Author Topic: Hey look, a picture! (Read 1557 times)

HORSELOGGER · « **on:** March 14, 2004, 08:17:46 pm »

I might be on to something finally!

CHARLIE · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2004, 08:33:55 pm »

That's a fine picture and two absolutely beautiful work horses. What kind are they? Belgiums or Percherons? Their color is beautiful and they look like the best of buddies.

HORSELOGGER · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2004, 08:38:37 pm »

Thanks Charlie, Thats Doc and Woody, 13 and 10 yrs. Doc has the white snip and Woody has the attitude! They are Suffolk Punch horses. Now that I got the picture posting de-mystified I will try to post some more

Haytrader · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2004, 08:41:13 pm »

You picked a good picture to start with.
Gotta love a picture of a good lookin horse and you gave us two.
Now lets see more.

CHARLIE · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2004, 08:53:15 pm »

Geeez, now I've got to do some studying. I don't know what Suffolk Punches are. At the horse pulling contests around here, it's just Belgium and Percherons.

HORSELOGGER · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2004, 09:03:16 pm »

Three Suffolk geldings, Doc Woody and Ben, and Belgian mare Patty with last years foal, Buster at 3 weeks. She is bred back to the same stud for this April foaling

HORSELOGGER · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2004, 09:12:50 pm »

Just a lil red elm stick

HORSELOGGER · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2004, 09:21:37 pm »

Somebody stop me!

Paul_H · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2004, 09:27:29 pm »

It's too bad you couldn't add sound to those Logging pictures.

CHARLIE · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2004, 10:31:33 pm »

Curious as to how much food a day those working horses go through? What do they eat?

shopteacher · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2004, 03:04:01 am »

Keep em coming Horselogger, those are some great pictures and some beautiful horses you have. Glad you got the picture posting thing overcome and hope to see many more. Ya, sound would be great! You'll have to work on that in your spare time.

Norm · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2004, 03:39:43 am »

Very nice looking team you've got there Horselogger, I took em out and showed Becky and she was impressed.

How big do Suffolks' get? I sure like the color. I think drafts have the best proportions of any breed out there, of course I may be biased.

dewwood · « **Reply #12 on:** March 15, 2004, 03:41:33 am »

Don't stop Horselogger! Really enjoyed your pictures. Hopefully you can post some more as your time allows.

Thanks again,
Dewey

Patty · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2004, 03:43:21 am »

Your horses are beautiful! Especially the Belgiun Mare Patty.

Over on the other thread you referred to the mare Patty and here I thought you were talking about me, and I thought isn't he cute, trying to be funny, talking about me as a mare. Golly, I feel pretty stupid now.

I've never heard of a Suffold Punch, I'll have to go to Google and check them out.
Great photos, by the way.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2004, 03:48:44 am »

See there??? We all knew you could do it

Very nice looking team. Brings back some fond memories of Grandaddy's team and the time he taught me to skid with 1 mare. THAT was comical.

Don'T ever stop posting pics. That helps to make this place even better.

HORSELOGGER · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2004, 04:50:51 am »

Well thanks everybody, for the kind words! Suffolks are listed as serious or critical or watch or something like that by the breed conservatory, as I guess that as near as can be figured there are only about 2500 of them left worldwide

Here in the midwest, we have a good scattering of small breeders, so they are not super rare. They are an average of 15-16hh, but very stout. My 2 bigger boys are 16&16.1hh and 1700# each. General rule of thumb feeding practices on these type horses will make them overweight. They were bred for centuries to be easy keepers and very docile. They are a genuine "farmers" horse from Suffolk county England, they have the oldest recorded breed history, tracing back to the 1600s. They were not used as a war horse like the Shires, as they were too small.One word that best describes these horses for most of their owners is honest. They are always willing to give me all they can. And thats all I can ask! They will eat a small square bale each and about 10 pounds of grain when working everyday, less hay when idle and grain a couple times a week just to keep it in their system.Here is another interesting horse I once owned. She is a imported Belgian Brabant mare, and yes she really is as big as she looks in the pic. She is 18hh and this is her second time in the harness ( that will get your heart pumpin, any thrill seekers out there) She was just too big to fit in to my set up, and a guy offered me double the already ridiculus amount of money I had tyed up in her anyway, so she was sold. The new owner used the same stud as I used on my Belgian mare and got a fine stout foal.

Stump Jumper · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2004, 05:36:58 am »

thats a big horse

Frank_Pender · « **Reply #17 on:** March 15, 2004, 06:06:25 am »

Very nice looking team and brood mare. It almost makes me want to get into horse logging.

But, alas, I do not like the haying part any more. I have had my time as a cowboy and horse wrangler. However, Horselogger, I do envy you being able to work with such wonderful critters.

etat · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2004, 07:37:56 am »

WOW! I LIKE!!!!!

CHARLIE · « **Reply #19 on:** March 15, 2004, 08:01:57 am »

Horselogger, thanks for the pictures and the education. That Belgium is a big horse, but so are the Suffolks. I got hooked on going to Horse Pulling Contest when I first moved to Minnesota in the early '70s. If some of you people have never been to one, I highly recommend it. It's a low key and quiet day watching some huge beautiful horses pull heavy weighted sleds for distance. It takes teamwork to win and the two horses in the team have to start pulling at the same time or they can't pull the sled. I've been told that a good pulling Belgian can cost over $20,000. I don't know if that is a fact but I can believe it. I've seen two unmatched horses (one smaller black horse with a bigger brown horse beat a beautiful and huge pair of dapple gray matched horses. It ain't all in the looks, it's in the heart and desire of the horses and in the teamwork.

Swede · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2004, 09:10:53 am »

HORSELOGGER

That must an ARDENNER! (^__^)

About horses giving You all they have, "Nordsvensk" is one of them. Not so heavy but realy wanting forwards when You tell them to.

Swede.

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Author Topic: Hey look, a picture! (Read 1557 times)