Little Horses Rule The Roost

Blue and Remy thought they'd had a setback when they had to begin wearing grazing muzzles, but in reality their health has improved and they get more handling than ever before. The boys are doing just fine:

The grazing muzzles slow down their grass consumption, which is the intent - but they're always a bit hungry and it's difficult for me to photograph them in any position except with their head down, eating grass as fast as the muzzles permit:

Blue was always the shy one, but he's more friendly now that he gets more handling:

Remy was the bold, adventurous, friendly one, the one who loves to play and cause mischief - but he's hungry now and less playful most of the time:

They've been keeping their muzzles on almost every day now, but once in a while I'll find a muzzle dropped in the grass. Luckily for me, this one was right next to the stock tank and I didn't have to go looking for it:


They still like to use the Box Elder tree for shade:

But they don't stay under the tree for long. They're back to grazing in short order:

The two boys were born only ten days apart and have never been separated. They might as well be brothers, and stay within easy reach of each other all day long:

They like to graze out by the big rock pile (which I suspect was once the site of a cabin). There's good grass there plus shade, should they feel the need:

The rock pile is at the far end of the field and offers nice views of the barn and house:

At night, the two boys eat hay inside the barn, another effort to curb their consumption of green, sugary grass as well as give them a break from wearing the muzzles:

And every night this time of year I find bot fly eggs on their front legs which I have to scrape off. It's not easy to dislodge the yellow specks, but it's important that I do it. I also will use an all-purpose wormer on them in December to help eliminate any bot fly larvae: