We will be closed on Saturday March 30th for the Easter Weekend, though open on Good Friday 29th for those of you with fence projects in the garden or to keep all the livestock in and predators out.
We have put up a new hay page that I hope is clearer for those needing hay and all the tests associated with those hays
Spring lambs [20 from 9 ewes so far] with one more ewe keeping us waiting for a final tally, are out enjoying the newly fenced pasture.
The smiles are big around here with springs warmth, new life and blossoms.
Though our grass is good, as are the different hays we all feed, never forget your breed specific minerals, so things like poor birthings and white muscle disease don’t affect you.
Set up for success with the correct nutrition, it is money well spent and far cheaper then livestock losses and vet bills.
Ask us about the tried and trusted options available.
The snow came and the dogs didn’t mind.. see further below for a closer up of our dogs.
In getting ready to participate in the upcoming FARMER TO FARMER at the Fairgrounds on Thursday February 15 I realized how much has changed over the last few years.
All week there are fabulous field day workshops taking place at different locations in the South island, fingers crossed i can steal away from here to get to the odd one
Due to all these changes we are madly trying to update the current web site to better reflect who we are in 2024, it is a lot different then it was 10, 20 and 30 years ago, change being the one constant.
When we aren’t serving our community of customers, we are getting ahead on cleaning out our back barn for lambing season, which then means we’re busy making soil, the most valuable asset on this farm. This lovely November weather is keeping us hard at it around the farm, such a pleasure digging for worms.
We have now included the Alfatec alfalfa timothy cubes as well as the alfalfa cubes on at $19.95 a 20kg bag, take another 50c off if using cash type payment, so now $19 49 a bag
We had an exciting moment when our mare Chilli Chines’ yearling sold as the Sale topper in Alberta. This makes only the 2nd time we’ve done this, once with Mascarettas yearling in BC, many years ago. That was a big celebratory moment for our little thoroughbred breeding operation! Thanks to everyone that made this possible.
Counterforce Gelding Tops Successful Alberta Yearling SaleThe CTHS Alberta Yearling Sale saw marked increases across the board and a gelding by leading second crop sire Counterforce topped sale.
A son of Canada’s leading 2nd crop sire Counterforce topped the CTHS Alberta sale at $46,000 on Sept. 22. (photo courtesy Highfield Investment Group, Inc./L. McLennan)
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Alberta yearling sale, held September 22 at the Agricenter East, Westerner Park in Red Deer, realized hefty increases across the board.A bigger catalogue of youngsters saw 44 sell for gross sales of $635,800, up from $443,600. The average price of $14,450 was up from $11,080 and the median price more than doubled from $4,750 to $10,500.A bay gelding by Canada’s leading second crop sire COUNTERFORCE (Smart Strike) from the older mare CHILLI CHINES, by Katowice, topped the sale at $46,000, paid by Curtis Landry. The gelding, consigned by Highfield Investment Group Inc., agent, is a half-brother to Grade 3 stakes winner Herbie D.The top-priced filly was a daughter of Canada’s leading sire FED BIZ, who stands in Alberta, from the mare Tell Me Lies, by Captain Bodgit, who brought $40,000. Everblack Cattle Company bought the filly from Bushido Stables. Tell Me Lies is a multiple stakes winner and half-sister to nine stakes horses.
Fed Biz is the sire of four of the top seven yearlings by price.TOP PRICES – 2023 CTHS ALBERTA YEARLINGS$46,000 – g. by Counterforce – Chilli Chines, by Katowice (consigned by Highfield Investment Group, Inc, agent) – purchased by Curtis Landry$40,000 – f. by FedBiz – Tell Me Lies, by (consigned by Bushido Stables) – purchased by Everblack Cattle Company.$34,000 – f. by Fed Biz – Anstrum by (consigned by KRT Stables Inc.) – purchased by Tallie Racing$30,000 – POCKETFULOFDREAMS, f. by Always Dreaming – Scarlet Fire, by (consigned by Starline Thoroughbreds) – purchased by Chris Duggan$30,000 – g. by Fed Biz – Swaying, by (consigned by Highfield Investment Group, Inc.) – purchased by Curtis Landry$28,000 – f. by Sungold – A E Phi Sensation, by (consigned by Moonshine Meadow Ranch) – purchased by Curtis Landry$26,500 – f. by Fed Biz – Heartless Sofiya by (consigned by Highfield Investment Group Inc.) – purchased by Hurley Racing Stable
ALFALFA CUBES Fall down in price for the month of September,
$19.99 OR DOWN TO $19.49 bag when puchased using Debit, cash or e transfer.
At White House Stables we are trying hard to get costs down for our community of customers, as all around us prices go up & up.
The 50c “cash” discount has been a popular idea keeping their costs lower on all their feed and hay purchases
The droughts and fires are a big concern re the 2023 hay crops hence our efforts have been put into the ESSENTIAL hay and hay substitutes like cubes. Because we farm and feed animals ourselves, we understand how hard it can be to source quality, reliable sources of fibre, so we changed how we ordered compressed hays to get the prices down as much as possible whilst still providing a variety of tested quality hays that we always stand behind
CLEAN SWEEP
Prices climbed so high on these astonishing Amish made brooms that we ordered a pallet of them direct from Pennsylvania. No longer at a high of $72 we are able to sell them at $49.99
That is almost 50% less No strings attached!!!
So as the Labour Day weekend approaches, remember we are closed Saturday September 2nd so the September special start tomorrow, Wednesday August 30th.
With the May Long Weekend fast approaching had to share these pictures of the entrance to our farm at possibly it’s prettiest. Don’t forget we will be closed, Saturday May 20th
We have added a huge range of different hays, minerals and other new stuff, stop by and see what’s happening. Waiting on a grandson arriving imminently, so much happening here!!!!
The farm is constantly evolving…
We have new arrivals, including 3 gorgeous calves. Our young Jersey bull, Marcus, has been frolicking with the ladies and we will be selling our young cows, calves and pregnant ladies as a 3 in 1…anyone wishing to get cows please reach out
Another new addition to the farm this spring has been sheep, we are thoroughly enjoying their footprint on the farm, no mowing and the associated carbon footprint and work involved whilst fertilizing at the same time…
We have welcomed foals this spring at a distance, in Ontario and Alberta, all while we watch progeny bred by us race across Canada. As I said at the start of this post it is a constantly changing world
This colt at 2 days old is by Canadian top thoroughbred sire in 2022, Silent Name, out of Sonja’s Joy, daughter of our champion mare Chilli Chines.
Chilli Chines also had a colt, in Alberta, so White House Stables breeding has expanded across Canada! Her 7yr old, Adrienne’s Aurora is still racing competitively at Century Mile.
We are watching the following horses race in BC this year, He’s a Saint,
Serengetti’s Sunset, C C Sunrise, Jose Jose and Fanny Bay Ali
We are OPEN on Good Friday [10.30 – 5] so you can get going on spring projects especially in the garden!
We have a great supply of different types of fencing and gates at this time, to keep critters in or out of your property or farm, including lots of options for keeping deer out of your valuable orchard or vegetable patch…
We have “cattle panels” in stock for your garden arbours 4″ x 4″ X 52″ x 16ft just $63
Green Houses from Shelter logic from 6′ x 8′ $290 to 10′ x 20′ $695[pictured below]
We also have lots of feed and supplies for the spring chicks that are arriving at this time of year
Generally prices are fairly stable, and we have seen prices DROP on both some fence items and hay compared with 6 months ago, which is such good news.
Looking forward to seeing customers new and old, to share the positive energy of spring on the farm.
To make your budget go further we have 2 big savings in place from Nov 23rd to Dec 24th
50c off every bag of grain or bale of hay when you pay with a cash option which includes Cash, Debit & e transfer at time of purchase.
Also passing on a great $1.25 off EVERY bag of Step Right horse feeds for this same period
It is a great time of year to stock up, with unexpected winter weather conditions potentially causing havoc on our supply chains, lets not find ourselves running low on essentials for our animals. Rodent proof storage is important, metal garbage containers and old freezers work really well for this.
I want to thank our kind customers for making White House Stables such a happy place to work in this year. Thanks to our wonderful young crew Kash, Benson and Chanel for bringing fresh youthful strength, energy and ideas to the farm.
Jay has been amazing handling all our deliveries throughout the year with Mike, cheerfully working so hard.
The world wobbles on, but we are blessed living here with such a great customer community Thank you everyone and enjoy the holiday season.
We will close on Saturday December 24th at Noon for a week with our family, where we will try and emulate Soot, our stress free shop cat.
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