would also think that using them as directed makes a big difference. Where we use to board they tried them one year, but all they would do is cut open the bag after they became active and hang it somewhere in the barn. This isn't the way it should be dhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=13533Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:18:26 GMT