The horses are all Percherons. The two I am harrowing with are 1/2 brothers and are just 4. They are both 18 hands tall at the withers, and these guys probably weigh about 1800lbs each. The Percherons are mostly Black, but some are born Black with a gene that turns their coats grey. The team I am harrowing with will turn grey like the 8 year old light grey mare in the one picture in time. A lot of how quick they turn light, even white, depends on their genes and also the sunlight.
I don't farm with horses, but at 63 years old I'm about to slow down so would like to play with the horses a little. Not farm with them though..lol, but just play. However, you can, and a lot of people do, certainly make a living farming with horses, but I'm far from thinking along those lines. I am in Central KS. I still farm some hay ground, for myself and to sell, but the rest of the farm ground is rented out. And will likely stay that way..lol!! I would like to put up some hay with the horses, but I get very nervous when it's hay time as far as getting it up right. It's hard to take the time with horses, when I can get on the swather and be done in a fraction of time. I put up about 5- 60 acres of brome as well as some prairie hay (native grass), so I might try it. There are several around with teams that, such as plow days, are always looking for something for their horses to do. Maybe this year we will do it.
The picture below is the light grey mare in one of the pictures when we first got her. She was just 3 at the time. Now she is 8, so you can see how they lighten up. Bob
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