This is Aberdeen.
Isn’t she beautiful?
Leo is the smaller in the back.
And guess what?
Leo isn’t gelded.
Last time Aberdeen was bred, it was by a mini horse.
So at some point in the future we will have a foal of our own!
My friend Amy came over today and took this pics and the two that follow.
Isn’t Leo lovely? His 2nd birthday is Wednesday, BTW.
In all the excitement I forgot to tell you I bought three new chickens at Chicken World yesterday. Names to come.
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Congratulations, they’re beautiful.
So gorgeous!
Such lovely creatures! Enjoy!
They’re beautiful! Welcome to the flock!
Welcome!!!! And yay on the possibility of future foals to love.
They are beautiful!!!! Minis are awesome
So exciting. I can’t wait to see more of their adventures!
Holy cow! Those are some really beautiful animals. And the prospects of a minimule are really exciting!
How exciting! They’re absolutely gorgeous, and couldn’t have found a more loving new home. Congratulations to all!
They look happy already! They are both much better proportioned than most pictures of minis I’ve seen. Pretty girl and boy.
yay!
they are exquisite and look very happy together getting acquainted in their new pasture/playground/home
you and they are both very lucky
and more babies at some point
wow
now that’s just a blessing too
are you sure you’re not noah?
two by two
lol
lots of love
all around
always
rona xxooxoxoxoxo…
They’re beautiful!!
Please explain how the presence of horses or mules lessens the parasite situation. I have never heard of that phenomenon. Thanks!
What a thrill!
THAT’S SO EXCITING!!! DO IT, EQUINES!!! DOOOO IIIIITTTTT!!!!
Wow! May they enjoy their new home as much as your enjoy them!
deborah,
the new animals (guessing any equine?) eat the parasites which ARE problematic for the sheep/goats and AREN’T an issue to the mule/horsey
(susan posted stuff about it in prior posts)
pretty cool actually
xo
rona
For as stoic as sheep are, and as comical and mischevious as goats are, horses and mules are that majestic. Bask in their majesty… they have much to teach us.
They look happy….
They’re beautiful! But I have a question – you mentioned Aberdeen is a mule; aren’t most mules infertile?
I hope I’m wrong, because I’d love to see a new foal!
sweet! welcome new farm family members!
seriously like! seriously! They are gorgeous and what a great addition to your farm!
Mazel tov! Their beauty is only one part of the magic which is Juniper Farm. So now it’s horses and sheep and goats, oh my! And chickens and bees and……..
Most mules are infertile but Aberdeen is one of the very rare mules ever to have a foal. According to Rebecca, the woman who gave the pair to us, only about 60 mules have ever given birth to foals. She was bred to a mini horse when she had her last foal and he was a beauty! He’s a year old, and named Tex.
Beautiful!!! I can’t believe you’re going to have a foal, too!!
They are so beautiful and they have just found the best possible home. So exciting!
You are going to have So. Much. Fun. Do you have a good farrier close? They are as valuable as good shearers… I had my donkeys’ feet trimmed every 6 weeks.
Great photos! And I love that there is actually a store called “CHICKEN WORLD”!
name the chickens “whitey” “blacky” and “tortey” – ha ha.