Intuition Stables

09/05/2025

Watch the AMHR National Show - https://rumble.com/user/Radiancevideography

09/04/2025

Ensure your horse trailer's safety before you haul to prevent problems and improve the horses’ comfort and chances for a safe arrival.

08/18/2025

Took Degas to a local show this past Sunday put on by ESWHSA. Love these local shows, they are laid back and easy to get to, especially when I have a horse that just needs to get out to shows.
Since he was a late shower at 3, almost 4 when I got him, he needs all the exposure he can get.

08/18/2025

08/15/2025

West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware for the first time for 2025 in sentinel chickens that help the Delaware DNREC monitor the state for mosquito-borne illnesses.

The DNREC Mosquito Control Section reported WNV detection at three different sentinel chicken flock locations in New Castle County that were sampled Aug. 11, with virus-positive confirmation of the chickens Aug. 13 from the Delaware Division of Public Health - DPH laboratory.

The Mosquito Control Section deploys small sentinel chicken flocks throughout the state during summer and early fall as surveillance strategy for certain mosquito-borne illnesses. Weekly blood samples taken from these chickens are tested for WNV and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) antibodies by the DPH lab. Sentinel chickens bitten by mosquitoes carrying WNV or EEE develop antibodies to these diseases but are otherwise unaffected.

A positive detect informs the Mosquito Control Section about which virus is circulating in the vicinity of the detection and is evidence that infected mosquitoes in the area have passed the virus to the sentinel chickens. DNREC then conducts further surveillance on which, and how many, mosquito species are present in the area of detection, as only certain species can transmit WNV and/or EEE to humans and horses. This surveillance will in turn determine any control measures to be taken by the Mosquito Control Section.

While there have been no reported WNV cases yet in humans for 2025 in the state, Delawareans are reminded that the possibility of contracting mosquito-transmitted diseases, including WNV and EEE, will continue until colder autumn temperatures arrive in mid-October. The DPH Disease Prevention and Control Section reports that Delaware had one probable case of neuroinvasive WNV in 2024 with no human WNV cases to date this year.

Most people infected with WNV do not develop symptoms, but about 20% can develop a mild illness, including fever, body and muscle aches, headache, nausea, vomiting, and rash symptoms. A small number of people can develop serious illness involving neurological problems, paralysis, and possibly death. EEE is not as prevalent as WNV but can present more severe symptoms in humans and horses.

According to the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) (DDA), there were six equine cases of WNV in 2024, and no EEE cases, with no cases of either disease to date recorded this year. The State Veterinarian’s Office within DDA urges horse owners to have all their equine animals vaccinated by veterinarians against both WNV and EEE. While vaccines for the mosquito-borne illnesses are highly effective in minimizing disease, horses and equines that have been vaccinated in the past will need an annual booster shot. Neither disease has a specific drug treatment, and infections in horses are fatal in 70% to 90% of EEE cases and 30% of WNV cases.

📷: CDC

08/11/2025

This boy is still available and currently boarded at our farm in Delaware.

Up to date on coggins, dental and shots.

08/09/2025

Second cut, soft Cajun ii Tall Fescue (endophyte free) 50lb small bales

There are possible weeds scattered through the bales, some will be clean, so priced accordingly.

$8 per bale

Delivery and stacking available at an additional cost. Please provide full address and amount of bales for us to give you an accurate quote.

Blackbird forest/townsend delaware

08/09/2025

Second cut, soft Cajun ii Tall Fescue (endophyte free) 50lb small bales

$8 per bale

There are possible weeds scattered through the bales, some will be clean, so priced accordingly.

Delivery and stacking available at an additional cost. Please provide full address and amount of bales for us to give you an accurate quote.

Blackbird forest/townsend

07/18/2025

07/13/2025

Farmers field behind us for the first year planted a section of sunflowers and they are finally blooming.🌻