Ernie is learning the hose is a good thing…dam girl, how many white feet are in that photo?
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You and me both. Sadly, we won’t be seeing that again until oh, about October? 
There was an exception made yesterday by the hose-haters: for reasons (that I am not privvy to), Peach had them running agitated laps during the hottest hour of the day. It could’ve been horse flies, he gets extra annoyed with bugs and is not always the most sensible… either way, they ended up hot and very sweaty and decided the water spraying wasn’t such a bad thing.
And there are exactly 11 white feet between them, although only 10 appear in that picture. 
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The room service in this new location is crap, I tell you. Been standing here for HOURS.
(I’d really like to see those ribs covered up. I know it takes time, especially when competing with growing babies, but hurry up dammit!)
Ernie asking where the good stuff is?
How DARE YOU shoo me. HOW DARE YOU.
stalker from the other pasture…
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It took some time to lose condition and will take at least as long to regain it let alone advance. Relax on the rib thing, they are improving, healthy and their coats are recovering. What are you at now, 3 weeks?
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Oh, I know it takes time! Definitely not my first rodeo. They arrived one month ago, tomorrow.
I do see small improvements comparing pictures, so we’re going in the right direction - just slowly. For youngsters in particular, I think slower is better to avoid growth issues anyway… I’m just watching closely right now with the transition to pasture, to see if I need to make any changes to their diets.
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These guys need a better guidance counselor re: what to do in their free time, cuz standing at the fence line in the sun all afternoon (instead of grazing the plentiful GRASS or napping under one of the many shady trees) ain’t it.
Bert’s starting to get the burnt toast bleached out color:
Ernie too, but red hides it better:
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same, girl, same!!! This pains me! Kinda Kooky is going to have a bay by the time he leaves:joy: lucky for my my black OTTB can’t handle elements of any sorts so he heads to the trees MOST of the time. Everyone else 
tanning.
They are really looking good!
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I wish these guys would go stand under the trees If not for Peach I think they would. I’m hopeful that he will change his tune when we start hitting the even hotter temps… all my other horses have enough sense to go stand under a tree and only come to the fence when they SEE ME come out of the house
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They’ll learn! Eventually…
Sun bleaching happens. I find my chestnuts stay pretty red with Cu/Zn supplements, and have varying degrees of improvement on the darker coats. It definitely helps, but at a certain point the salt in their sweat just can’t be beat. I am sure their coats will grow in beautifully next cycle when they’ve got a year of good nutrition behind them!
Also I can already see improvement in pics. Even just in general expression (especially Bert!).
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Is it possible to feed/toss hay under your trees so they get the memo that being in the shade is a good thing? Or are the trees too far out to make that possible. (are the trees you are talking about the ones further back in the photos?)
There has been a HUGE shift in his demeanor, for sure. He’s starting to look more like the curious baby 2yo that he should be and less guarded and withdrawn.
@MunchingonHay the trees are a ways back, not sure I could make it through the mud hole in front of the gate/trough area with the wheel barrow right now
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I figured it was problematic to schlep hay out to the trees. Hopefully the boys will figure out that shade is better soon.
I am rooting for Bert. Once he lets his guard fully down, I think he’s gonna be amazing.
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Missing out on food is a capital R Risk that Peach is just not willing to take.
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…or past the three starving prisoners who ravenouesly attack you for their starvation rations… 
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I’ve kept a closer eye on them today just to see if I was missing some minutes of grazing, but nope - he’s kept those boys just loitering in the dirt patch where I feed them all day long, waiting for the next delivery 
you are not wrong. In fact you are very correct. Now that I’m with the “in” crowd, I sometimes have to throw elbows just to get things doled out without being robbed first.
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Ernie checking the bucket to see if I have anything more flavorful than a ration balancer, please?
The dirt patch we stand in all day, littered with the alfalfa stems that we are too high class to eat:
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His little face is perfection. Mine makes it home on Monday just in time for our first WV heat wave.
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