Crownstone Feed & Farrier Supply

07/01/2024

We will be open Thursday, July 4th.

06/25/2024

*SOUND HORSE ICE BOOTS*
in stock! Call to reserve yours, they go quickly.

06/08/2024

If you didn’t see the previous post about our change in hours, and you don’t think you can make it until Monday, please text me and I’ll see if we can get together. 610-563-3672 

06/06/2024

Is anyone else old enough to remember these awesome adjustable over reach boots? I found two pairs. Love them! 

06/01/2024

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05/31/2024

NEW HOURS!
starting MONDAY 6/3

MONDAY thru THURSDAY 12 - 6

From all of my polling it seems that these hours will accommodate more people while giving me some much needed time off.
I can still do the extra things to help those who can't make it and may also come in for an "emergency." This is basically a trial so please don't give up on me, just let me know how you feel, preferably in person. Thank you so much.

05/21/2024

HOLIDAY HOURS:
We will be closed Friday & Saturday, but OPEN on Monday, memorial day.
Have a great weekend!

05/15/2024

Do you know that we make our own hoof oil? $1 /oz. When used four-five times a week, it helps the hoof wall shed water, keeps the sole, frog and heels strong and pliable and disinfects. We also sell quart size containers with a brush. 

04/13/2024

Does your horse need metabolic help? Try METABOLIC from DAC.
DAC supplements rival, and usually beat the "best".

supports glucose metabolism by helping maintain blood glucose within normal range.

03/30/2024

We will be closed for part of next week.
Closing Tuesday at noon and back open Saturday.
Here's the schedule:

April
1 Mon 8:30 - 2:30
2 Tues 8:30 - 12 closing early
3 Wed closed
4 Thur closed
5 Fri closed
6 Sat 9 - 1:00

Thank you for understanding.🍀

03/27/2024

Local fun : a great point of point and some interesting events in a beautiful setting. 

03/23/2024

If you need help, ask.

*** PLEASE DO NOT GIVE AWAY/SELL YOUR OLD and/or UNRIDEABLE HORSES ***

Today I did one of the saddest euthanasias I have done in a long time. This wasn’t a client of mine, and to be fair, it actually wasn’t this person’s fault. I don’t normally go out to non-clients, but I wasn’t going to say no when I was told the horse had collapsed and couldn’t get up.

I arrived to find an emaciated 20+ year old, riddled with lice. The client had been sold the mare 7 weeks ago, and told she was a 7 year old. The old mare was gobbling away at feed, so she genuinely was just too weak and emaciated to stand. With some really good, strong help, we tried twice to get her up, but she just didn’t want to. So I made the quick decision to let her go.

No horse should end his or her life like that. She was scared, and whickered at me when I came back with the catheter and Somulose. She went with no dignity, in a place she had been for just a couple of months.

I want to cry when I see these awful posts on social media, offering a 20 year old horse for sale “as a companion”, for £50, or “free to good home”. I want to cry even more when I see posts on social media, with people in complete and utter shock and disbelief that the “beloved/much loved etc” horse, that they gave away just two months ago, was now being sold as a ridden horse.

I’m sorry, but wake up. Not many people really want to take on an old horse and the associated vet bills. I do appreciate there are exceptions, but if you are going to give your old or unrideable horse away, do NOT expect to then be able to take the moral high ground when he’s advertised two weeks later. He’s not your property at that point, and, unless your circumstances drastically changed, you didn’t care enough about him to now be “devastated” and “appalled” that he’s being moved on again. I do understand that circumstances can change, but the kindest thing in most (not all) cases at this point, is to let your horse be put to sleep with you, at the home he has known for many years.

A horse is as expensive to keep as a companion as it is a riding horse, so not many people want to take on old or unrideable horses. Or if they do, they don’t have the money to be able to look after the horse properly.

It is obviously completely different if you have known that person for many years, and know the home the horse will be going to, and I know several old horses who have been successfully rehomed to friends, or at least acquaintances.

You could also try a reputable rescue centre, if your financial circumstances changed, but many of these are full to bursting. Rescue centres normally ensure that if the home doesn’t work out, the horse is returned to them again, and therefore won’t be passed around.

If you can’t look after your old and/or unrideable horse, then do the responsible thing, and if you can’t rehome to a person you know extremely well, have them put to sleep at home, with you by their side. Don’t let someone you don’t know, have the horse for free, and sell him two weeks later as a lot younger, or ‘buted up as a ridden horse. Your horse deserves better.

Photo of my old man, Harold, who is rising 22 this year! He hasn’t been ridden for a few years now, and is just an expensive field/stable ornament….as is Molly….as is Mojo….as is William 🤦‍♀️😂

03/14/2024

We will be closed Friday, 3/15 , but open Saturday, 3/16.

12/21/2023

Four Fold Stock Ties! $40

11/21/2023

Happy Thanksgiving. We will be closed Thursday & Friday.

10/19/2023

Don't forget we will be closed for the MD Five Star, Friday & Saturday.
Hope to see you there!
(please text if you are stuck, maybe I can meet you Sunday am.)

10/16/2023

Carr's Auto & Truck Service is right up the road from us. Eric and his team specialize in trucks of all kinds, and trailers too! Yes, they also do cars. So if you have a rig, farrier or otherwise, that needs to stay on the road, give them a call.

10/05/2023

If you're looking for something cool and interesting to do, stop by the local business HEARNE HARDWOODS on Friday or Saturday. Wonderful vendors, amazing musicians, incredible instruments and of course beautiful wood from around the globe.

HEARNE HARDWOODS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE OCTOBER 6th 10A-5P & 7th 10A-4P! THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD RAIN OR SHINE! WELCOME! We encourage you

09/21/2023

Have you tried SpeediBeet? We have it. No one goes back to that 8 hour soak after trying it.
Low pricing, please call or text.

09/19/2023

ANNOUNCING... Performance Senior Feed from Poulin Grain.
It's here! Featuring: CA+RE EQ and Glucosamine! See links in comments.

08/17/2023

VACATION ALERT!
I'm finally going on the vaca we had planned for last year! Please tell your friends. Kylea will be at the store on the Saturday so hopefully everyone will get served. Please consider stocking a little extra that week. Here are the dates the store will be closed:

CLOSED TH & FR Aug 30 & Sept 1, Mon & Tu Sept 4 & 5.

Aug 30, Aug 31, Sept 1, Sept 2, Sept 3, Sept 4, Sept 5, Sept 6.
Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat Sun Mon. Tue. Wed.
OPEN closed closed OPEN closed closed closed OPEN.

Thank you for understanding. Ciao!

08/08/2023

For our Pennsylvania friends, we are open and we have power 

08/04/2023

General Disarray says, have a great weekend!

07/27/2023

Which one would you feed?
(I sell the one one the left)
😀

07/04/2023

Happy Fourth of July!
We are closed today. 

05/20/2023

Local fun.

05/13/2023

It’s back!! The best cream ever, for anything! It was gone for a while, and someone involved changed its recipe but it’s back in its original form. And we have it! If you buy it somewhere else, make sure it has the name Karla on it otherwise it’s the wrong recipe. 

05/01/2023

IM BACK!!! AND A FEW POUNDS LIGHTER.

Thanks for the well-wishes.

A stomach bug got me last night. I thought I could handle it today but I can’t so I’m going home. If you have been put out by this, please let me know and I’ll try to make it right. Thank you for understanding.