Miniature Horses



So after some very expensive fencing and building of shelters the next animal onto the farm is miniature horses.  As I endeavor to build a small farm with small animals I working on the right combinations of animals and the interaction between them all. The horse was the ‘heavy lifter’ on farms, dragged stuff around, moved materials in carts and provided transport. However in my case its non of the above. The horses in my case are a bit for their looks, to add the feel of a farm. In my mind when you used to buy children’s farm set you got a barn, fences, cows, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks so I’m kinda working on that theory.

The horses deliver fertilizer for the vegetables and over time I hope to also get them to move stuff around in carts and have them play that traditional role. For now its about their looks and attracting visitors. They are probably the most perfect example of a miniature – photographed alone you think your looking at a normal horse but photographed in context next to a person for example you can see how small they actually are, yet a perfect copy of a horse.


So Lark the mare and Oakey the stallion have arrived, too young yet to be allowed to mate but fully grown. Special fencing is needed as I do get wild dogs around the area, that is Australian dingoes and domestic dogs gone wild so if you getting them consider your fencing first. The foals are tiny little things and probably a good size fox could knock one over. I've now had several calves from the miniature black angus and had no trouble in the open paddocks and the calves are a lot less slow to get up and going but the mothers are much better protecting them. 

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