Lost the stronger of my team of Belgian mares. Got a call early Sunday from an Amish friend who's place they were at for a couple days. She had completely flipped in the stall. She's been in tie stalls the eight years I've had them and never a problem like that. Maybe it was the pigs on the other side of the barn... Either way couldn't be at a worse time. Just got started on a log job and was going well plus losing my "day" job so was really counting on the logging to get me by for awhile. So now on the hunt for a replacement. Maybe even another team and work 3. I had liver chestnut mares so that's not going to be easy to match again. I know that doesn't matter in the woods tho.

I'm sure sorry to hear that. Always difficult to lose a good one.

I hope you can find another one soon.

So sorry for your loss. Several years ago I lost a Suffolk gelding that died from eating wilted maple leaves. I hope you find a suitable replacement for your logging job.........Mark WV.

Condolences, my friend. That's hard news. May you be blessed with finding a good replacement so you can get your job done; though a good work animal can't ever be truly replaced in every sense.

Sorry to hear such bad news. Unfortunately right now, as I found out, draft horses are pretty high priced.

Thanks for the thoughts just had to vent. And drafts or going pretty high in my part of wny also.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck.

There were quite a few Belgians that were no-saled in the Cobleskill auction weekend before last, when the weather didn't cooperate. That might be a place to look, that's not too horribly far away. Robert Detweiler, Jr., 315-858-2729, one of the sale managers.