tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post8851639695982145462..comments2023-08-09T06:01:49.770-07:00Comments on There is a Horse In My Bubblebath: Deer in the yard....Reddunappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02789213785183576404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-13186512332830889412011-07-21T20:50:51.105-07:002011-07-21T20:50:51.105-07:00Lisa, we have a lot of deer around here, and even ...Lisa, we have a lot of deer around here, and even in town!! LOL We stay green here usually most of the year except for August when things dry up. At least thats what it used to do!! Here it is almost the end of July and we are wearing long pants and sweatshirts!!!! It maybe got up to 69 today!! When the rest of the country is cooking, the West coast is chillin" literally!!!!!<br />The old mare Easy, she gets grain am and pm, she doesnt have much teeth on the bottom. I usually feed hay year round, I dont have enough pasture for 3 to be on grass all summer. There is only about 1 1/2 acres of pasture now. Used to be more before we put a second house on the property for Hubbys folks, now his brother lives there. The total place is only 3.4 acres though. But that is enough to have to get out and mow and try to upkeep!!!Reddunappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789213785183576404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-22827483326576717112011-07-21T10:19:38.253-07:002011-07-21T10:19:38.253-07:00We rarely ever see deer here because they must sta...We rarely ever see deer here because they must stay in the National Forest and BLM lands that are behind our property. There must be enough food available for them there, that they don't feel the need to come down near humans.<br />Plus our fruit trees didn't bud out this year due to the high winds, drought and hard freeze this past Spring. So, we have no fruit on our peach and apple trees. :(<br />Sometimes we get rabbits that like to nibble the bark on the apple trees...the deer might be nibbling yours, too.<br />We do have a garden, but I keep it covered with bird mesh to protect it. <br /><br />Easy is looking healthy and fat. Your grass must be very good there. We still haven't had any grass growth, so we're feeding hay all year. And the hay's not been that great, but thankfully Apache is an air fern and doesn't need supplements. I do give her some flax and beet pulp with a vitamin mix just to keep her feeling good and her coat shiny, though.<br /><br />~LisaLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-73998494472211596562011-07-18T05:46:26.429-07:002011-07-18T05:46:26.429-07:00I would love to see deer rather than rattlesnakes ...I would love to see deer rather than rattlesnakes coming into my yard!! My neighbor has a pond in his yard but no gate in the hopes that the wild animals will come to drink. I need to ask him if he's seen any.Fantastyk Voyagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065772565014490544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-36931960971731731762011-07-17T23:44:31.525-07:002011-07-17T23:44:31.525-07:00I see deer everyday in my yard. When I went to lun...I see deer everyday in my yard. When I went to lunge Chance in the arena, there were deer in my arena again. I don't know why they jump in there, there isn't anything to eat! I actually went to chase them out before I brought Chance out. I didn't want to do that with Chance in tow! <br />I love seeing the deer though. They don't bother me at all!Paint Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095673661149903754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-67897128465510149852011-07-17T21:21:29.758-07:002011-07-17T21:21:29.758-07:00yeah Val they can ring a tree and kill it when the...yeah Val they can ring a tree and kill it when they start rubbing the velvet off of their horns.<br />Hopefully they dont, again. When these trees were little they broke one off below the graft, it came back with crab apples, we never pulled it out. The horses like them LOL and obviously the deer!!!Reddunappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789213785183576404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-62464565557270966432011-07-17T20:17:42.500-07:002011-07-17T20:17:42.500-07:00We see deer all the time here in WI. They do over...We see deer all the time here in WI. They do over run many gardens.<br /><br />Watch the apple trees, they may decide to more than prune them.<br /><br />Great pictures by the way!Val Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773318159420863765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409165825821448404.post-31770426174276930412011-07-17T18:46:52.363-07:002011-07-17T18:46:52.363-07:00Beautiful! I wish we had more deer here, but it...Beautiful! I wish we had more deer here, but it's rare to see one. I grew up with them and I miss them. Nice to see them in your yard :)Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574914465998507310noreply@blogger.com