It is very bad here north of Houston. Our back neighbor has horses, he had 4 at a friends because his pasture won't support them and he called yesterday and told him to come and get them, he can't feed them any longer. Last week his hay source said he has none to sell. I'm not sure but I think he has about 12 horses. The other guy got 50 large bales of hay off 25 acres and he told him he couldn't sell anything till he had 450 for his own use, sounds really short there.
So he is down to a roll or two and getting frantic. He came over to borrow hubbies trailer, going down to the coast somewhere to get some cattle hay, I don't think they normally like it but he said if they get hungry enough they will eat it. The other guy delivered the hay to him.
He said he may try east Texas to get some hay, hubby told him he better take some of the horses with him and see if he can sell them. He said a guy called and wanted to know if he could take back a buggy horse he had bought from him, he would give it to him that he couldn't feed it. He and a friend went up and the guy gave his friend 4 horses.
It's getting really desperate here. The guy is ok, but he isn't rich by a long shot so I look for him to have to get rid of some and those horses are like his babies. Going to be hard on him. But he said there is just no hay to be had. Again hubby said maybe up north, but man that will be expensive.
Also if it doesn't rain this fall and maybe none till the spring, he is fighting a losing battle.
We have a couple years of this and it will be like Arizona. Man am I glad I had another well drilled, its over 300 ft, so far both are still doing ok. We have lived here 20 years and I've never seen anything like this. We have lots of beautiful trees but hubby said we are going to lose some of them this year he would bet.
I have been spraying water in the chicken park, made a puddle or two, the chicks are enjoying that. I have 2 waterers and a flat pan with water in it. Some of them stand on the side with the front half of their feet in the water, must cool them off. It says it only 99 out today so a cooler day, couldn't prove it by me.
Hubby has been out working in the heat today, he is stiffening up our motorhome roof. The cover is 13 ft plus tall and he said if we get some hurricane winds it might come down so he is fixing it so it won't wrack. He sure got hot and to much sun. He is trying to get used to the heat since he is going to be working at the equator. He had been working on the rent house in the AC so he needs to do this. I'm out in it a lot so I'm used to it but it still feels mighty good in here.