Meet our new pony Sprocket.

We started doing tours and private events giving wagon rides with our two haflinger draft ponies this year. Quickly it became apparent that we could be doing pony rides for children while people waited for their time slot to go on the wagon tour. So, we decided to get sprocket. He's been in quarantine for almost a month and he's ready to go onto the horse track paddock with the other horses. Now, I'm taking the opportunity to improve the fencing around the track while I add the necessary additional lower lines of fencing.

https://v.nostr.build/VP5q.mp4

First I had to gather all the fencing materials from around the homestead as well as pull up some t posts. Definitely feedback that we should have taken the time to pack this all up and have it organized waiting for the next project rather than letting it lay in the pasture for a couple months until we needed it...

Any permanent fencing project is a burden to me, lots of pressure to get it right I'm more than one way, but in the end it will be worth it to have sprocket integrated with the horses and have improved the fencing in on the horse track. We keep our horses in a paddock that is essentially a doughnut encircling a 2acre stand of sugar maple trees. By keeping the horses on a track they are encouraged to move around it throughout the day. By keeping them in the woods we are also maximizing the pasture we have to grow lamb.

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