Baby Boe pics

 

Well hello little cuteness!

Who, me?

Yes you, Boe.

Shayla was kind enough to send me a few photos today, of course that made my day!

I would be quite happy if he had no white at all, it's so hard to tell yet.

Jayne and Boe are in the stud pasture with Belle and Scooter, as well as Shayla's new mare DF Sunfrosted Te, aka Dolly. It won't  be long before those foals are frolicking with each other instead of sticking close to their mamas. 

Mares

 Sorry about being awol for most of this week. In my defense, I have had a cold that laid me low for a few days. (Not Covid!) It came with an awful headache.

Some exciting news- Mama Belle is very close to foaling! 

Udder is full including the teats

Muscle tone around the tailhead is jiggly and dropped

Historically she foals on or close to the full moon, which is Sunday night. From what Shayla says, she is most likely positioning the foal today; she walks around with her tail out and will probably roll a few times as the foal begins to enter the birth canal. From there it's usually within 24 to 48 hours!

Can't wait to see this foal! Here is a photo of the sire, Root Beers Boots

Isn't he a beauty!  Shayla is hoping for a buckskin filly from this cross. 

It does seem strange to not have a foaling contest for her this year. But feel free to leave a guess in the comments as to colt/filly and colour! Choices for colour are;

Offspring Color Probability

37.50% -	Bay
37.50% -	Buckskin
12.50% -	Black
12.50% -	Smoky Black

Jayne isn't far behind, she should foal within a week to ten days after Belle. 

Sophie came into heat this last week too, so we were busy trying to get her bred to Beamer. 

Beamer had a hard time covering her; she was pretty reactive and worried about his yelling and climbing on her, which leads me to believe that last year when she was pasture bred that's why the stallion couldn't get her covered. Ted was helping with her and he could barely hold her still. It took two days of failed attempts and finally on the last day of her heat, Beamer managed to get it done. 

I will check her back in 3 weeks but I'm really hoping we don't have to go through all that again! 

Having a bite of dandelion salad after the successful breeding. 

The farm is now listed for sale, and we have a showing on Monday, so I have been packing and cleaning . We still don't have a place nailed down to move to, but we have a contingency plan in place to put stuff in storage and stay in a holiday trailer at Shayla's until we find a rental. 

We had a garage sale last Saturday, very successful, and have enough stuff to do another one before we move. 

My Suzanna Magnolia is in full bloom, wish I could take it with me but probably won't survive the Alberta winters. 

The race is on

Yes it's Kentucky Derby weekend, but the race I mean is between Belle and Jayne! They are both at about the same stage even though Jayne was bred 18 days later than Belle. 

Jayne's previous owner checked but thinks she threw out the paperwork on Jayne's breeding dates, but said she thinks she went early. So with Belle always going long, they could well foal very close to the same day. 

Cdncowgirl, Aurora, Frank and Grey Horse Matters, you are all eligible to put in another guess as your date picked has passed for Jayne's foal. Feel free to leave a new guess in the comments on this post.

Whatcha lookin' at, Jayne?  When I rolled out of bed at a quarter to 6 this morning, I could see the horses staring off towards the pond area. Something had their undivided attention. So I took a look- and grabbed my camera and zoomed in to the max and managed to get a photo... sorry about the focus being a bit off, but this was worth it....

Yup it's an elk! I think a young bull but I couldn't be sure. The horses watched that area for about 10 minutes. There may have been another one following this one. So now we know we have deer, elk and moose on the farm- and lets not forget the bears, who haven't quite come on the property yet but I have seen their tracks a quarter mile away.

I finally got the design for the contest prize. It is a 9 x 4 zippered case, with our logo on one side and a picture of Beamer  and our brand on the other side. These photos are just a design mock up, not the actual cases. It will be about 4 weeks before I get them. Hope whoever wins likes them!