The eggs gave it away, a bit larger than chicken eggs.  Not really, the hen suddenly flying out when I was about three feet away did.  Not unusual for this is the time of year, been hearing the toms since March.  Gobble, gobble, gobble.

The nest was hidden on a hillside among wild oat and thistle about five feet tall.

No wild horses in this video, just the domestic type.  Filmed 05/02/19.

The venue has changed!  This year the event will be held at the Murieta Equestrian Center, about 26 miles east of Sacramento.  The schedule features clinics by Madison Shambaugh (Mustang Maddy) and Joe Misner (Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center), who will be bringing more inmate-trained mustangs for adoption.

RELATED: Madison Shambaugh Recognized for Work with Mustangs, 2018 WSHE – BLM Mustangs.

Horses eating some rice bran and hay pellets just before sunset on 04/30/19.

Temporarily, that is.  They will be trained and adopted out, according to a report posted today by KRQE News in Albuquerque.  Volunteers needed.

RELATED: Horses from Placitas Sanctuary Finding New Homes.

A report posted today by the Herald and News of Klamath Falls, OR says that 219 former wild horses aged ten years or more have been placed into private hands, with 83% exiting the facility via ‘sale with limitations.’

They were forced off their home range last fall so their food could be sold to public-lands ranchers.  Another roundup is set for later this year.

Horses younger than ten that haven’t been adopted are now considered ‘three strikers,’ meaning they can be sold with limitations, starting at $25 each, then dropping to $1 each on May 13, according to the report.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Horses Face Third Adoption Event.

They’re happy to see you even if you’re not bringing carrots.

Should it be given to privately owned cattle and sheep?

BLM announced today the opening of a comment period for a new long-term holding facility in Kansas.  The ranch would support as many as 226 wild horses gathered from public lands in the western U.S.  Comments must be received by 04/09/19, according to the news release.

RELATED: RFP for Off-Range Pastures in the News, Economics of Wild Horse Gathers.

Colt shows off a new imprint on his chest, next to a ding from a previous kick, probably from his sister.  Photo taken 03/24/19.

A field office manager, quoted in today’s news release about the upcoming event in Fruita, CO, said the agency wants to see these animals find good homes.

The event will include a training demonstration on the first day.  The adoption fee has been lowered to $25 and the $1,000 incentive applies.

The best home for these animals, of course, is the range from which they were pushed, which is the last place these people want to see them.

That is the meaning of ‘healthy horses on healthy rangelands.’  Kick most of them out so their food can be sold to public-lands ranchers.

RELATED: Stupid Horses Won’t Take the Bait at Little Bookcliffs.

Today is the third Friday of Lent, a day of abstinence from meat.

If you can’t have green beer, ask for green grass!

The mustangs remind you that today is the second Friday of Lent, no meat.

A rule change announced last May that allowed an individual to purchase up to 25 wild horses and burros per day, no questions asked and no waiting period, has been dropped, according to a report that appeared today in YubaNet of Nevada City, CA.

Sales will now be limited to a maximum of four wild horses or burros every six months, a rule that went into effect in 2014.

The report did not indicate if the limits apply to WHB adoptions.

The pintos in this video are amazing!  H/T Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary.

BLM announced today that persons who adopt wild horses and burros can receive a $500 payment from the government within 60 days of the adoption date, and an additional $500 within 60 days of titling for each animal adopted.

The incentive is available for animals at BLM facilities, off-site adoption events or the Online Corral.

The current wild horse and burro population on western rangelands is now more than triple the number the land can support along with other legally mandated uses, according to the news release.

That means the driver for the incentives, which appeared in the infamous BLM Report to Congress, is public-lands ranching.

If it was really about saving money or protecting the land, they’d leave the horses on the range and tell the ranchers to take a hike.

RELATED: Wild Horse Overpopulation?, Economics of Wild Horse Gathers.

Might as well stay inside and eat.

A syndicated report about wild horse overpopulation, originating in Cheyenne, WY, appeared today in national news outlets, many of them left-wing rags only too happy to repeat the lies of their precious government.

A representative of The PZP Channel suggested that shooting wild mares in the ass with contraceptives was better than forcing them off their home range and shipping them to private pastures.  Never mind that the land was set aside for them in the 1971 statute (as it exists today, amended by ranching interests).

The original news release, posted by the BLM on 03/04/19, said the current wild horse and burro population in the western U.S. is “more than triple the number of animals the land can support in conjunction with other legally mandated land uses.”

Refer to the Lexicon if you don’t know the meaning of ‘other mandated uses.’

There is no wild horse overpopulation.  It’s nothing more than a bullshit storyline to justify current land-use policies and give cover to the government serfs.

RELATED: Wanted: More Off-Range Pastures for WHB.

The first part of the job was to get the driveway reopened, which was accomplished by cutting the trunk and main branches, and dragging the logs out of the way.

It’s getting so bad out west that when the rain stops for a few hours in the afternoon, we call it a dry day.

RELATED: Bad Tree Day.