Monday, January 26, 2009

Can Horses Eat Bananas?

Seriously! Can horses eat banaynays? (not a spelling error Ba-nay-nay's) What can horses NOT eat? Finding this info on the web really turned into a chore that saw no end in sight, so therefor asking my horse lovin friends! HELP!
No farm picture today, too cold and I just didn't feel like getting out, well I did - we fed this morning and saw about 50 turkey and had an excellent photo op, but didn't have my camera...figures. So you get my boy, Levi. He is a doll, finally learned to stay ( he's a year and half) slow learner, course that is the hardest for a dog to learn. Bo (my maine coon cat) knows what it means and keeps telling me the dog is just stupid....sometimes I tend to agree. You know its been a long time since I've posted anything about Bo...hmmm lets see...for having a stroke about 5 or 6 months ago...he is doing exceptional! He is about 98% his old self! I didn't think I'd see this day. I havent weighed him to see if he has gained any more weight, he feels like it and I can no longer feel his spine...will do that tonight and see if he has progressed since his last weigh in.
Jack update....I've been working with the little bugger a lot, he now lifts his front hooves and lets them be cleaned, he now tolerates his belly being rubbed and even patted! He is not spooking at movement or touch any longer, and loves me when he see's his food bucket, for a moment I am his best friend!
Pepper is mad at me today because I didnt let her out of the coop, with bad weather coming in i didnt want to have to find her, or end up with frozen chicken.
King....improving every day, I'm loving watching his 'awakening' to this world!
Cows are ready to pop! Bags are swelling and we'll have calves any time..watch..tonight or tomorrow we'll have them begin to come - worst weather of the year!
Norm is improving but is pretty achy at the end of the day. He has been fixing the silage wagon, that needed to be fixed 5 weeks ago, but the fella that was going to come out to fix it ( and talk to me about selling me some goats) has not shown, and we are at a critical time and need to feed the silage. Hay supply is short this year, and cows are not looking as good as they should.
Douglas made a 95% on his Science test! Which is something he should have been doing all along and then wouldnt have gotten his two bad grades on his report card.
Here is what we are expecting weather wise-
DAY ONE...TONIGHT.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT 3 TO 6INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED.FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SNOW AND SLEET TOTAL AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN.THIS WINTRY WEATHER WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT A SUN TREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON TREATED ROADWAYS TOO AS HIGH PRECIPITATION RATES WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATIONS ON ROAD SURFACES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW LOTS OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER WEATHER KIT CONTAINING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS AND OTHER SAFETY ITEMS SHOULD BE TAKEN ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. LET OTHERS KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANNED ROUTE WILL BE..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL STILL BE IN EFFECT...WHERE SNOW WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND A SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS REGION TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS INDIANA...WITH MAINLY A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE OVER NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. OVERALL...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE NORTH ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH.A WINTRY MIX TUESDAY EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS ON THIS WINTER STORM..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY...ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING.ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY EVENING.FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...MAINLY A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE IS ANTICIPATED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACCUMULATION ON TUESDAY EVENING.UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE BLUEGRASS REGION AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TUESDAY EVENING.USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ALSO DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE
I know you dont want to read all that, but there it is anyway!
LOL
And to boot...we need to go to the grocery cause we have been putting it off for a couple weeks...so now I'm forced to go. I hate going to the grocery.
I want a few of my blogger buddies to know that I'm praying for them and their families...you know who you are and your needs, not gonna place your business here, but just want you to know that your on my prayer list!
I'm so far behind on everything to do with soap! I have so many soaps to list and my etsy shop has been ignored for weeks now....hopefully the weather wont be too bad tomorrow so I can go to Mari's and list my products in my shops.
Crossing my fingers Mari!
I know there was a lot more I wanted to talk about...however...due to getting older, my mind cannot recall what it was that I wanted to blab about.....fact of life, and one I'm fighting every day...I will not grow old without a fight!
So until I remember what it was I wanted to blog about...I reckon I'll go!
Wishing you all good weather over the next few days!
Luv
~*~Rae~*~

4 comments:

  1. wow it does get cold where you are! I hope you'll all be ok in the snow and ice...blogging about your award tomorrow :-)
    Stay safe...

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  2. Hi Rachel,
    Bo is a cutie pie :)
    I'm still glad I'm not there where you're getting all that snow :) it's just too much for me.

    If I'm not around the next few days, I'll be taking a break. Our phone is ringing off the hook since my cousin was killed this past weekend.

    I'll try to get back on plurk when things settle down for our family.

    Love
    Sharon

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  3. Hey guys! Amy usually its not like this in the winter...most of the time we have pretty mild winters, but occationally we get a bad winter storm....some years we hardly get snow, some years we get a lot! Ky is in a valley so our weather is so unpredictable! Up in the northern states they always get a lot of snow...2 - 6 feet in some places! SOOO glad I dont live there!
    Sharon....you should already know I'm praying for you and your family...terrible tragedy. I've been thinking of you! Take care sweetie!

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  4. Hi Rachel, love your page, especially the pics of your beautiful animals! ......I Googled: Can cows eat banaynays? and it brought me here. LOL (I didn't really spell it like that ;o) )

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS from TENNESSEE,


    "Wish I could have animals"
    ~Kimmi

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