Thursday, September 26, 2024

The weanlings

 Today was the day for the weanlings to arrive. They are Shiner, Jayne's red dun colt, and Gemma, the palomino filly out of Shayla's buckskin Driftwood mare. They are both sired by Rex (Major's Pistol) her junior stallion. This was his test foal crop and her turned out to sire some very nice foals. 

Gemma is heading to the Yukon in a couple of weeks, so we need to get her leading and loading.


The mares came up for a look, but soon lost interest and wandered off. The foals wandered around their pen for a bit- Shiner called out a bit, but not a peep out of Gemma. 


They both seem pretty chill in their new environment. I plan to feed them in the barn, so it was nice that they went in on their own in short order and seem to like being in there. 



Shiner sure has Jayne's beautiful eye. He may end up being here a bit longer as the focus will be more on Gemma at first as she will be picked up by her owner in 17 days. 
Let the fun begin!

3 comments:

Far Side of Fifty said...

Looks like a fun pair! Shiner must be younger than Gemma, he has a soft face:)

Shirley said...

Yes he is 5 weeks younger

Linda said...

Baby energy! How fun! They are beautiful, and you are so good with the babies.

Heading to the Yukon? That sounds cold!