Miniature Horse Racing & the Fluffiest Chickens | VLOG

Okay friends, go ahead and pause you. Oh, I didn't do it. Nope, still didn't pause. Hey guys, it's Jen. Welcome to the Sunshine Farm. It's a beautiful night tonight and I'm so glad I get to share it with you. Guys, I'm wearing my new farm jacket that was, I don't know where it came from, but my mother-in-law was going to take it to a thrift store. It was hers a long time ago. Oh, it was my mother-in-law's a long time ago and she was gonna get rid of it and I was like, perfect farm jacket. So yeah, it's been kind of crazy around here the past couple days. We've had some chicken drama. We've had spontaneous goat bloat, which has resolved itself, thank goodness. Basically indigestion in goats. And we have our pony with the eye that is slightly swollen from who knows. So we're going right now to treat that. Good news is it's gloriously beautiful outside and we have some cute goats. Look at those guys. She's always very loud. What are you doing? Wanna say hi to our friends? Hello. They're so cute. Okay. Hi, Beasle. Beasle, Beasle. We're gonna go out and see the pony and see where he's at with his eye. The vet came out yesterday because the eye just wasn't looking better. And so Chris and I made the executive decision as the executives of the Sunshine Farm to call the vet, have her come out to look at it and to see if we could get anything to help expedite the process. So we got an ointment to apply to his eyeball, literally his eyeball. And it's a two-person job, as you can imagine. His eye looks a lot better. I can see more of his eye from here. Oh yeah, look at that. There's the eye that is swollen. So we are just going to go ahead and apply an ointment to it. It's going to be a two-person job, but Chris saw the vet apply it. Oh, and we're going to run over by TJ. He should know what to do. Do you want me to move this towards the middle then? It's going to be a little difficult. Okay, you're going to mess with this because that's not going to be helpful. This is not a GoPro, mister. You can't have your nose in it knocking it over and biting it. Do you think we can trust him here? Oh, it is bright out here. Let me adjust. Let me adjust this. Okay, so I'm going to need you to just secure his face. Try to hold it as still as possible. Okay. All right, guys, we're going to apply some neomycin and polymyxin B-sulfates, bacteracin, zinc, and hydrocortisone. Yeah, because that's playing language. He's so cute. You're so cute. He was our first addition to the farm, guys. We bought him before we bought any of our other animals. He came from a miniature horse farm that bred mini horses for race, er, not racing, for showing. Racing. Mini horse racing. Very popular out here. He's so cute. They actually do have a derby where they have small children race around the track on mini horses and ponies, and it's very terrifying. Well, if we look towards the entrance, we can see some very mini jockeys about to join us here. We got him from someone who bred show miniature horses for driving. So you, like, attach a cart to them and they, like, pull you in the cart. He was a champion as a junior, which means before he was, like, six months, I think. And that's when he grew a little too tall and is no longer considered a miniature horse by the standards of miniature horses. So he's 39 inches and the max is 38 inches to be shown. So now he is... He's just a pony. He's just a pony, but he's, like, a really small pony. Anywho, so he is a big fuzzy little guy, but he is a Shetland pony. So we could show him, we're not going to, but we could as a Shetland pony. And I love him. He's so fuzzy and Shetland is what makes him have his, like, really fuzzy little forelock in Maine and, like, stout little body. So he's going to be five in a little bit, but he's just a little baby. Miniature horses live, like, over 30 generally. About, like, 32 is probably a pretty standard. And so he's just a little baby and he's super cute and super sweet and, uh, really kind of a jerk sometimes. Like, he's like... Not that often. No, but he is stubborn. Stubborn and he can be just kind of a little rascal. He's a rascal, totally. And he hates being stalled. He loves being out in the pasture with his buddy. If he was just an inch smaller, he would never have ended up here at the farm. So I'm grateful for his awkward height. I hope you enjoyed getting to know Justin a little bit more, even if the circumstances are not 100% pleasant because his eyeball is irritated. But he's pretty cute and we're excited that he is a member of the Sunshine Farm family. Aren't you happy? It's gorgeous out here this evening. It's really pretty. Just very cold. It is cold. My hands are really cold. Run for you, little guy. So pretty. It's just gorgeous out tonight. I'm glad I got to share it with you guys. Okay, I'm gonna give the goats some hay while I talk with you guys. It's fun! Got my two bags of hay. Looks like somebody's got some parasites going on. You all know how I can tell. This is mostly thanks to Rose over at Wholesome Roots. I'm seeing poops that look more like dog poops than rabbit poops. That generally means something's a little off in the digestion, most of the time caused by parasites. And I haven't noticed that up until really recently. So I bought some natural herbal dewormer from Molly's Herbals that I think Rose actually recommended. So I'm going to go ahead and start reading up on how to do that. Willow Creek, yeah. She also, Tricia mentioned it on one of her videos. We are learning as we go. And I find that that sometimes is a good approach because you become more intuitive with the way you address problems in the homestead. So much of it is experience and adjusting your strategy based on the situation and the context. So you can't just read in a book and then know everything you need to do in every situation. So we're learning as we go. We reach out to a lot of you guys for help when we need it and ask questions and find articles. Okay, so that's definitely a hen. Guys, there was a silkie that I couldn't tell if it was a hen or a rooster, but I know it's a hen now because the rooster just absolutely mated it. So it's like a really, really fluffy hen. I'll show you. Why did I just leave that area? I think I just got distracted. Okay, I cannot figure out how to... This is really hard to finagle right now. So that's the rooster, obviously. Look how handsome he is. And then the hen that I didn't know which one it was is the silver one. Silver splash right in the back there. Also, look at the poop on this black one over here. How cool is she? Hey, guys. Hi, pretty girls and boys. Look at their blue earlobes. Aren't they awesome? That's the hen, guys. That is super cool looking. But I thought it was a rooster because she's bigger and has like a very full booty. Two moron eggs today. Well, I thank you guys for watching. I hope you enjoyed and I'm looking forward to sharing our next video with you.