Evening all,

Just a quick one... Nothing to do with human baby...

Need to rant 'cos when DH gets home I know it all going to be my fault.
I went to farm this afternoon to get some more firewood. Then FIL comes down to tell me he hasn't see my white horse (sookey) for the last few day, and thought it odd that he seen the other but not him. I said I will go up and check on him. Got up there and he is just gotten up and his was limping, he had some rope around his legs which had cut into him. Now this is a bad part and it is my fault, it must have been there for at least 5-7 days. It had cut into his leg bad.

So ran back to car told DD to throw me my mobile out to me. Called vet told her to come ASAP and that I was up in the very far back paddock. And that I would try and get him down to stock yard at the front of the property.
Options:
1. Leave All kids are in car, and walk horse down to stock yard about 1km. Then walk all the way back up the hill to get kids.
2. Drive kids down to stock yard and let them wait there until I catch horses and took sookey down to stock yard.
3. Let DD drive down following us. (She has driven around farm before but never without me in the car.)
4. Had DD walk horse down, but she might get hurt from other horse trying to protect him.
So I took options 3. So I told her to put in 1 and slowly put her foot on the break every now and then. And she was not to over take me, she did a dam good job, it was a open paddock no trees or drops, so they werent in an danager.
Got down to work shed and vet their but keep in mind the other 3 horse decided to run ahead of me, front gate wide open. So I was trying not to spook them, I wanted them to some back so I could run and shut front gate. Then took Sookey down to stock yard, then ran/walked half way back up, as I told DD to wait at the coner of entrance.
Anyway horse has been seen to by a vet, if I knew sooner I would have fixed it. I am not a person who would let an animal suffer intentily. Mind you all the time, FIL is over in another paddock driving tractor. Didn't bother to come over and offer help once. But came down for a stick beak when Vet was there. Just to make sure it wasn't a piece of wire he had left in paddock.
So now I have to change dress every day and keep him in stock yard. Vet said it will heal in about 8-12 weeks and for the next 2 weeks I will have to re-dress it every day then every few week after that, along with given him a needle every day. It will also leave a nasty scar on his leg. Might have to knock him out to have a good look at leg next week
You know what is gong to be the killer. Not the vet bill, the smell of his legs. It's all infected and pussie. It's gross... I was near throwing up today when I smelt it TMI.. Anyway I know DH is going to blame me, as I went to farm on sunday and I didn't bother to check him then. If I had it might not have gotten so bad. I am such an idot. But it's not always easy when I have 3 kids to drag after me to do these things. However that is no excuise.

I'm a bad owner. I bet DH is Deff going to say NO to having chook now.
I feel a little better but guilt is starting to kick in now.