Fall Lessons starting this week - Lexi

This week we will be starting Fall lessons. Parents please note cowboy boots, jeans, helmet and water are your responsibilities. I do have a few used pairs of boots at the ranch for sale for $8.00 if you find a pair that fit your child then you are welcome to buy them. I will not be lending out helmets anymore since everyone's head is different and adjusting helmets take away from riding time. So please make sure they have these things before their first day. If they want to leave their helmets here then we do have a place to hang them. Otherwise make sure water, folders, helmets come every time. We are very excited again since I won't be part of the riding lessons please let me know of any concerns you have when they arise. I love parents filling me in on how things are going.  Oh and remember tuition is due the first week of the month or there will be a $10 late fee.

BTW - this is Lexi who is my personal favorite chicken on the ranch. We raised her from a little chickie this spring and wow look how she has grown. Just the other day Terry came out of the mud room and I came out of the garage each on one side of her as she was by the steps. We walked up to her she squatted and laid a brand new light brown egg right there in front of us... I guess we scared the "Egg right out of her".

She is a Sussex Chicken and they have everything: they are great layers of tinted or light brown eggs--and they lay right through the coldest weather about 4 eggs/week. They are dual purpose birds, though: fat-bodied and not prone to flying when mature, so they are easily fenced. In England, they used to be THE standard table bird, before the modern Cornish Crosses came along. They forage well and are economical eaters that are friendly and easily handled. Their curious nature means they will often follow you around the yard if they think they can beg a treat from you. The "speckled" variety has plumage that gives them some camouflage from predators, too. Many tend to get more speckles after each successive molt, so they just get prettier with age. Seriously, what more could you ask for in a chicken?