Atrax

My summer project this year is a little pony gelding named Artax! He's about 14hh, near 11years old and is of unknown heritage. He was sold to a barn called Out Riders, and was supposedly being trained to be a lesson horse. He didn't last long, because he was too unpredictable & spooky to be a good lesson horse. He preferred a steady routine, and all the different riders made him nervous, so the owner gave him to Brenda, the lady that owns him now. Brenda has been working with him for the past 3 years, and now he's a great little trail horse. I've started schooling him in an arena for probably the 1st time in 3 years, and he's been doing wonderfully! He's great with his canter leads, which is surprising because trail horses don't have to know their leads, so he's unpracticed with it. He falls out a little on circles, and needs to work on straightness, but he's perfect and (almost)a total push button! I might consider teaching him to jump, if it's okay with his owner(Brenda). I cant ride him untill I'm back from France, but then I have permission to go to the barn 6 days a week! Either way, i'll keep you posted. C U when im back from FRANCE!

update

Well, its been a while without an update, and im sorry. exams take up a lot more time than they should, and now that i've finally finished, I've gotten sick. life sucks:( whatevs. I have more pics, and I'll get them up as soon as possible. I'll also try to post a pic of Artax when i can:)

Age

tomorrow the chicks will be 2 wks old, so i wanted to post a picture to show you what the differences are like:) Their wings are feathering out now, and some of their tails have started to feather out. i wish they would stay chicks forever, but atleast they're less vulnerable now. Note: these are two different chicks, and two different breeds. the first chick is a Rhode Isand Red(Ember) and the second chick is an ISA Brown(Mary Lou)

In Loving Memory

today, one of the chicks passed away. Simultaneously, we realized that there might have been a name mix up involving the two leghorns, one of whick happent to be the chick who died this afternoon. Mellow & Red Bull were VERY similar, and originally oculd only be told apart by their energy lvels, and the shape of their heads. Well, a few days ago, the chick with the wider head, supposebly Red Bull, was really calm. i figured that their feathers had just changed, adn as a result, this was actually Mellow. Well, the thinner headed chick soon developed a red spot on her head, which made them easy to tell apart from tht time on. either way, the chick with the wider head, spposedly mellow, was the one that passed away. But, it could have been calmer because it was sick, so now we dont know. Either way, the living chick's being renamed. the new name will be posted later, and suggestions are welcome:)

Update

Well ,here are some more chick pictures. the chicks are now 5 days old. born on may 20th. The first pic. was taken today.

More Information

Leghorns: http://www.mypetchicken.com/Leghorn__White_-B65.aspx
Plymouth Rock: http://www.mypetchicken.com/Plymouth_Rock-B85.aspx
Rhode Island Red: http://www.mypetchicken.com/Rhode_Island-B97.aspx

Chick Names

Here are our list of names. I didnt name all of them, & i dont really like all the names, but whatevs.
Leghorns: Mellow(Zen) & Red Bull(Foghorn Leghorn)
Rhode Island Reds: Ember & Rusty
Barred Rocks: Mango & Ethel (is tht how u spell it?)
Black Sex-link(Black Star): Chole
I.S.A. Brown: Mary Lou
we arent 100%sure on who's what breed, because several look very similar up untill about 2-3wks.

Odd names:
Ethel was my mom's old neighbour who recently died.
Red Bull is really hyper
I have no idea y my brother named the chick Mango.....8-)